• Pineland Farms in New Gloucester will host Harvest Lunches at the Education Barn from 10-11 a.m. July 24, 28 and 29. Enjoy a picnic on the farm after harvesting your own meal. Tickets are $6/person ages 3 and up, and pre-registration is required at shop.pinelandfarms.org. 15 Farm View Drive, 688-4539. • Stones Café & […]
2021
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
It Happened in Windham: A garden of earthly delights
Herbs have been grown for their healing powers for thousands of years. Babylonian tablets from 3,000 years ago illustrate medical treatments used at the time. Over the next 1,000 years, parallel cultures in China, Assyria, Egypt and India also maintained written records of medicinal herbs and their uses. As time went on, the harvesting of […]
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Cape affordable housing misconceptions
The developer of Dunham Court answers concerns raised by residents.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Scarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Collaborative partnership helps brush off dental fears for kids and adults with developmental disabilities
Most people view a visit with the dentist as an understandable part of life that must be endured in order to maintain good oral health. But for those with developmental disabilities, a trip to the dentist can cause crippling anxiety making it challenging to provide the dental care they need. To address this need, Maine […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Want to reduce overdose rates? Treat poverty first
Restricted access to basic needs, along with chronic stress, make people in poverty more vulnerable to substance use disorder.
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Scarborough senior programs bring joy to participants
Scarborough Community Services recently announced the long-awaited return of in-person senior (55+) programs, put to a halt for over a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. July and August programs include weekly senior lunches, a walking club, morning drop-ins to socialize, and social outings to visit Maine attractions or enjoy group activities. One program that […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
David Treadwell: It’s all a matter of attitude
About four years ago I wrote an article about two 103-year old men entitled, “A Pair of 103’s.” One of them died a year later; the other one (the father of my sister-in-law) died this past March, shortly before his 107th birthday. He had played bridge a week before he died. He had requested — […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Gordon Weil: COVID-19 should have halted Olympics
Kick back, take it easy. The Olympic Games are under way, giving us a break from political games. That’s wrong, really wrong. The Olympics are highly political. It begins with deciding who will host the Games. Between 2000 and 2022, only one country comes up twice – China. The International Olympic Committee apparently thought it […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Over Easy: One last column
Dear reader: When J.D. Salinger retired many years ago, he announced that he wasn’t planning to stop writing completely, but he was no longer going to write “for publication.” Of course, being a famous and wealthy writer already, it’s not too long a jump for him to cut the cord of crass commercialism, as his […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Dick Polman: Hannity suggest Fox News should stop killing people
Pro-life Americans, which I define as people who want to defeat the pandemic, should welcome support from all quarters – including the darkest precincts of the Fox propaganda machine. Hence it was nice this week to hear Sean Hannity utter these sentences: “Please take COVID seriously. I can’t say it enough. Enough people have died. […]
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