Opinion
Columns
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Balancing risk to benefit for Searsport's future
By Peter Sarnacki - Feb 09As a Searsport resident and Maine native, I would like to comment on the DCP Midstream informational meeting held recently in Searsport. I want to ...
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Remembering an old growth cedar stand
By Ron Joseph - Feb 05“When you enter a grove peopled with ancient trees, higher than the ordinary, and shutting out the sky with their thickly inter-twined branches, ...
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LiveCell
By Eric Green - Feb 04This is the sixth installment of the thriller LiveCell, written by Belfast author Eric Green. You can find the previous installments on villagesoup...
Vermicomposting: Winter project prepares for spring planting
By Jean English - Feb 04Tired of trekking out to the compost bin in winter? Consider vermicomposting. Vermicomposts, according to the Soil Ecology Laboratory at the Ohio ...
- Governor's weekly radio address
Stand up and speak out
By Gov. Paul LePage - Feb 04The following is text from the governor's Feb. 4, 2012, radio address. To listen, click the MP3 link below. "Hello. This is Governor Paul ...
Weekly Democratic radio address
Economy depends on strengthening middle class, working families
By Rep. Jeff McCabe - Feb 04The following is text from the Feb. 4, 2012, Democratic radio address. To listen, click the MP3 link below. "Good morning, I’m Democratic State ...
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What makes successful presidents?
By Lloyd V. Stover - Feb 04It is amazing that after several centuries the United States has elected so few outstanding presidents. You can almost count them on one hand: ...
Tracking our summer birds south
By Kristen Lindquist - Feb 03Remember that unusual raft of 600-plus coots that hung out on Chickawaukie Lake into early January, dwindling down to two, then none, as the lake ...
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Baking with Betty
By Betty Heald - Feb 03This week's column is dedicated to All of you who do not flee South when the tempo and snow flakes start falling. Cranberry-Pear Cobbler 2 cans ...
- OPINION: Politics & Other Mistakes
Magic power
By Al Diamon - Feb 03A few months after the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, my wife and I were wandering around the eastern part of that city and came upon a little ...
Blogs
Documentary looks at U2, Queen, The Doors
By Tom Von Malder - Feb 08U2: From the Sky Down (Interscope/Universal, Blu-ray or standard DVD, 86 min.). This is a fascinating, intimate portrait of the four-man band from ...
Thorfinn Expeditions Interviews Quickblade Paddles Founder Jim Terrell
By Thor Emory - Feb 08Method Behind the Madness: An Interview with Quickblade's Jim Terrell A life-long passion for paddling, top level experience in international ...
Astrologically speaking February 1-19 Mercury is NOT retrograde. althought today and yesterday has been filled with disappointments. (written 2/7)
By ananur forma - Feb 07February 2012 Mercury is not retrograde this month. Mars and Saturn are retrograde making it a poor time to start a new business. If you are doing ...
Tilting at Windmills
By Kit Hayden - Feb 06With the 1099’s rolling in it’s time to face reluctantly the annual battle with the IRS. I reminisce, with a sort of wry amusement, on how our ...
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Durango is dead. Long Live Durango!
By Silvio Calabi - Feb 05YOU MAY REMEMBER the old Dodge Durango the way I do: As a clumsy, truck-based ute, just one more member of that herd of motorized dinosaurs that ...
Something New in the World of Kayaking
By Ray Wirth - Feb 05One of the best things about owning a small kayak shop (besides scouting out new sections of the Maine coast as potential tour destinations) is ...
Maine Winter Paddling
By Thor Emory - Feb 03My Dad is fond of saying, “That is no joke!” He uses this line to refer to anything that is in fact- no joke. Such topics as global warming, my ...
The Cheddar & the Ivy
By Dr. Rushworth M. Kidder - Feb 03Our ethics, some say, is like cheddar cheese: The more it ages, the stronger and more flavorful it gets. Others say our ethics is like English ...
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6 more weeks of winter? I think we can stay busy....
By Dan Bookham - Feb 02This February our region hosts a range of events, encompassing ice fishing, film, foreign affairs, toboggan racing, getting outdoors on winter ...
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Non-Toxic Cleaners... a new solution to an old problem.
By Christy Perce - Feb 01Non-toxic Cleaners: Posted on January 5, 2012 by mainecloth By now most of us know the dangers of chemical cleaners. According to the U.S. ...
Comments
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Re: Selectman: Tank proposal brings no guaranteed local jobs
By Faith L Garrold - Feb 09I couldn't agree more with a plea for civility! But it has not been our elected and appointed officials who labeled their fellow citizens" ...
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Re: Tilting at Windmills
By M. A. Mower - Feb 07I Googled 278,772 congregations and there's a link to your post in the first 10 search results. Regarding the church's tax-exempt status, I came ...
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Re: Maskers set 2012 season
By Jen Dejoy - Feb 06Please note: the Steel Magnolias audition date has changed. The new date is March 17 from 10 a.m. to noon. Location is unchanged: First Church, 55 ...
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Re: PLAY FOR AN AUDIENCE THAT LISTENS-1 to 3pm Every Sunday-- we have fiddles, banjos, guitars 701 7627….SPS MUSEUM 75 MECHANIC STREET ROCKLAND--A ...
By Richard McKusic, Sr. - Feb 04FUNNNNN!!
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Re: Tempers flare at company-hosted tank forum in Searsport
By Janine Faulkingham ... - Feb 02It was indeed frustrating to attend this meeting. My source of frustration is due in large part to the FACT that the ladies and gentlemen from DCP ...
Member Stories
Finnish Church this Sunday
By Art Jura - Feb 08SOUTH THOMASTON. Rev. Terence R. Willis has announced that he will preach upon "The Simple Life" during the February 12 worship service at the ...
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Nickerson & AyersTop 2/06 Bridge
By Tom Tarbox - Feb 06The results of today(6 Feb 12)'s duplicate bridge game of The Idle Rich DBC are as follows: First, Sheila Nickerson of Belfast and Anne Ayers of ...
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Searsport town news
By Danielle Natale - Feb 06By Dick Desmarais radiosearsport@aol.com Tuesday, Feb. 7, starting at 7 p.m., the regular meeting of the selectmen will take place in the Town ...
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Lincolnville town news
By Danielle Natale - Feb 06By Diane O'Brien ragrugs@midcoast.com 789-5987 Municipal meetings All meetings are held at Lincolnville Central School unless otherwise noted. A ...
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Liberty Town News
By Cindy Canavan - Feb 05It seems like winter is only here in Maine these days and not much of that with our snow drought going on. I did notice that there were ice shacks ...
