WELLS — The Morrison Center has announced it was awarded a two-year grant from United Way of York County totaling $20,000. This investment will support integrated clinical services including occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech/language therapy for individuals who attend programing at the center.
2016
Gleanings
10 years ago From the Journal Tribune: “Residents and visitors can expect to pay a little bit more to spend time on the beach this summer. On Tuesday night, the City Council voted to increase the price of parking permits for the city beaches. New prices will go into effect as of this coming June […]
Today in History
Today is Thursday, March 10, the 70th day of 2016. There are 296 days left in the year. On this date: In 1880, the Salvation Army arrived in the United States from England. In 1949, Nazi wartime broadcaster Mildred E. Gillars, also known as “Axis Sally,” was convicted in Washington D.C., of treason. (She served […]
Today’s Highlight in History:
On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant, Thomas Watson, heard Bell say over his experimental telephone: “Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you” from the next room of Bell’s Boston laboratory. Ten years ago Officials confirmed that Tom Fox, an American who was among four Christian activists kidnapped in Iraq, […]
Confusion follows Trump flip-flop on key immigration issue
DETROIT — Donald Trump won the South Carolina primary across the board, but he did particularly well with the 10 percent of voters who named immigration as the nation’s top issue. In addition, some who named other issues – the economy, national security – were undoubtedly also concerned about immigration, and Trump’s hard line likely […]
Saco Food Pantry says thanks
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm. As you get older, remember you have another hand: the first is to help yourself; the second is to help others – Audrey Hepburn And those other hands have not only been extended, they by simply opening them have taken […]
Trump not a real Christian or Republican
Recently, the Rev. Franklin Graham, the son of the world’s most gifted evangelist Rev. Billy Graham, whom I loved to listen to and watch on television preaching the Bible, appeared on the Greta Van Susteren Show on the Fox New Channel. Rev. Franklin announced on the show that he had left the Republican Party and […]
Editorial Roundup
The Providence Journal (R.I.), March 4: When Barack Obama first ran for president in 2008, he repeatedly said that he would shut down our prison at Guantanamo Bay, which he saw as a harmful symbol of U.S. injustice. Eight years later, this campaign promise remains unfulfilled. As Mr. Obama nears the end of his second […]
Reader wants to tattle on co-workers
DEAR HARRIETTE: At a work conference a few months ago, a group of employees decided to go out and party. They were incredibly drunk, and their debauchery was cringe-inducing to the company, but no higher-ups ever found out about this. These employees went out at night in Miami on their time off. Afterward, it was […]