The section of trail from Jay Plaza to Old Jay Hill Road will be closed Monday through Thursday from Aug. 5 to Nov. 8. It will be open Thursday evenings after 5 p.m. during that period.
July 2019
The fresh summery taste of raspberries
This morning I have glorious sunshine keeping me company on the deck. Our newest addition to the backyard bird feeder is a plump, rascally, gray squirrel. Sometimes he brings a friend. I’m not a big fan of these guys because they chase the birds away. On the other hand, I believe Mother Nature sorts things […]
Mueller Drones, Dodges, Disappoints
Farmington’s Walmart has been offering The Mueller Report for $11.98, a bargain for 728 pages in fine print. There’s no index so readers must read through hundreds of pages to locate what interests them. That makes me wonder about Walmart’s management. How many purchasers of this thick rectangle of tedium did they expect to attract […]
Claire’s Kitchen
Thinking ahead to the fun filled remaining days of summer and the eventual sports practices that begin in August, I have a perfect dinner solution for the busy family. Chicken nuggets! It would be my guess that most kids and teenagers (not to mention adults) enjoy a good chicken nugget when they get a chance. Frozen nuggets […]
Westberry receives Fulbright
LEWISTON — Abby Westberry, of Readfield, a 2015 graduate of Maranacook Community School is one of twenty-five members of the Bates College Class of 2019 and young alumni to have received offers of the highly competitive Fulbright Student fellowships for the 2019-20 academic year. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright is the […]
Growing up Wilson
The first five years of my life were spent living on my grandparent’s farm. My mother, Irma, was their only child and my father Matthew Wilson, had four babies in thirty months, I was the fourth, and three years later another brother was born, soon to be nick-named Hunky. We lived in two rooms up […]
Nudged by Nostalgia – Youngest Blue and Gray
Part 2 Delity Powell Kelly story
Nancy Pinkham: An erosion of civility
As I watched Robert Mueller’s testimony last week, I was ashamed and angered at the lack of respect displayed by some of the Republican men and women. Mueller has been nothing but honorable, trustworthy and respected during his life of service to the United States of America. I sat there in disbelief as several Republicans […]
Robert Samuelson: Are we shortchanging the military?
WASHINGTON — The military-industrial complex isn’t bankrupting us — though some on the left still cling nostalgically to the belief that it is. It’s fiction. We need to be clear about this. As I’ve written before, one of the great uncovered stories in Washington is the defense budget versus the welfare state. Defense is getting […]
Gerry Morgan: Good deeds still happen
Recently, I had a lucky encounter with bikers. I am an elderly man living in Phillips and although I can drive, I have to use a walker. As I prepared to go pick up mail at the Post Office, I noticed that one tire on my vehicle looked a bit low. The Post Office is […]