EVENTS: Branch Mills flea market opens May 15
The flea market at the Branch Mills Grange #336 will be open on Saturday, May 15, from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
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EVENTS: Permaculture in the Park begins new season
Plant Giveaway and Permaculture Bed Building will kick off the Permaculture in the Park series at the Ecology Learning Center CommUNITY programming in partnership with the Unity Barn Raisers. The initial session will be held on Sunday, May 16, at 11 a.m., at Triplet Park, Wood Lane, in Unity. This month will feature learning permaculture […]
EVENTS: St. Michael Walk-a-Thon rescheduled
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the annual St. Michael School and Travis Mills Walk-A-Thon, originally scheduled for May 5, will now be held on Wednesday, May 19. Pledges and donations will continue to be accepted through May 19. For more information about the event, email jennsparda1@gmail.com or legalboxerz@hotmail.com. In addition to the running, walking and activities, […]
I’M JUST CURIOUS: Let’s start with the “firsts”
by Debbie Walker Yes, today let’s start with “Firsts”. First such as diets (shoot that guy), first electric car (it wasn’t recently), First bottled water, First 911 call, and First UFO sighting (my grandmother had her theories). So, the first diet printed was from William Banting in 1863. Mr. Banting was struggling with his 5-foot […]
REVIEW POTPOURRI – Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
by Peter Cates Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) and Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) are, for me, the three most outstanding 20th century composers to have emerged from Russia. I have written previously of Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich and would like to focus on Prokofiev. He was a child prodigy as a composer and pianist, […]
MAINE MEMORIES: Five old crows, plus one
by Evangeline T. Hello and welcome to Maine Memories, little snippets of life from our home state. Spring has sprung, and the weather is much milder. Keep your fingers crossed that snow season is finally behind us…there’s always something interesting going on outside when May flowers bloom. For this installment, here’s a true story about […]
POETRY CORNER: Contrails
Contrails by the late Milt Huntington Augusta Jet planes streaking through the sky Leave their contrails there to die. We who watch them from below Can only wonder where they go. We hear their disappearing sound As it echoes dimly to the ground. From west to east and east to west They travel headlong to […]
Carrabec High School announces top 10 seniors for 2021
Sarah Olson, Carrabec’s Valedictorian, is a student who is a role model in our school. With a grade point average of 101.18 she has completed four advanced placement classes, seven honors classes and five dual enrollment classes. Sarah is a student who is quiet and accomplishes a lot behind the scenes. She is hard working […]
LETTERS: Easy way to save for retirement
To the editor: It is a distressing fact that on average, working households in Maine have just $2,500 in retirement savings. This is due in part because many Maine workers have no way to save for retirement through their employer. This legislative session, a simple solution is being proposed and AARP Maine strongly supports it. […]
Roland’s Trivia Question for Thursday, May 6, 2021
Which pitcher, who started for the Red Sox in the 1986 World Series, later enjoyed success coaching the Chinese national team? Answer: Bruce Hurst.