OTISFIELD — Henry H. Hamilton III, a retired international aid and development professional, has worked in some of the most dispossessed and war-torn countries in the world. He shares his life stories in his latest book, “Footloose and Curious.” Hamilton, former president of the Otisfield Historical Society and hobby farmer, is a storyteller and poet. […]
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The disconnect about hunting
Recently, the media was all ablaze with coverage of Josh Bowmar’s feat of spearing a 400-pound bear in Alberta, Canada. The whole event was captured on film, which the all-American javelin thrower from Ohio posted online. That’s when the backlash hit about what was described as an archaic and unacceptable hunting practice. What seemed to […]
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Support Maine Clean Elections
Though Maine voters enacted the 1996 Maine Clean Elections law requiring the state to transfer $2 million to that fund on Jan. 1 each year and an additional $1 million beginning this year, the program has been shortchanged $6 million thanks to insufficient funding and diversion of funds. Lawmakers must rectify that shortfall and refrain from […]
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Strawberry shortcake helps launch revamped Old Town House
OTISFIELD — The Otisfield Historical Society invites the public to enjoy strawberries, music and a tour of the Old Town House preservation project on Sunday, July 5. “Thanks to generous donations in kind, cash and various funding sources, this vision has been completed,” said Henry Hamilton, former president of the Otisfield Historical Society. “The Old Town […]
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H. Hamilton: The rule of law
The grand jury’s decision concerning the police officer in Ferguson, Mo., is an example of reason and rule of law over mob rule. I am so disappointed over how irrational my countrymen/women can be. There may be race problems in Ferguson and other places, but this case was about a thug, robbing a store and […]
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H. Hamilton: Best system available
Norway author C. A. Stevens, 1844-1931, wrote in one of his books about Old Sloo Foot, a great bear that once roamed the hills of North Norway. The bear got its name from its limping gait — it had sacrificed a foot to escape a leg trap — the kind of trap no longer legal […]
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H. Hamilton: Dreaming of peace
Recently, we attended the flag raising at the Seeds of Peace in Otisfield — a space where young people from Israel and surrounding countries, as well as from Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, gather to seek out the humanity in one another. I have been to a dozen Seeds of Peace flag raisings. Never have I […]
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Local author, painter team up for spooky book
Exerpt from “Will O’ the Wisp” “Some things in life but few can see; Some things in life we must let be.” OTISFIELD — A local author and a painter have collaborated to publish a book of of spooky rhymes just in time for Halloween. “Night Full Frightful: A Collection of Spooky Rhymes” is written […]
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H. Hamilton: Draining Coon Road Swamp
Last fall, trappers took every beaver from the Coon Road Swamp in Otisfield, not only leaving no beavers to reproduce for future trapping, but also leaving no beavers to maintain the dam. This summer that dam failed and the swamp drained. I trap fishing bait in the Coon Road Swamp. I have to check my […]