When the first sign of intelligent life visits us from space, it won’t be a giant saucer hovering over New York. More likely, it will be an alien civilization’s trash.
Avi Loeb, chair of Harvard’s Department of Astronomy, believes he’s already found some of that garbage.
This music video was composed, rehearsed, and performed by EL Education students during the covid19 crisis while in physical isolation. It was made in two weeks in order to celebrate Better World Day, a day on which EL Education...
By Philip C. Groce, The Buzz—
It was not easy for Channa, in her early 20’ s, to lose both her mother and father to illnesses, and also to have her twin sister severely injured in a car accident. Channa Putansu (then, Munroe) had a premonition of her sister’ s accident, and when she did not show up for breakfast, Channa knew what had happened—common with twins. Historically, when Channa was much younger, her parents had started Bilbo Baggins in Camden.
By Barbara Walsh, The Maine Monitor
A pastor and his wife, both suffering from COVID-19, were together through the final moments of a half-century marriage because of the efforts of a loving doctor and a do-what-it-takes Houlton hospital.
It is not often that a comedian gives an astrophysicist goose bumps when discussing the laws of physics. But comic Chuck Nice managed to do just that in a recent episode of the podcast StarTalk.The show’s host Neil deGrasse Tyson had just explained the simulation...
By Barbara Walsh, The Maine Monitor --- The gray-haired ladies smile and tell their stories. Some of them have lost their husbands and live alone. Many of them have little to spare and are grateful for the gift. “I can’t believe I’m going to have lobsters on...
The Penobscot Bay Singers present some of our holiday favorites to put you in the spirit. Whether you enjoy Christmas, other seasonal festivals, or winter itself, this program includes a few classics for your enjoyment.
By Barbara A. Walsh, The Maine Monitor Chef Jordan Benissan stood outside his restaurant after another dismal night of business. As COVID-19 infections surged, customers disappeared. Benissan’s staff had shrunk to himself and a dishwasher. He worried about paying his...
Back in the day when some of us were still quite the young lords, the going line was “live fast, die young and leave a good looking corpse.”
Now it’s….
This is a story of self-control and marksmanship by a brave, cool-headed woman with a small pistol against a fierce predator. Here's her story in her own words: "While walking along the edge of Unity pond just outside my house in Unity discussing a property settlement...