In the dream, he looked just like Einstein. I knew this couldn’t be, but the professor’s hair was so wild, his speech so impassioned, and his pacing so intense that his trailing lab coat snapped as he spun to amplify his point. Breathing hard, he paused near the blackboard equations, his final question lingering uneasily […]
May 2018
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Banning all politicians from parades is out of step
I’ve got a question for organizers of the Maine Lobster Festival parade, who announced last week that all things political will forthwith be banned from their annual procession down Rockland’s Main Street. Was it something someone said? And if so, who, what, when, where and, most of all, why? “The Maine Lobster Festival Parade is […]
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A Tribute to Mother’s Day
What’s the nicest thing you can give a working wife with children on Mother’s Day? Answer—a week off, a week away from alarm clocks, cooking, cleaning, laundry, lunches, and endless to-do lists. I have given my wife this gift for forty years. What she did with it was surprising. Her sister hatched the idea. “We’ll […]
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What the moon sees
As night falls and the stars come out, the moon spreads her silvery light over the earth. Lights click off house to house as people fall asleep. The moon peeks in windows and finds babies asleep in their cribs and children tucked into bed dreaming. Parents are also fast asleep, most in beds, but the […]
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Alert: My parents are on Snapchat
There has always been some form of social media that multiple teenagers use as the “cool” way to communicate with their peers. From Myspace to Facebook, Twitter to Instagram, Instant messaging to Facetime; these applications have all been of popular use by teenagers at some point. In fact, some of these applications are still popular […]
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Boathouse Restaurant opens in Kennebunkport
KENNEBUNKPORT — The Boathouse Restaurant, the newest dining venue of the Kennebunkport Resort Collection, is now open with an innovative menu developed under the leadership of Executive Chef John Shaw. The restaurant, located on the Kennebunk River and steps from Dock Square, has also been redesigned to reflect vibrant “maritime chic” interiors that celebrate the surrounding water […]
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New AWS program focuses on STEM skills
WEST KENNEBUNK — Students eyeing careers in science, technology, engineering and math should take a good look at a new program offered this summer by the Animal Welfare Society. From Aug. 20 to Aug. 24, the Animal Welfare Society’s Humane Education program will offer its first Animal Care Intensive, a week-long series of hands-on STEM-focused […]
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WIC schedules open houses around the county
The York County Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program known as WIC will host an Open House at its Sanford, Kittery and Biddeford clinic sites on separate dates in May. The first is in Sanford, at 6 Spruce St., set for Tuesday, May 15; the second, at 15 York St., Building, Suite 2 in Biddeford […]
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Nature’s beauty never disappoints
“Without dew and light flowers fade. Charity and love are the dew and light of the human heart.” DeGentis “How to greet each new day? Throw open the window and shout “hooray” Every day is a once in a lifetime day.” Anonymous […]
