2021 – Page 1556 – The Portland Press Herald

Maine Voices: Our country’s foundation depends on strong infrastructure plan

by Stephen Rigal Jones Special to the Press Herald July 15, 2021July 14, 2021

Any package should include enhanced broadband access and renewable energy, address climate change and harness willing private-sector resources.

Letters

Letter to the editor: For the People Act not what Democrats claim

July 15, 2021July 14, 2021

Democratic leaders’ over-the-top rhetoric surrounding voting access should be Mainers’ first clue that the so-called “For the People” Act is not what they claim. President Biden called Georgia’s election law “Jim Crow in the 21st century,” despite Georgia having more early voting days (17) than his home state, Delaware (0). Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called a […]

Times Record

Intertidal: NOAA’s been mapping our coast since 1807

by Susan Olcott Intertidal July 15, 2021July 14, 2021

The year 2020 was and will remain a period in history. But here we are in 2021 and we are moving forward as well as celebrating the positive things that happened over the last year and even before. One ocean milestone of note this year is that National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ocean Exploration’s marked […]

Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies

Biddeford High School 2020-2021 quarter 4 Honor Roll

July 15, 2021July 13, 2021

Grade 12 High Honors: Dadrian Brown, Michaela Chapman, Alec Descoteaux, Brielle Eon, Anthony Gendron, William Harriman, Delaney Hatch, Nicholas Hill, Pauline Kheang, Matthew Laflamme, Anna Lavigne, Aiden Maliski, Matthew Maynard, Isabella McAfee, Alexander McAlevey, Bethany Painchaud, Syeda M Raidah, David Robertson, Cody Savage, Mason Stagg, Colin Tippett, Caleb Viger Honors: Ashjan Abdulsalam, Zowie Cheetham-Wilmot, Aidan […]

Meetinghouse, Opinion

Nancy Riggs Robart, Kennebunk: Keepsake box

July 15, 2021July 14, 2021

My keepsake is a box without a silver key Filled with the treasure of memory. No diamonds, no rubies, No emeralds or rings fill my keepsake box Just moments not things Lined with gold of history hinged with eras known once to me Hands cannot grasp And make time stay Or hold the memory of […]

South Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies

Community News – Mason appointed COO at Sebago Technics

July 15, 2021July 13, 2021

Sebago Technics, a Maine-based, employee-owned, engineering consulting firm, announced the appointment of Kylie S. Mason as chief operations officer in July 9 news release. Sebago Technics’ President/CEO Mark Adams announced the promotion. Mason joined the company in 2005 as a landscape architect. She has progressively increased her role and responsibilities in the company, serving as […]

South Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies

A Window on the Past – Willard Square in the 1950s

by Roger Dewey July 15, 2021July 12, 2021

I grew up on Thompson Street, only one house from Willard Square. As you approached the square the first thing you noticed was “the blinker,” a blinking yellow light on metal stanchions with a square concrete base. It actually acted as a small traffic circle and made snow plowing difficult in the winter. Traveling south […]