On a subzero January morning in 2004, I stood on Main Street in Bangor with a reporter’s notebook clasped in my frozen fingers and watched the stunningly beautiful, eerie and tragic site in front …
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There are those of us who by nature are more curious than others. More interested. Perhaps more inquisitive. Or maybe just nosy.
Those who are, may casually glance into lit windows as they pass …
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Ahhh, graduation! A time of pomp and circumstance. A time to reflect upon and celebrate serious academic achievement.
And, oh yes, a time of bad behavior, silliness, stupid decisions, threats and …
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Twenty-one years ago this month my grandmother and I were taking a walk “up to the boat landing” in Newport when she decided it was time to discuss my future.
I recently had been transferred …
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“My World In Pink Ribbons.”
That’s the title of a short essay written by a young lady at Bangor High School in this year’s Mosaic, an annual publication by the school’s creative writing …
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I admit I personally don’t know Brewer City Councilor Manley DeBeck. Perhaps he’s a good enough fellow, having been elected to the City Council and all.
But after the story this week …
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“SMMOG!” my daughter yelled at me as I pulled out of a parking space last week.
“Where?” I yelled back, stomping on the brakes in case smog turned out to be something I might …
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This week the UPS man dropped a box of graduation announcements on my doorstep and my 17-year-old began pointing at the calendar and talking of marching practice and her graduation party.
This …
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