CAPE NEDDICK — By midmorning three birds and a gray squirrel have already arrived at the Center for Wildlife, carried inside in small boxes by the people who found them injured or orphaned. A young mourning dove that arrived in a makeshift carrier made from a Christmas gift box sits nestled on a towel in […]
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Marijuana industry target for crime
Using crowbars and jackhammers, thieves broke into Dawson and Kelly Julia’s medical cannabis grow in Unity two years ago, forcing their way past a locked steel door and boarded-up window to steal 60 marijuana plants valued at more than $50,000 from this husband-and-wife caregiver business. In under an hour, East Coast CBD’s entire marijuana crop […]
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New Baxter director balancing demands and ideals
MILLINOCKET — While growing up in Bangor, Eben Sypitkowski would make trips with his father to Baxter State Park. He recalls being 8 or 9 and hiding from his father on his way up The Owl, one of the park’s many mountains. Sypitkowski returned to Baxter to fly-fish in wild trout ponds while a graduate […]
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Yes, there is media bias
This is in response to Ellen Field’s letter (Aug. 8). In her letter, she would have people believe that the media is truthful and unbiased with regard to President Donald Trump. To clearly see the bias she need only open the same paper to see the hatred aimed at Trump and conservatives. For example, pages […]
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Let's hear the other side of Omarosa's story
Where have we seen this play before: A woman comes forward to accuse a conservative of inappropriate behavior in hopes of harming him sufficiently so he will be unable to achieve his policy objectives? People with even short memories will recall “act one” was Anita Hill, a law professor at the University of Oklahoma, who […]
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Gemini: Talk, socialize, participate and take action
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Clay Walker, 49; Matthew Perry, 49; John Stamos, 55; Bill Clinton, 72. Happy Birthday: Your attitude will slowly change as you head toward the end of the year. Take time to re-evaluate your past and the likes and dislikes you experienced. Change begins within, and if you are aware of […]
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A tribute to Aretha Franklin
The Queen is dead. Aretha Louise Franklin, a preacher’s daughter from Memphis who was broadly acclaimed the greatest singer of the last half-century — indeed, one of the greatest singers in the history of American song — died of pancreatic cancer Thursday at her home in Detroit, surrounded by family and friends. She was 76. […]
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His family issues are cause for concern
DEAR ABBY: I am in my late 20s and dating a man in his mid-30s whom I am crazy about. We have been dating for a year and are starting to discuss marriage and children. He’s kind, hard-working, gives back to the community, and does everything he can to make me happy. My problem is […]
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Can the church turn shame to hope?
The news last week of Catholic priests defiling children in Pennsylvania should have shocked us. But many of us may be beyond shock. Haven’t we seen all this before? Well, in a way, yes. This was the 11th report by a grand jury or attorney general detailing sexual abuse of children and young adults by […]
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Dogs: Why do they do that?
They sit on you. They walk in circles before lying down. They often don’t like little kids. They HAVE TO get the squeaky thing out of the toy. Here’s why. Dogs. Oh, how we love them. Just ask any dog “parent.” According to the National Humane Society’s “Pets by the numbers,” the number of households […]