Archive for ‘Opinion’

  • Earth Notes: The joy of fall migration

    By Mary Jewett Guest Columnist I have always said that spring is my favorite season. Not just for the warming temperatures and increased daylight, but mostly for the birds. Hummingbirds, hawks, sparrows, herons, shorebirds, sparrows and so many others travel thousands of miles from their winter homes north to their breeding grounds. Many stop right […]

  • Earth Notes: Cooling the Earth’s fever

    By Sally Chappell Guest Columnist Are you skeptical that a solution to climate change can ever be achieved? Banish your skepticism! There are many solutions to climate change, the climate crisis, global warming, whatever your preferred manner of referral. The unfortunate aspect is that all the solutions will have to be mobilized. That is why […]

  • Earth Notes: Cranberry, the Native Fall berry

    By Joyce White Guest Columnist I’ve found cranberries growing naturally every place I’ve lived in Maine except for Aroostook County. There was a small cranberry bog on the farm where I grew up in Central Maine and another on the blueberry ground where I lived for a time in Eastern Maine. In this area of […]

  • Earth Notes: The Blue Battalion

    By Sally Chappell Guest Columnist What about this situation: millions of people without employment and lots of work to be done? We can all think of needs right now in this pandemic crisis. People are in need of food, healthcare and shelter, as well as nonphysical needs such as purpose and meaning in their lives […]

  • Riseman: Support funding for Broadband upgrades

    By Walter Riseman State Representative District 19 Despite our best efforts, the devastating effect of COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon. Are we prepared to deal with this on-going crisis? We need to do something now to be ready for an uncertain future. Can Broadband (high-speed Internet access) be part of a solution? What […]

  • Column: In Ye Olden Times — A taste of local flavor

    By Mike Davis Assistant Executive Director Bridgton Historical Society Hello neighbors! This week, we wanted to offer a taste of what everyday life was like in Bridgton at the dawn of summer over one hundred years ago. So instead of any one big article on breaking news, we have instead taken selections from the shorts […]

  • Column: Earth Notes — Are we faltering?

    By Sally Chappell Guest Columnist While speculation swirls surrounding the origin of COVID-19, there is no doubt about the origin of our present climate crisis: it’s us.   There is no one of us better able to describe how the crisis happened and the responsible parties than Bill McKibben in his latest book, Falter: Has […]

  • In Ye Olden Times: An omnipotent display

    By Mike Davis Assistant Executive Director Bridgton Historical Society Hello neighbor! Sure is some weather we’re having this week; I kept saying last month with every snowstorm that ‘surely this is the last gasp of winter,’ but waking up to snow last Saturday morning  — even if only a dusting – reminded me again just […]

  • Letter: Duffy

    To The Editor: We have transitioned from a post-Christian culture to a post-rational culture. We “progressed” from a culture where most people believed Christian teachings on right and wrong were absolutes to a culture where right and wrong are now equivalent to mere preferences. This type of thinking is not unprecedented. What is new, and […]

  • Letter: Chappell

    To The Editor: Our freedom does not include the right to risk the lives of others.  Jon Chappell Bridgton