Planning well underway for China Community Days festivities
Local residents of China are hard at work organizing the activities and festivities for the China Community Days celebration planned for the weekend of August 5-7…
Entries by Eric W. Austin
Volunteers needed for Window Dressers workshop
by Eric W. Austin The China for a Lifetime Committee is planning a Window Dressers workshop this November 7-13, at the China Lake Camp, off the Neck Road, on the west side of the lake. The initiative is a volunteer-led, barn-raising effort to construct low-cost “window inserts” that can significantly reduce residential energy costs. Orders […]
ERIC’S TECH TALK: Communication is the secret sauce of social change
by Eric W. Austin – The internet has eliminated obstacles between information and the average consumer. And like every other time this has happened, it’s leading to social upheaval as consumers adjust to the new information landscape. Like in the past, people are asking, is this a good or a bad thing? Does this make society better or worse?
Maine Gov. Mills attends alewife restoration ribbon cutting
by Eric W. Austin – A good-sized crowd gathered behind the Olde Mill Place to witness a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the completion of the Alewife Restoration Initiative’s project to bring migratory fish back to China Lake…
China Village Volunteer Fire Department appoints new chief
by Eric W. Austin CHINA, ME — Let me introduce you to Joel Nelson, China resident and the new fire chief for China Village Fire Department. He strikes an imposing presence on first acquaintance, standing over six-feet tall and broad-shouldered. Soft-spoken and thoughtful, Nelson told me a bit of his life in China and his […]
ERIC’S TECH TALK – My life in video games: a trip through gaming history
by Eric W. Austin It was sometime in the mid-1980s when my father took me to a technology expo here in Maine. I think it was held in Lewiston, but it might have been some other place. (Before I got my driver’s license, I didn’t know where anything was.) This was at a time when […]
China resident looks to fill a need for women veterans
by Eric W. Austin omen veterans in general are so overlooked and underappreciated,” says China resident and U.S. Army veteran Nichole Jordan. “Women are truly the invisible aspect of after-service to our country.” While many excellent veterans organizations exist, like the American Legion and VFW, historically the focus of these organizations has been on male […]
China Lake Association updates public on 10-year watershed plan
by Eric W. Austin On Thursday, December 2, the China Lake Association hosted a two-hour Zoom webinar to present the public with their 10-year plan for the China Lake Watershed. The plan represented work over a two-year period by multiple organizations to survey the China Lake watershed and develop a plan for preserving and improving […]
These fish have been waiting 200 years for this moment
by Eric W. Austin It’s been more than 200 years since an alewife has successfully made its way, under its own power, from the ocean and up the Sebasticook River to Outlet Stream before arriving at China Lake, but all that’s about to change. After nearly seven years of hard work, oceans of red tape, […]
A musical legacy passes to the next generation at So. China Community Church
by Eric W. Austin The South China Community Church has chosen Ian Maxwell, a local South China resident and recent graduate of Eastern University, to be their new director of music. Maxwell will be replacing Chris Faris, who previously held the position for the last 29 years. “The choir is very excited to be working […]