The Portland, South Portland and Westbrook districts decided not to administer the federally mandated end-of-year proficiency test for English Language Learners.
January 2021
Posted inNation & World, News
‘Democracy has prevailed’: Biden calls for unity in inauguration as nation’s 46th president
Minutes earlier, Kamala Harris, the first Black person and the first person of South Asian descent elected to the vice presidency, was sworn in as the nation’s first female vice president.
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Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
‘Trail of Lights’ contributes $25,000 to area nonprofits
Viewers got to choose winning entries.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: America no longer lives in an unpresidented time
Joe Biden will bring back something I once took for granted: He understands his duty to exhort us to vision and courage.
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Letters to the Editor
Dam plan has no income to cover costs To the editor, KLPD wants to surrender the license but keep the dams in place. To keep the forces of mother nature from the inevitable deterioration and failure of the dams they will require maintenance? When America First Hydro, LLC, applied for the new license with the […]
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Community News
Animal Welfare Society joins webinar series scheduled for school vacation week
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Business News
New physical therapy office opens in Lower Village
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Guest column: George Colby and the better angels of our nature
I believe that the controversy surrounding George Colby is a symptom of a much larger problem in our country. Colby is a New Gloucester selectman who is accused of racism. A petition to recall him is underway. After the Pledge of Allegiance at a town meeting on Dec. 3, 2020, Colby said, “Liberty and justice […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Commentary: Cheaper solar power means low-income families can also benefit – with the right kind of help
Until recently, rooftop solar panels were a clean energy technology that only wealthy Americans could afford. But prices have dropped, thanks mostly to falling costs for hardware, as well as price declines for installation and other “soft” costs. Today hundreds of thousands of middle-class households across the U.S. are turning to solar power. But households […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Guest column: Trump leaves US divided over COVID
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR declared war on Japan and we entered WWII, putting America on a war footing until the surrender of Japan in August of 1945. For the duration of that war, Americans were asked to do many things to support the country, including rationing gas, recycling metal and foregoing many […]