The Telstar Middle School Cross Country Team is receiving this year’s Sportsmanship Award. Congratulations to the team voted “best example of fair and generous behavior towards competitors”, congratulating all runners regardless of finish time or team affiliation. In part, this team’s award needs to be shared with the spectators, family, and friends who also exemplify […]
2021
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Backyard Reflections
Birches, A Forest Gift Gray birches are native to Northeastern North America and like their close relatives, the Paper birches, are a pioneer species, springing up in abandoned fields, woodland edges, or disturbed areas. After land has been logged, they are one of the trees along with poplar and willow that germinate first, providing much-needed shade […]
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Electric Vehicles – Very Funny
In an August 2021 column, Al Diamon scoffed about electric vehicles (Politics & Other Mistakes: Shock treatment), with the usual folksy, “here’s-the-actual-story” approach. Ha ha, we get it. He concludes that EVs are not the answer to climate change. Wait, didn’t the clouds part and the angels begin to sing with the unveiling of the […]
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Christmas for Families 2021
To the Editor: Christmas for Families, with the help of many elves, has been helping our community for over 43 years – and every year this community comes together to help. We do not feel that we can have a fundraiser again this year as there are still so many questions that no one can really […]
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Movie Review: ‘Eternals’
“Eternals” is one of those Marvel Cinematic Universe movies that tries to introduce a whole team of new superheroes at once. Sometimes this works to great effect: “Guardians of the Galaxy” gave us five new characters that were instantly iconic. Other times the tactic falls flat, like with Thor’s forgettable entourage. The cast of “Eternals” […]
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A Tribute to a lost, and found, Civil War veteran
NORWAY — On a beautiful Sunday morning on August 1 of this year, a large group of friends and family gathered at the Fore Street Cemetery in Oxford to celebrate an unusual and amazing event. After more than 150 years, the resting place of an ancestor who served in the Civil War had been found […]
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Bridgton Art Guild show at Gallery 302
BRIDGTON — Gallery 302 is happy to present an exhibit by members of the Bridgton Art Guild called “A Closer Look.” The show includes a variety of styles and will be up November 6 – December 3. The gallery is located at 112 Main Street in Bridgton. For more information, call 207-647-2787 or visit gallery302.com.
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What I’ve learned
You’ve put off writing an important term paper, which is due tomorrow, so you decide to pull an all-nighter. The paper is due at 9 a.m. After many hours of slaving away, you read what you’ve written and it’s not bad. However, it’s only six and a half pages. It needs to be a minimum […]
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Mahoosuc Bird Notes
Generalist or Specialist? From time to time, I receive photos, descriptions, or even audio recordings from friends who ask for help identifying an unusual bird. Sometimes I’m pretty confident of my answer. At other times, I simply don’t know for certain. Recently, a friend sent me a grainy picture of […]
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Gina Morin: Sen. Collins should back Build Back Better bill
I’m a frustrated Maine voter. Sen. Susan Collins recently claimed that the “expensive entitlement programs” the Biden administration is proposing in the Build Back Better legislation “would break the connection between work and a brighter future.” Well, I can prove that’s not true. I am disabled, and earlier this summer I started a fellowship with […]