Credit union donates to Cumberland, York county organizations.
2021
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
The Maine Idea: Tuning up for the greatest show of 2022
As friends know, I have gone out of the political prediction business, for now. The times through which we’re passing are too volatile, too uncertain, too bewildering for anyone to make out the electorate’s next move. Which only means that current forecasts of the outcome next November, repeated ad nauseum, are based on nothing more […]
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Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Tom Purcell: Hail to our everyday heroes
A recent Reddit thread discusses the lack of heroes in modern society, but the truth is we have plenty of heroes. It’s true that in the Internet era, historic figures we once considered heroic are being reevaluated as their past misdeeds and personal peccadilloes are revealed. Celebrities we once admired suffer a fall from grace […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Trust land is a public asset to Maine, Mainers
I would like to comment on Jerome A. Collins’ Maine Voices commentary on land trusts in the Dec. 21 paper. Mr. Collins speaks only of the tax revenue lost to his community when land is placed into trust. He neglected to highlight that once the land is in trust, it becomes a public asset. I […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Portland restaurateurs are divided over proposed vaccine mandate for indoor dining
Opinions vary widely, with some strongly in support, some strongly against, and others skeptical or ambivalent.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Ruralist Lament: A cold reality
Many of the nation’s Framers were students not only of the classics and historical experiments in republican government but also of agriculture. In a country where well into the 20th century most people lived outside of cities and were raised on farms there was a certain (though limited) independence in a people that could — […]
Posted inTimes Record
Intertidal: Plenty of Maine seafood to be enjoyed during the winter
When I asked my daughter what I should write about for the last column of the year, she said, “write about a really big fish.” That reminded me of a conversation I had recently with a seafood purveyor about what’s in season and some of the misperceptions about when different species are harvested in Maine. […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Op-ed full of errors about land trusts’ costs, benefits
As a co-founder and former board member of Great Works Regional Land Trust and owner of four properties protected by conservation easements, I can speak with some authority that the recently published Maine Voices (Dec. 21) by Jerome A. Collins of Kennebunkport is riddled with errors and misconceptions about land trusts. First, Great Works Regional […]
Posted inBusiness, People on the Move
Corey Seigel joins Piper Shores as director of food and nutrition
NEW HIRES Scarborough retirement community Piper Shores has hired Corey Seigel as director of food and nutrition. Seigel will oversee all food and nutrition operations for residents living on the 138-acre oceanside campus. He brings over 33 years of experience in the food industry, which includes country clubs, restaurants, fine hotels and his own venture. […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Thank you, Dec. 30
Thank you to those who help with wreath laying Dec. 18 was a very special day in Biddeford. Over 3,500 wreaths were placed on grave sites all over the city by volunteers who paid their respects to the veterans buried there. Every known veteran buried in Biddeford received a fresh wreath this year! The cold […]
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