Talk

How to support loved ones, family, friends experiencing domestic abuse

Around the holidays, as advocates, we start getting questions about how the holiday season impacts rates of domestic abuse, or if we see more people reaching out to us during this time of year. It...
Letter to the editor

The facts need to be accurate

I’d like to set the record straight. If one is going to state facts, then the facts need to be accurate. That being said, to start with, I have been seeing videos and photographs of my store, The...
How to financially prepare for the winter

As the temperatures dip below freezing and the last leaves fall off the trees, winter creeps up again on Mainers each November. Winter in Maine covers nearly five months of the year and with that...
Poem

A Merriam Thanksgiving

For Nich and Carol A lovely, warm late November day generations gather talking of old days, lobsters and carpentry now we hear of a new joining flowers bound by strong composites...
Let’s just stick to the real issues about Montgomery Dam, watershed

As a resident of Camden with property on the Megunticook River’s lagoon above the Knowlton Dam, I’ve been trying to keep up with the ongoing debate about opening up the watershed by removing some of...
Letter to the editor

Save the Dam petition

On behalf of our Save the Dam Falls Committee, I would like to thank the hundreds of Camden voters who have already signed our petition “to protect, preserve, maintain, and repair” the Montgomery Dam...
From the Maine Senate

Give or receive a little help this holiday season

For many, this time of year means gathering with family and friends for a special meal or an exchange of meaningful gifts. But putting food on the table or presents under the tree can be a struggle...
Opinion

Tourism distraction: Restoring the Megunticook watershed

Did you know that the waterfall in Camden harbor has become a major tourist attraction? At least a few people think so. They’re upset because the Select Board is considering a recommendation to...
Montgomery Dam vote timely and necessary

It was a pleasure to read Sarah Miller’s thoughtful piece on the timing of the vote for Montgomery Dam. It was a model of civil discourse that I hope to live up to. I agree with her premise, that...