Kenny Marston, who died too young this week, and I were the number three children in our large 1960s and 1970s families. Those were the best of times, weren't they? No internet to relegate ourselves to the couch, lots of kids in the neighborhood to.
Alfred Barter said he came to the Sept. 25 Boothbay Harbor selectmen’s meeting to bring them up to speed on the affordable housing development. Barter spoke during public comment with concerns about the construction and what, according to him, was.
Thanksgiving is nearly three weeks in the past, however, this is still the season of caring and giving. The saying “Someone always has it worse” really hit home this week. Waking up Sunday morning without cable TV/internet/phone service because a.
KEVIN BURNHAM
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Trying not to sound too much like our old columnist Andy Rooney, who began several of his broadcasts with a question . but, did you ever have one of those nights where you can’t escape a half sleep, half awake dream?
I had one this week and it lasted for about four hours. The theme of the dream included a walk around my old neighborhood from my childhood home on Gilead Street. Somehow, somewhere and early on my brother, Glenn, joined up with me. We kept walking, and walking, and walking, and talked about who lived where back when we were growing up. We went up School Street, Eastern Avenue, Townsend Avenue, Union Street, Atlantic Avenue, West Street, Park Street, Kenney Field Drive, Oak Street, Commercial Street, etc. In my dream state, I really enjoyed the walk-and-talk, but when I was awake, I kept saying to myself that I have to stop, get some sleep – I have to work in the morning! About 2 a.m., I finally let go of the dream and went to s