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Columns

Muzzled by executive session? Perhaps.

By Rockland City ... - Jan 20
I am in an interesting position. Having not been involved in any Executive Sessions (ES) discussing the cell tower, I am not bound by any confident...
The city and the plumb line

By David Grima - Jan 20
I have heard from a reader who commented on my recent piece about a friend needing to travel to Bangor for a relatively minor medical procedure. I ...
How’s it all end?

By Kris Ferrazza - Jan 20
My daughter's friend recently asked her if she watches the news. “Not much,” Elizabeth said. “My mom watches enough for all three of us.” At first ...
Dustbowl romance, spacewalk and horror

By Tom Von Malder - Jan 17
Dreamland (2019, Paramount, Blu-ray or standard DVD, R, 101 min.). This dustbowl Bonnie and Clyde tale, set in Bismark, Texas in 1935 during the ...
Astrology for Sunday January 17 through Wednesday January ...

Jan 17
Sunday, January 17 Mars and Uranus are conjunct and are speeding you up. Please be very careful this is a hectic time and brings about impulsive ...
The reasons behind our wind energy opposition

By Jack Merrill, Maine ... - Jan 16
For more than 50 years, I have understood humans need to reduce their fossil fuel consumption, and that green technology — giving us solar, hydro ...
The appropriate response

By Shlomit Auciello - Jan 15
I have friends who think the cops were soft on last week's insurrectionists, and that we have all been way too lenient with the great inciter. I ...
Breaking Reagan's 11th Commandment

By Sam Patten - Jan 15
Growing up like Michael P. Keaton of the 1980s sitcom "Family Ties," I always took a fair amount of flak from my decidedly liberal family and ...
Courier-Gazette Letters to the Editor Jan. 14

Jan 15
Collins should resign Sen. Susan Collins should follow the lead of other principled Republicans like Representative Paul Mitchell of Michigan and ...
Try bunching onions this season

By Tom Seymour - Jan 14
Bunching onions, also known as green onions or scallions, are easy to grow and take very little space in the garden. I find bunching onions useful ...
How thick is thick enough?

By W.W. Matteson - Jan 14
A Saturday cruise down Route 17 last weekend revealed a festive sight: dozens of winter recreators scattered across the frozen reaches of Sides ...
Historical Photo - Alexander Orchestra

Jan 14
Gathered for a portrait are Frank Alexander and the Alexander Orchestra, c. 1909. Alexander (center, with clarinet) was a blacksmith who, after ...
Turning back to the truth

Jan 14
The importance of the truth should be the lesson of Jan. 6. The mob that stormed the Capitol in Washington, D.C., ultimately causing the deaths of ...
Camden Herald letters to the editor Jan. 14

Jan 14
Aiding asylum seekers in Maine Eighty-five families of asylum seekers from the tropical-climate countries of Angola and the Democratic Republic of ...
Dull names for things

By David Grima - Jan 14
Treason, treachery, sedition, insurrection. But although my own first thoughts during the recent troubles involved reaching for my rifle and its ...
Astrology January 13 New Moon until the end of January 2021 ...

Jan 13
by Astrologer Ananur (sounds like Eleanor) Forma on the rocky coast of Maine. Professional Astrologer since the 70's studied with Isabel Hickey on ...
Getting witchy: ‘Craft: Legacy,’ ‘Spell’

By Tom Von Malder - Jan 09
The Craft: Legacy (Sony, Blu-ray or standard DVD, PG-13, 94 min.). This is more of a follow-up than a sequel to the first “Craft” film, which came ...
Remember the Golden Rule

By Sam Patten - Jan 09
On Tuesday last week, it became clear that Donald Trump threw the Republican Senate under the bus. On Wednesday, he threw his loyalist supporters ...
Beyond idolatry to mutual service

By Rev. Dr. Ute Molitor, ... - Jan 07
On Jan. 6, 2021, people of our nation watched with horror as the U.S. Capitol was overtaken during an attempted insurrection spurred on by the ...
Camden Herald letters to the editor Jan. 7

Jan 07
Snobbery — Thy Name is Rockport Regs Well, Rockport, the “fix is in.” First Selectman, Debra Hall, and her little band of regulators have most ...

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