Saco City Council has approved a contract zone request from Alrig USA Development LLC.
2021
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Friends, colleagues, bid adieu to retiring Biddeford Assistant Fire Chief Paul LaBrecque
He was a call firefighter until one day then Chief Emile Bergeron called him into his office.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Thrifty Mainers should have the ‘right to repair’
The Federal Trade Commission is right to take on manufacturers that have purposely made their items difficult to fix.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: What is ‘Jim Crow’? White students deserve to know
Young Mainers enter adulthood unprepared for life in a multi-racial society if they don’t know the country’s history on race.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Portland International Jetport on track for record summer as travel surges despite pandemic
Airline seats for sale through Maine’s biggest airport set a record for July and August, indicating strong demand for leisure travel during the state’s peak tourism season.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
The Maine Idea: The choice Biden must make for Supreme Court
Rummaging through the dusty files of judicial history, as I’ve been doing, has produced an insight about our contemporary situation: who President Biden should make his first nominee to the Supreme Court. Stephen Breyer is under heavy pressure to step down. Last week, he told a CNN reporter at a coffee shop in New Hampshire […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Fire pits aren’t very neighborly
Don’t people realize that smoke doesn’t stay within their property?
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
A Ruralist’s Lament: Ship to Citadel
For the last several decades we’ve grown corn on this place. It’s long been traditional in this part of the Northeast. When Samuel de Champlain dropped anchor in the nearby Saco (“Chouaco”) River in 1604, and “encountered” the locals he was careful to describe them as a settled people: “They plant their corn in May […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Susan Pierter, Portland: Small keepsake helps answer big questions
A spiral-bound notebook lined with handwritten entries is the best read I’ve ever had and it’s held my interest in the few years I’ve possessed it, luring me back to check for clues like an unsolved mystery. In pencil, my paternal great-great-grandfather accounted for his family’s lineage, labeling the top of each section on the […]
Posted inBusiness, People on the Move
Christopher Allen named senior vice president at Partners Bank
NEW HIRES Partners Bank has announced the hiring of Christopher Allen as senior vice president and chief risk officer. Allen’s work history includes both private industry and financial institutions, and he has held numerous senior leadership roles in various capacities including enterprise risk manager, chief risk officer, auditor, CPA and consultant. His most recent positions […]