As the delta variant surges, people overreact to public health advice.
2021
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Heed science and get your COVID vaccination
I had a stroke when I was 58. I had valve replacement surgery years ago. A pacemaker was inserted in my chest five years ago. I have been on blood thinners and blood pressure, cholesterol and related medications for more than 20 years. Those cardio issues, and some of the other afflictions that befall an […]
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Portland police review panel seeks public feedback
Did you know that the Police Citizen Review Subcommittee was created by the Portland City Council in 2001? In the words of Biggie Smalls: “If you don’t know, now you know.” The Police Citizen Review Subcommittee is a seven-member board that provides a form of accountability in Portland that helps promote fair and professional policing, […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Inflation stalls Maine infrastructure projects including new ferry for Peaks Island
The agency that runs Casco Bay ferries spent 5 years putting together $15 million in funding to replace its 30-year-old Machigonne II. The sole bid for the new boat came in at more than $22 million.
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Drop off your household food scraps at Scarborough Public Works
The Town of Scarborough has made recent changes to the town’s food waste program, as of July 1. Please be aware that household food waste (compost) drop-off locations have been streamlined to the Scarborough Public Works facility on 20 Washington Ave. (behind Holy Donut). The Pleasant Hill Road food waste drop-off location is no longer […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Donald Fournier, Waterville: So much life, such a small space
My parents, Donald and Lauretta Fournier, were both from Aroostook County. They got married in 1957 and in 1961 moved to Bethpage, on Long Island, New York. Along with their belongings, they had a 3-year-old daughter and a 1-year-old son (me). Over the next three years they had two more daughters. Five years after that, […]
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Meet Carol Martinelli – What is she doing now?
SCARBOROUGH — Carol Martinelli is a new resident to the Enclave of Scarborough, and Carol has made quite an impression on the associates in sharing her life story, according to an Enclave press release. Originally from Caribou, she grew up in Scarborough. Her family was of French descent and she recalls her grandmothers’ famous hogs head […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Commentary: The largest news agency in the US changes crime reporting practices to ‘do less harm and give people second chances’
When suspects’ names appear in crime stories, their lives may be broken and never put back together. For years, people have begged The Associated Press, known as the “AP,” to scrub their indiscretions from its archives. Some of those requests “were heart-rending,” said John Daniszewski, standards vice president at AP who helped to spearhead the […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Beth Harriman, Gorham: A country boy goes to war
After my mom died last November, I went through her house, not only bringing boxes to Goodwill but also bringing home boxes of antique photographs; many, many photo albums (I think I have a total now of 63 family photo albums on my bookshelves), and the best treasure: my grandfather’s diaries and letters from World […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: What Simone Biles’ latest feat at the Tokyo Olympics shows us about ourselves
Just as remarkable as seeing vulnerability in a seemingly invincible competitor is witnessing society’s growth in understanding mental health.