The Baked Bean Bonus

That cold spell in March that came just as I was beginning to give up on winter altogether and gird myself for mud season paid out a bonus in baked beans. Cheapskate Yankee that I am, there is something about long slow baking in an electric oven (with the meter running) that goes against my

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The risks and virtues of wind power

To the editor: As a year round resident of Swan’s Island, I read with some interest the letter from Ms. Vicki Wysocki of Hamburg, NY, warning Swan’s Islanders of the perils of windpower [WWF March 07]. It is true that the Swan’s Island Electric Cooperative is systematically examining the question of whether wind power makes

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Shipping Out to Paradise

Every year the T.S. ENTERPRISE the training ship for cadets at Massachusetts Maritime Academy, takes a two-month trip, either across the Atlantic to Europe, south to the Caribbean, or through the Panama Canal. During this expedition all freshmen students are required to brave the voyage, face the seasickness, and acquire their newfound “sea legs.” Last

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Painting Freedom

An example of the tenacity of human spirit has been tucked away in a corner of the Blue Hill Library. Library patrons can be forgiven if they missed it, a tiny display of paintings and collages amid shelves of equally worthy books, sculptures, and other works of art. But those who found the small collection

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Benedict Arnold’s Navy: The Ragtag Fleet that Lost the Battle of Lake Champlain but won the American Revolution

McGraw Hill, $32.95, 363 pages Before he betrayed his country… In September of 2005 I reviewed a novel by James Nelson called Thieves of Mercy for this newspaper. Nelson’s latest work is a dramatic, non-fiction account of Benedict Arnold’s contributions to the success of the American Revolution. The versatile author sets the tone for his

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