For most people the gluten-free trend is overkill, like so many other dire warnings we’ve endured.
2015
High school skiing enters age of specialization
This winter Maine will crown separate champs in Nordic and Alpine, with no overall skimeisters.
Skiers to watch
GIRLS Fiona Ahearne, Maine Coast Waldorf senior: Defending Class C freestyle state champ and classical runner-up who competed at the Eastern high school championships. Lucy Alexander, Yarmouth senior: Placed fourth in Western Maine Conference Nordic pursuit, sixth in Class B skate and eighth in classical. London Bernier, Falmouth senior: Defending Class A classical champ was […]
Ski teams to watch
GIRLS Yarmouth Nordic: The Clippers have won the past five Class B state titles and show no sign of slowing. Seniors Lucy Alexander and Lydia Sullivan, juniors Grace Cowles and Abby Condon, and sophomore Sophia Laukli all have top-15 finishes at the state meet. Cape Elizabeth Alpine: The Capers have won the past two Class […]
Letter to the editor: Starvation wages leave men hungering for hope
There is a suicide epidemic among men of a certain age. This problem is not talked about and goes unrecognized. These suicides are being committed by hardworking people. Good people, who are working themselves to death, and still not getting by. Working two and three jobs, and still not being able to put food on […]
Letter to the editor: Composite manufacturing an opportunity not to lose
Re: “Conflict imperils innovative composites program at Brunswick campus” (Dec. 20): When you can’t compete on price, you compete on value. That is the narrative I communicate to firms considering expanding into central Maine. Part of that value is the external economies found in this state. External economies represent cost advantages to a firm – […]
Letter to the editor: Moths have a place in nature
The Dec. 17 article by Kelley Bouchard, “Warm days could give birth to winter-moth nightmare on Maine coast,” was great coverage for the invasive winter moth, but surprisingly omitted mention of our native Bruce spanworm. These are two very similar species, both in the genus Operophtera and are unfortunately almost identical in appearance. As the […]
Letter to the editor: Earlier editorial correct regarding oil by rail
Whoa! In “Another View: Editorial overstates impact of oil-by-rail disclosure exemption” (Dec. 20), Mike Shaw has the situation wrong, and your earlier editorial has it right. Indeed, Maine agencies have stopped revealing “where, when or how” crude oil is transported through the state. Mr. Shaw needs to be shown my newsletter, which for two years […]
Our View: Angel’s message still rings out this Christmas
The story of the birth of Jesus contains valuable advice for all people who are worried about the future.
M.D. Harmon: Even total darkness can’t preclude us from seeing the light
The Christmas story offers just one of many shining examples.