Although a recent decision upholds the federal medical-marijuana ban, a shift in thinking on research could lead to policy change.
August 2016
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Letter to the editor: Salvation Army stores need donations of used clothing
With summer ending and fall approaching, are you cleaning out those old clothes and getting ready for new ones? Did you do your back-to-school shopping and need to get rid of those gently used clothes? Do you have items that have been sitting in your house for a long time that you’ve been meaning to […]
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Letter to the editor: Eastern Cemetery benefits from volunteers’ efforts
How often are there cries that we need funds for this and money to do that? A small band of volunteers are working with the group Spirits Alive to preserve history in the municipally owned Eastern Cemetery at the top of Munjoy Hill. They’ve received special training through the Association for Gravestone Studies to restore […]
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Letter to the editor: Let’s not deny the humanity of folks who may be in need
I write in support of the letter by the Rev. Maria Anderson that ran Aug. 24. She vigorously protested the language used to describe the “cleanup” of people seeking social services in West Bayside. She found herself highly offended by people referring to the human beings in West Bayside and at the site of a […]
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Letter to the editor: Long may the Beach to Beacon run
I am really sorry I did not write immediately when I read the news article critical of Beach to Beacon in the Aug. 7 Maine Sunday Telegram, because a positive note might have been used to offset the criticisms in the Aug. 14 paper by letter writers Larry Kaplan and Tim Wallace. I found the […]
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Royals’ big sixth does in Red Sox
Raul Mondesi hits a three-run triple as Kansas City scores eight runs in the sixth inning and beats Boston to stay hot.
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‘They are invaluable.’
BRUNSWICK Linda Knowles spent 33 years working as a nutritional assistant at Mid Coast Hospital. The day after she retired, she returned to the Brunswick health care facility, this time as a volunteer. “They were going to give me a little time off after I retired, but I knew they needed help so I came […]
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Sachs to leave Freeport position
BRUNSWICK Melanie Sachs, executive director of Freeport Community Services, has resigned from her position effective Sept. 6. Sachs, also chairwoman of the Freeport Town Council, will be taking on the role of executive director at Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine in Portland. “It has been such a joy to serve my community as […]
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Jane Parker Morse leaves behind large legacy in Bath
BATH After a long battle with glioblastoma, Jane Parker Morse passed away on Monday, Aug. 22. Morse was a Phippsburg native, born to John G. Morse Jr. and Frances Robie Morse. A graduate of Colby College and Boston University School of Law, Morse practiced law in Boston throughout the 1980s. After the death of her […]
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Timing eyed for new Brunswick track facility
BRUNSWICK As the Brunswick track continues to disintegrate, the school facilities committee agrees that an answer to a new $850,000 facility needs to be made sooner rather than later. Town Councilor Dave Watson proposed that funding responsibility could be a shared proposition between the municipal budget, school department and recreation department. Also, Watson is optimistic […]