Healthy Aging Festival Westbrook is upbeat Lincoln Continental will entertain at Music at the Vallee Square Outside Dining Park from 5-9:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5. Discover Downtown Westbrook and the City of Westbrook sponsor the series that continues Thursdays until Sept. 2. Delta Knights Band will perform at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10, in the […]
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Critic of U.S. aid to Armenia leaves out context
Tarlan Ahmadov, president of the Azerbaijan Society of Maine, publicly questions United States aid to Armenia (Letter to the editor, July 31). He doesn’t mention that on Sept. 27, 2020, during a worldwide pandemic, Azerbaijan launched an unprovoked attack on the civilian Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. Banned white phosphorous, cluster munitions and ISIS mercenaries were […]
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Legislators turn backs on kids by falling short on tobacco control
Maine lawmakers failed to support a life-saving tax increase and a flavored-tobacco ban, and they slashed control funding by over a third.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Mainers deserve better than failed attempts at leadership by Democrats
There’s a reason that 17 of the 20 states that lead in recovery of COVID-lost jobs have Republican governors.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Precision Screw, a quintessential ‘Biddeford and Saco story’
The Biddeford-Saco Chamber of Commerce currently has 400 members. Every business and nonprofit member has a different story to tell, but with commonalities across all of them: taking an initial risk to launch the business, finding a niche, wearing multiple hats to get the job done, balancing passion with fiscal reality, and adjusting when things […]
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Letter to the editor: Support PRO Act to empower nation’s workers
Workers across the country are hoping for the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act; S.420) to be passed in the Senate and then signed by President Biden. If the PRO Act passes, this would be the most significant worker empowerment legislation to happen since the Great Depression. The pandemic exposed conditions tolerated by […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Play tells story of early Biddeford residents’ involvement in the quest for liberty
Biddeford Historical Society, in partnership with City Theater Associates, will read the play Aug. 14 and 15.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Post-fire library aid shows there’s just one Maine
A small school’s loss leads to a quick response from ‘neighbors’ all across the state.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: In praise of New England’s high vaccination rates
We take a lot of backtalk for a lot of things, but nobody can say that our region isn’t doing its part to contain COVID.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Catholics collecting crutches and canes in Saco area to help Africans in need
SACO — A large collection box in the lobby of Most Holy Trinity Church, located on 271 Main St. in Saco, will soon be filled with crutches, canes, and wheelchairs to help fill the hearts and needs of Africans without access to reliable mobility devices. “Once our boxes are filled, we can call Saco Rotary […]