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. THURSDAY Free community meal, 5:30 […]
2019
Events
PHIPPSBURG Vets group will meet for coffee, doughnuts A coffee-and-doughnuts gathering for veterans will be held from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Phippsburg Sportsmen’s Association Outdoor Education Center, on Main Road, Route 209. The event connects fellow veterans, who will learn about available resources at the new monthly veterans’ group, sponsored by Bath […]
Briefs
WELLS/OGUNQUIT Spectrum customers can see youth concert Wells Elementary School’s winter concert, featuring singing by kindergarten-age students on Dec. 18, will be aired at 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday on Spectrum cable channel 1301 in Wells and Ogunquit. The concert features a diverse mix of music, ranging from seasonal classics to patriotic tunes. The […]
Births
MID COAST HOSPITAL Emmett Alan Merrill, born Dec. 19 to Nicholas Alan Merrill and Kayla Rose Thatcher of Brunswick. Abigail Elizabeth Curtis, born Dec. 20 to Brandon Thomas and Christina Marie (Rush) Curtis of Lisbon Falls. Grandparents are Amy and Bill York of Mills River, North Carolina, and Vickie Lary of Winterport. Coral Ann Wolfington, […]
Our View: Education must change to meet new challenges
Nontraditional students and ‘disengaged youth’ could fill today’s and tomorrow’s job openings – if the state of Maine commits itself to helping them.
Maine Voices: Neurodiverse individuals need support for their conditions
Gov. Mills should restore the mental health services that were cut under her Republican predecessor.
Letter to the editor: LePage’s contempt demeaned the state
Then-Gov. Paul LePage’s decision to write “stolen election” beside his signature officially certifying the 2nd Congressional District election result is disappointing. One of the bedrock ideas of the rule of law in a democracy is this: People are supposed to respect and follow the law even if they disagree with it, and if they don’t […]
Letter to the editor: Recent past needn’t be just a pleasant memory
Remember when the Dow was up so high and we were all going to be “so rich”? Remember when our country was respected by most countries of the Free World? Remember when a family would gather together and not be afraid to share views? Remember when you could go to bed and not worry about […]
Letter to the editor: Nation has ample room to provide for migrants
The situation at our southern border is outrageous! Children have died! Why is our current administration so determined to keep people out? The migrants who come to the border are not “aliens.” They are people. They are people looking for safety and opportunity and hope. Ours is a really big country, with plenty of room […]
Letter to the editor: Let Gov. Mills return the labor mural
It’s part of history that former Gov. Paul LePage chose to remove.