SACO —Roman Catholic Bishop Robert Deeley will give a Matthew 25 Award and the accompanying grant to Good Shepherd Parish during a 10:30 a.m. Mass at Most Holy Trinity Church, located on 271 Main St. in Saco, on Sunday, July 25. All are welcome to attend. Presented by Catholic Charities Maine’s Parish Social Ministry program, […]
2021
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: With no modifier, ‘quality’ means nothing
It seems that everyone is talking about “quality.” A national insurance company is pointing out that it has been a “quality insurance company” for almost 60 years and continues to offer quality coverage. There are also schools of many types that offer a wide range of “quality” educational programs. And, if you want to be […]
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Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
BHS Alternative Pathways Center receives funding for outdoor learning
BIDDEFORD — A Biddeford High School teacher was the recipient of a Maine Environmental Education Association Mini-Grant for Outdoor Learning Program, a program aimed at redistributing funds to give teachers support as they imagined classrooms outside. In the fall of 2020, the Maine EEA opened the first round of applications for the Mini-Grants for Outdoor […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Landmark new Maine law more fairly allocates products’ real costs
Gov. Mills should sign L.D. 1541, so towns and cities won’t have to keep picking up the tab for product disposal and recycling.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
The Maine Idea: Vetoes spell potential trouble for Democrats
Recent headlines trumpeted Republican Paul LePage’s entry into the 2022 governor’s race against incumbent Democrat Janet Mills. If both candidates stay in – and Mills surely isn’t going anywhere – the outline of the results aren’t difficult to discern. LePage, who benefited from multi-candidate fields in plurality contests in 2010 and 2014, never won a majority of the vote. Mills won a seven-way Democratic primary in 2018 using ranked-choice voting, and in […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Gov. Mills should sign child care bill
A successful program in Somerset County should be given a chance to work in other communities.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Complex building proposal requires Cape Elizabeth’s review
I was really perplexed by the July 6 letter by Zoe Gaston regarding the so-called “affordable” housing project being discussed by Cape Elizabeth leaders and its people. To be sure, I’m still researching the proposal and its merits and drawbacks. But, as a former resident, Ms. Gaston should know better than to assume that signage […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Community News – South Portland Land Trust awards scholarship
South Portland High School graduating senior, Courtney Lee, is the recipient of the 2021 South Portland Land Trust scholarship. Lee exhibited a passion for sustainability through participation in the Beekeeping, Environmental and Outing clubs at the high school. She plans to major in environmental science. South Portland Land Trust offers a $500 scholarship every year […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
A Window on the Past – The Thompson family of Willard
In June, we looked at the Charles W. Thompson family of Ferry Village, including his sons Benjamin and Charles. We turn this week to the grocer Howard S. Thompson and his family of the Willard neighborhood. Howard Thompson was born in South Portland (then known as Cape Elizabeth) in 1875. His father Nathaniel was a […]
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Beatrice Joan Potenzo
CAPE ELIZABETH/ SCARBOROUGH – Beatrice Joan Potenzo, 92, of Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough, peacefully died on July 3rd at Stroudwater Lodge in Westbrook, Maine.
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