‘Wharfside’ is a collection of a dozen audio slide shows sponsored by the Waterfront Alliance and the Casco Bay Estuary Partnership.
December 2016
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Community meals
WEDNESDAY Pork roast, mashed potatoes, vegetables, rolls, dessert, 5 to 6:30 p.m. VFW Post No. 832, 50 Peary Ter., South Portland. 767-2575. $7. Soup’s On, a free lunch, noon at the Congregational Church of Wells, Route 1. Community meal, free, 5 p.m., Westbrook Community Center, 426 Bridge St., Westbrook. Co-sponsored by Trinity Lutheran Church and […]
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Military notes
Air Force Airman Paige N. Lara has graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Lara also has earned four credits toward an […]
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Births
Maine Medical Center Felix Samuel Raymond, born Nov. 17 to Samuel and Kate Raymond of South Portland. Grandparents are Duane and Karen Brown of South Portland and Roland and Judy Raymond of West Gardiner. Southern Maine Health Care Olivia Helen Hambleton, born Nov. 19 to Derrick and Elizabeth (Guy) Hambleton of Sanford. Grandparents are Harry […]
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Events
BIDDEFORD Beauty consultation offered to women in cancer treatment Southern Maine Health Care will offer a “Look Good Feel Better” program for cancer patients from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday on the SMHC campus at 1 Medical Center Drive. This program is a one-time beauty consultation with a licensed cosmetologist or aesthetician for women who […]
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Briefs
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Are you caring for feral cats? AWS offers free animal shelters The Animal Welfare Society is offering free portable animal shelters for individuals who care for feral cats. The structures are made of storage bins that have been retrofitted to include entry holes for the animals to enter and exit and can […]
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Our View: Maine’s opioid crisis too big for small programs to handle alone
The Scarborough Police Department can’t fill a leadership role better suited to the state.
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Letter to the editor: Medicare for all is just what the doctor ordered
I read Dr. Daniel C. Bryant’s Maine Voices column (Dec. 5) with interest because I have often wondered what health care professionals think of Obamacare and Medicare. The biggest problem with Obamacare is the requirement that all with pre-existing conditions be insured. This is impossible for private insurers, because insuring the previously uninsurable is a […]
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Letter to the editor: Trump’s not so smart if he snubs need for intelligence
I was in shock when I read in last Monday’s Portland Press Herald (Page A1) that President-elect Donald Trump called the CIA’s assessment of possible Russian hacking “ridiculous.” As I read more of the article, I became more and more concerned that he isn’t going to be able to respond to any serious threats to […]
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Letters to the editor: Angels in Buxton aided a distressed motorist
On Dec. 3, my husband and I went to Saco to visit my daughter and family. On our way home to Portland, we were rerouted because of a parade and ended up on Route 112 going north. We kept going until we saw a sign that said “Buxton,” and I realized we were going the […]