Everybody in the Randall family was in a hurry to leave the house. Saturday night was pizza night and everyone was hungry. “I’m starving!” Emily said. She stood in the driveway next to the car impatiently waiting for her brother and her parents. What was taking so long? Her brother shuffled out of the house […]
2017
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OOBHS students prepare for real world
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Students from Old Orchard Beach High School will have some real world experience under their belt before graduating, giving them an edge in the job market. After launching a pilot program last year, the school is now requiring all students not in a vocational program to do an internship in their […]
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Erase fines, cook healthy and more at Goodall Library
SANFORD — Slime. Yuck. Adults might not find the subject interesting or amusing — but kids will. And while there are plenty of activities for adults at Goodall Library this month, kids should find the Slime Workshop, set for Oct. 25 from 5:30 to 7 p.m., a hit. Goodall Library’s Deidre Walsh said the slime […]
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Win a new bicycle at Sanford Springvale YMCA
SANFORD — Bicycling is a healthy past-time, most would agree. Now, Sanford Springvale YMCA and Evonik Cyro are teaming up to offer families the opportunity for a healthier lifestyle by entering an essay contest. Winners get a free bicycle. Taking the initiative to give back to the community, Evonik Cyro has donated 28 bikes aimed at […]
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Back to sleep, back to basics
Doctors give you a heads up during prenatal visits. You’re reminded at birthing classes and once again in the hospital after you’ve given birth before you’re home free with your babe. You’re reminded yet again at your little one’s first few wellness checks. Puting your baby to sleep on his back will help protect your […]
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Plant Roots: Doing What Comes Naturally
For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers…In their highest boughs the world rustles, their roots rest in infinity; but they do not lose themselves there, they struggle with all the force of their lives for one thing only: to fulfill themselves according to their own laws, to build up their own form, […]
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Wells Reserve at Laudholm a place to discover Maine’s beauty
“… the farm is headed for the woods. The wild is already veined in everywhere, its thriving.” Wendell Berry It was great! Different. The weather was perfect for a meeting and daytrip along Maine’s Southern Coast. The Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm is located in Wells on 2,250 acres of protected land and is a […]
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‘It’s the lifeblood of your program’
If a high school football program wants to be successful year after year it needs a strong feeder system. Now, that may start with youth football, but in Maine it has also meant the development players went through on a school’s freshman team. For Biddeford and Thornton Academy, freshman football is still an important part […]
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Appreciating the 2017 Sox
Vice President Spiro Agnew, before being forced to resign from office after allegations of tax fraud, speaking to the California Republican State Convention in 1970, referred to the media in general as “Nattering, Nabobs of Negativism” and said that they had formed their own 4H Club, the “Hopeless, Hysterical Hypochondriacs of History.” William Safire, […]
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Whitefield aims to prevent Amish buggy crashes
WHITEFIELD — Officials in a Maine town say they hope to work with a growing Amish community to prevent accidents involving horse-drawn buggies after two recent crashes. Police and transportation officials say more signs and warnings can be added in Whitefield to warn people about the presence of buggies on roadways. But some officials say no […]