SACO Dyer Library, museum announce contest winners Dyer Library and the Saco Museum have announced the winners of the People’s Choice and Students’ Choice awards, and the Student Art Contest for Winter Celebrations, in conjunction with its 13th annual Festival of Trees. The People’s Choice award went to “Winter Solstice,” a display of woodland creatures […]
2017
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Births
Southern Maine Health Care Ryker Paul Gallant, born Dec. 7 to Joseph and Kelsey (Boissonneault) Gallant of Saco. Grandparents are Steven and Lisa Boissonneault and Robert and Debra Gallant, all of Saco. Autumn Loretta Ouellette, born Dec. 7 to Jason Ouellette and Jamie Lantagne of Sanford. Grandparents are Deborah Howard of Sanford, James Lantagne of […]
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Community meals
MONDAY Free community breakfast, including eggs, bacon, pancakes, French toast and pastries, as well as coffee, tea, juice and milk. 6:30 to 9 a.m. Chestnut Street Baptist Church, 29 Chestnut St., Camden. 542-0360. WEDNESDAY Free meal, Trinity Lutheran Church. 5 to 6 p.m. Westbrook Community Center, 426 Bridge St. 854-5653. SATURDAY Potluck supper, including a […]
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Events
KENNEBUNK New Year’s event features games, live music, skating The third annual New Year’s Eve Kennebunk will be held Sunday at various locations along Main Street downtown. The free event will feature the Texas Grace food truck, which will offer blueberry dishes and snacks for purchase. First Parish Church will offer festivities starting at 7 […]
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Maine Voices: Christmas is a holiday in which all Americans can be merry
All religious minorities really want is an acknowledgment that they live here, too.
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Letter to the editor: Share your love with those still in your address book
“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends with leave footprints in your heart.” This quote rings in my mind as I open my address book and begin to write Christmas cards to family and friends. My address book tells the story of my life with each entry. Peoples […]
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Letter to the editor: Newspaper carrier, pooch deliver outstanding service
Tom Whately and his pooch Sammie, who rides “shotgun” with him, do an outstanding job delivering the paper, despite the weather and road conditions in our rural area. Thank you, Tom and Sammie! Barbara Maddaus Cape Neddick
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Letter to the editor: Black Lives Matter banner shows congregation’s work
Our congregation, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, recently installed a Black Lives Matter banner on the side of our building. Here’s why: Black Lives Matter is the latest chapter in our nation’s long struggle for racial justice. The movement began in response to the 2012 killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, and it continues […]
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Letter to the editor: Addiction must be treated as a mental health issue
We need to stop the stigma of drug addiction. Alcoholics have the same stigma. But it’s legal. Addiction is a mental health issue and shouldn’t be criminal. The mental health system and detox facilities are virtually unavailable in Maine partly due to LePage and Mayhew. We need to copy Portugal’s policy. Until we take the […]
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Letter to the editor: Pedestrian underpass would ease Wiscasset’s congestion
The Maine Department of Transportation’s plan to eliminate Wiscasset’s on-street parking in order to mitigate summer traffic (Dec. 10) is mistakenly based on the assumption that congestion is caused by on-street parking. My observation has been that foot traffic, not parking, is the root cause of Wiscasset congestion. A more elegant and less disruptive solution […]