Thumbs up to Lisa Boisvert of North Waterboro, who rescued Charanay Pok and her two young children from their vehicle after it flipped into the little Ossipee River last Thursday. Boisvert’s quick-thinking and calm most likely saved three lives, since the family was in danger of drowning while waiting for rescue crews to arrive. Not […]

A famous New Yorker editor advised when I submitted a piece for their Talk of the Town column years ago, write about the grace and not the pain and you will catch the reader’s full attention. And this column will follow that editorial advice of years ago. As readers know, I have been on dialysis […]

The actress Claire Danes appeared recently on “Late Night with David Letterman” to promote her latest film. When asked how many movies she had made in her prolific young career, Danes was caught up short. “I have to Wikipedia myself,” she said. Her response confirms what many people already know: That Wikipedia, like Google, is […]

“Standing at the back door, she tried to make it fast. One tear hit the hardwood, it fell like broken glass. She said, ”˜Sometimes love slips away and you can’t get it back. Let’s face it.’ For one split second she almost turned around but that would be like pouring rain drops back into a […]