Royal Robertson Hall came from Massachusetts to Damariscotta as a young man to operate and run Royal Hall’s livery stable and carriage rentals, which was a huge, two and a half story wooden building located where the Elm Street Plaza is now.

I heard the voice of Earnest the pig, talking to me through a cracked window in the living room.

Franklin School was built in 1901. It would be the last grade school built on Newcastle soil. The Rev. David Quimby Cushman wrote about schools, “The Town, from 1753 to 1881 did very little to support schools. The people were poor and there was much border warfare.”

It’s difficult to imagine a time when there were no photographs, particularly during the current age when we are inundated by images of all types produced by ever-expanding media and which could rightly be described as an unrelenting gigantic hurricane (UGH) of visual sensory assault.

It’s summer, but that doesn’t mean kids stop learning. Camps, excursions, and other experiences provide opportunities to explore interests, take on challenges, and exercise creativity.

The town of Nobleboro has formed a committee to preserve a one-room schoolhouse, chaired by Orland L. Bunker, third selectman.

I like to spend a bit of time most afternoons at this time of the year sitting with a book, reading on the dock.