Columns
Critter wars: It's a jungle out there
By Lynette L. Walther - May 24OK gardeners, on your mark, get ready, get set — GO! Let the competition begin. Of course I am not talking about who raises the first tomato to ...
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Performing for supper
By Chris Quimby - May 24It’s been suggested that I must be strong or crazy to spend hundreds of hours supporting most of my 200 pounds of body weight upon the narrow ...
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Baking with Betty
By Betty Heald - May 24This week's column is dedicated to Alice; your husband, and you, made me believe that I could become a teacher. Savory Shoulder Chops 4 large ...
School scoop — Groundhog facts and free speech questions
By Mariah Albanese - May 23Groundhogs — A gardener's nightmare A cute animal living in your backyard can also be a major problem. Not only are rabies a concern these days, ...
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Is normal ... normal?
By Sarah E. Reynolds - May 23A group of 14 people gathered on a recent Saturday at an area church to learn about, and share experiences of, what might be called the "trans-rati...
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Letters, May 23
May 23Don't cut library ed tech Once again, when budgets are tight, the answer is to cut those programs that greatly enrich the lives of students with ...
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Kerosene lamps, electric rail and library expansion
May 23May 21, 1858 Light! Light! Light! The Lamp For the Million! H.G.O. Washburn invites the people of Belfast and vicinity to call and examine his ...
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RFD Maine — The happy list
By Tom Seymour - May 22In musing over column topics, the thought came to me to write a list of things that irritate me. But that seems a pretty common theme nowadays. ...
View from the center - A different view
By Shawn Adams - May 21In this week’s column I have decided to think a little outside the box and have a guest writer from the reentry center submit a piece of writing. ...
The do's and don'ts for first-time gardeners
By Tom Seymour - May 17You are going to grow vegetables this year, your first-ever garden. Congratulations. Nothing beats home-grown vegetables. A garden, even a small ...
Blogs
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Education "Reform" in Maine, Part 2: How did we get here?
By Lisa Cooley - May 24Read Part 1 How did we get here? Let’s look at a prescient statement made by Alfie Kohn back in 2004: I try to imagine myself as a privatizer. ...
Smart Phone Apps can help you lose weight!
By Teresa Gregory - May 23Weight loss apps made for Smartphones and other devices, and on-line food diaries have been shown to improve the chances of successful weight ...
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The Story of Education “Reform” in Maine: We Can Rewrite the Ending
By Lisa Cooley - May 23(Part One of a three-part series) There is an interaction between what is happening nationally on the edu-political scene and what is going on ...
It's Not Important
By Kit Hayden - May 21I spend a fair amount of time worrying about unimportant things. (Yes, I grant you that almost everything is unimportant, but some things more ...
Tax Maps, Deeds and Such
By Galen and Luis - May 21To learn about the Registry of Deeds and land-use planning in Belfast, we researched this interesting tumbledown house we always pass on our way ...
Searsport Summer Kickoff Event, Friday, May 24th!
By Fran Riley - May 20Searsport SUMMER KICKOFF EVENT! Friday, May 24, 2013 Join Searsport Residents, Shop Owners, Restaurants, Artists, Photographers, Realtors and ...
"Viivi & Wagner's" American cousins?
By Art Jura - May 19I noticed that David Grima just wrote about a "piggy-acquaintance" of his, that is named Richard Milhous! That reminded me that I had not published...
May 16-31 Astrology what the planets tell us: Sun enters Gemini May 20 & lunar eclipse to take place May 25
By ananur forma - May 19May 16-21 Jupiter is in an awkward aspect with Saturn causing havoc with the economy again. May 18-20 Mercury is nicely aspecting Uranus encouragin...
BAHS's Steve Hutchings
By Galen and Luis - May 12by Luis Mr Hutchings is a math teacher at Belfast Area High School. He has been teaching for 33 years, the last 25 of them in Belfast, following a ...
Motherhood
By Kit Hayden - May 12I went, rather reluctantly, to the opening of Lincoln County Community Theater’s presentation of Motherhood Out Loud conceived by Susan Rose and ...
Comments
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Re: Committee says withdrawal will save towns $1.6 million
By Debora Riley - May 24With all due respect, Mr. Hutchings and Mr. Hamm, we see things in local education differently. As an RSU 20 school board member I am required to ...
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Re: Committee says withdrawal will save towns $1.6 million
By mike hurley - May 24After nearly a year of study; I am convinced that going back to the 6 towns is best for Belfast, the education experience, and above all the high ...
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Re: Police caution residents to be alert for Wal-Mart email scam
By Corelyn Senn - May 24I got two of these on 5/16 but I just ignored them. Have not heard anything since.
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Re: Committee says withdrawal will save towns $1.6 million
By Charles Hamm - May 23The residents of Northport will decide a few things in the near future, won't they? Good luck.
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Re: Committee says withdrawal will save towns $1.6 million
By Debora Riley - May 23This is a rare chance for voters to speak out and let everyone know they're for ALL students having a good education, not just the former MSAD 34 ...
Member Stories
Freedom Town News
By Sallyann Hadyniak - May 24Voice of Freedom: My grandson Tyler who is a student member of the University of Maine Board of Trustees that overlook all seven campuses in Maine ...
Join us rain or shine for the Owls Head Spring Antique Auto Show!
By Owls Head Transportat... - May 24Dust off your classic vehicle and join us on Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26 at the Owls Head Transportation Museum for our annual Owls Head ...
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Winterport News
By Ruth Moran - May 24Good luck goes out today to both the Wagner Middle School and the Snith School. The Wagner School Show Choir and Jazz Band are performing a t ...
Stockton Springs Report
By Jeff Davis - May 24Municipal News The Select Board meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 6 at the town office. The board and town office employees have been working ...
Happy Birthday Freedom!
By Sallyann Hadyniak - May 24FREEDOM’S BICENTENNIAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY EVENING – JULY 5, 2013 Old Meeting House 135 N. Palermo Road Master of Ceremonies - Myrick ...
