This past Sunday marked one year since it became legal for same-sex couples to marry in Maine. While much has been said — before and even since that historic day — about the morality of allowing these unions to take place, I, for one, cheerfully say congratulations to any gay and lesbian couple who might […]

SALT LAKE CITY Towering grain silos overlook the main highway in Salt Lake City at the Mormon church’s Welfare Square. At grocery stores, there’s a whole section with large plastic tubs with labels that read, “Deluxe survivor 700.” Radio ads hawk long-term supplies of food with 25-year shelf lives. And houses are equipped with special […]

I am skilled at purging things from cupboards, closets and basements. It’s something I learned from my mom, who has never been afraid to set a Dumpster below a second-story window and throw out armloads of junk. Mom doesn’t even sort through the piles. No, she plays like it’s an extreme sport: How many pounds […]

HARPSWELL Selectmen agreed to an extension Monday to complete the purchase and sale agreement with Dain Allen to acquire a 0.14 acre lot for public waterfront access. The extension allows Allen until Jan. 29, 2014, to remove personal property from the lot to be purchased and to get a signed release from Barbara D’Onofrio to […]