Dear Friends, It’s the strangest feeling, this recycling I am doing with my “hugs from Maine" from a year ago; I sort of consider them a thin slice of personal history as well as a look back at much larger forces. I feel a deep relief and sense...
By Phyllis Merriam — The Buzz
Just when Rockland’s home and property owners thought the city was satisfied with last year’s re-assessments, KRT (Kryptonite Realty Taxation) has been re-hired by the city for a do-over of property assessments. We taxpayers fund KRT’ s fees, which the city has not disclosed. A Village Soup article says, “For most properties in the city, it has been since 2005 that this information was last verified. ” Say what? !
By Chris Wolf
With Memorial Day Weekend approaching, we ask:
How do Americans like their burgers?
Watch this Maine High School Baseball game between the Windjammers of Camden Hills and the Eagles of Lincoln Academy. this game was played at Camden Hills Regional High School in Rocport onMay 26, 2021.
Watch this Maine High School Baseball game between the Windjammers of Camden Hills and the Lions of Belfast. This game was played at Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport on Wednesday , May 19, 2021.
Watch this Maine High School Softball game between the Panthers of Medomak Valley and the Windjammers of Camden Hills. This game was played on May 17, 2021 at Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro.
“William! Kelly!” she hollered.
“I look for a sign from them,” McIver explained. “I’d do anything to bring them both back.”
McIver lost her grandson and daughter over a nine-week stretch. Her 14-year-old grandson William killed himself on Jan. 27. Her 40-year-old daughter Kelly – William’s mother – overdosed on April 3.
“I scream their names every morning when I walk,” McIver said. “I scream as loud as I can.”
Watch this 2015 Maine High School State Championship Baseball game between Camden Hills and Greely, played at St. Joseph College in June 2015. The Windjammers were then coached by Jeff Hart, and now the Windjammers’ 2021 Varsity Baseball Coach is Ben Rollins, who played for Coach Hart on this Regional Championship team in 2015.
Messan Jordan Benissan is both a music teacher at Colby College and the owner of the Mé Lon Togo restaurant in Camden. Born and raised in Togo, West Africa, he uses music and food to enhance cultural awareness in his circle of students, friends and customers.