BIDDEFORD — For the third consecutive year, Maine high school students have tested their neuroscience knowledge at the Southern Maine Regional Brain Bee, hosted by the University of New England’s Center of Excellence in the Neurosciences. A total of 19 students from Biddeford High School and Thornton Academy participated in the Brain Bee on Dec. […]
2017
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The impossible task of packing Christmas up
Our house has had Christmas decorations up since the weekend after Thanksgiving. This is a bit unusual, but we were making up for the fact that we didn’t get our vegetable garden going until July. Now comes the task I dread the most – packing it all up again. Every year I try to think […]
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Puppy Huxley, Chew, Chew, Chew!
Layla lingered at the cage, gazing at the oversized puppy with black and golden fur who looked at her eagerly. One ear stood straight up and the other flopped down. He held his tail high in the air and it curled over his body like a question mark. “Are you sure he’s a puppy?” At […]
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Protect your pipes in cold weather
SACO — Winter is officially in full swing, bringing with it not only snow but bitter cold temperatures and officials at Maine Water are offering advice to help home owners prevent damage to household water pipes caused by freezing. “While customers commonly know that outdoor water pipes are subject to freezing and bursting during subzero […]
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Tired of that Christmas tree? Sanford recycles
SANFORD — Is that Christmas tree you so painstakingly chose for the corner of your living room a month ago looking a little wan? Are the needles dropping on your nice clean floor? Do even the house cats — so fascinated when it first went up and determined to bat every ornament — yawning when […]
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New Year’s Eve: A Time to Reflect
What’s the big hype about New Year’s Eve anyways? Normally I try to steer away from writing about commercialized items or holidays, but something about going into the new year really irks me. Nowadays, I find that the true meaning of many holidays are often confused with its commercialized meaning. For instance, Christmas is a […]
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Ring out the old, ring in the new
Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells; across the snow. The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. Alfred Lord Tennyson A Maine winter has its own beauty. The winter beauty belongs to us who live, battle or enjoy a world created by cold […]
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Sunday Conversation: Jewett showing versatility in senior campaign
Kennebunk’s Nate Jewett has always been a versatile athlete in the Rams community. He’s a multisport athlete, playing both football and hockey, and playing multiple positions in each. Now that hockey season is underway, the newly-appointed captain has been showing off his skills on both offense and defense and has been trying to lead the […]
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Technology in baseball
In one of his recent thrillers, “Origin,” published this year, Dan Brown, author of “The Da Vinci Code,” has a character that says, “…the meek were supposed to inherit the earth, but instead it has gone to the young — the technically inclined, those who stare into video screens rather than into their own souls.” […]
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Wilson hopes win gets Seahawks to playoffs
SEATTLE (AP) — Russell Wilson has never carried this much of the load for the Seattle Seahawks to be successful. They have been stretches in previous seasons where Wilson is the reason Seattle would have offensive success. But it’s never lasted for an entire season such as this where Wilson is the primary offensive reason […]