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Columns

Why open primaries are better than open marriages

By Sam Patten - Apr 16
Bad outcomes are the result of bad options, some say. Our political process bears that pretty well; after all, Americans have been served up some ...
Courier-Gazette Letters to the Editor April 15

Apr 16
Treat the flag with respectful protocol I have recently witnessed a great deal of patriotism expressed through the flying of our nation's flag. At ...
Putting the ‘fun’ in ‘phonetics’

By Curtis Honeycutt - Apr 16
I took my son Miles to get his hair cut this past weekend. Miles' barber has recently moved into a new salon down the road. The new spot is inside ...
Historical Photo - Not quite moving day

Apr 15
The Captain John E. Husby house sits on Atlantic Avenue, shortly before it was moved to the top of Harden Avenue. Husby, who was the skipper of ...
Pay attention to your mailbox

By Tom Seymour - Apr 15
Mailboxes are probably the most overlooked item on our property. While we fixate upon cosmetic upgrades of our houses and grounds, most of us pay ...
Roasted veggie sheet pan dinner

By Wendy Andresen - Apr 15
On a recent trip to the natural foods store, a bag of the most adorable little organic rainbow peppers fairly screamed my name and begged me to ...
Wreck of the clipper ship Wild Wave

By Charles H. Lagerbom - Apr 15
While researching Maine-built ships that rounded Cape Horn, I came across reference to the clipper ship Wild Wave and its dramatic wreck near ...
Camden Herald letters to the editor April 15

Apr 15
Opposing regulations to short-term rentals We are writing as the owners of a non-owner occupied short-term rental in Rockport. Our first visit to ...
Flowers for every garden

By Lynette L. Walther - Apr 15
Someone once asked me what my favorite flower was. Ho boy, talk about a trick question. Like a lot of gardeners, I sometimes tend to get obsessed ...
Broadband: If you build it, they will come

Apr 15
Broadband and fiber represent some of the best infrastructure to invest in for our area. Even before the pandemic, we were seeing an influx of ...
Reviewing the Back-to-Basics Budget

By Sen. Dave Miramant - Apr 15
Last month, I gathered once again in the Augusta Civic Center with my colleagues in the House and Senate to take up the biennial budget, among ...
King of the kitchen

By Kris Ferrazza - Apr 15
When I was a kid, it was a memorable thing to see my father in the kitchen. Mainly it was memorable because it was so rare. The kitchen was my ...
The price of being 'woke': editing your music library

By Reade Brower - Apr 15
In the late 1960s, this almost-teenager began listening to radio; popular songs played on the school bus each day. A few of those songs make ...
To deceive and confuse

By David Grima - Apr 14
For over a year we have been watching for signs, any signs at all, of what might still remain of normal. I present to you, therefore, the sight of ...
Skynyrd live, MacGowan examined

By Tom Von Malder - Apr 11
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Knebworth '76 (Eagle Rock, Blu-ray + CD or DVD + CD or limited edition 2LP + DVD, NR, 165 min.). On Aug. 21, 1976, Lynyrd ...
New Moon new cycle begins Sunday April 11 at 10:31 p.m. with ...

Apr 10
April 11 – 25 Jupiter in Aquarius is in a minor aspect with Pluto in Capricorn. I call it minor because it equates to a 30 degrees aspect. That ...
Courier-Gazette Letters to the Editor April 8

Apr 09
Keep the park public Lynn Archer/Brass Compass has made a request to the Rockland City Council to take over a third of Winslow Holbrook Park to ...
Iran and The Blob's identity crisis

By Sam Patten - Apr 09
There is a running joke in Washington about “The Blob,” which is the foreign policy establishment and its hangers-on. In the most recent edition ...
The Boxer and Enterprise

By Charles H. Lagerbom - Apr 08
As far as wars go in American History, the War of 1812 does not get that much coverage or study. But here in Maine, the conflict proved to be a ...
Where are the books?

By Tom Seymour - Apr 08
If I visit a house where there are no books, I wonder where they are. Don't be fooled into thinking that books have largely been supplanted by the ...

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