SACO — Freedom Realty, established 2020, has hired on Joseph De La Cruz as a sales agent for his growing real estate company. Joseph A. De La Cruz is a Portland realtor ®. His business foundation is firmly established on the philosophy of always providing competence and white glove service to the public equally and fairly. […]
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Time to lift masking, distancing mandates for Maine kids
These requirements are keeping employees from returning to work full time and will prevent classrooms from reopening at full capacity this fall.
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Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Letters: Progressives in all parties should unite; Letter on CMP corridor misleading
Progressives in all parties should unite Douglas Rooks strikes a lively and timely chord in his column on May 6 (The Maine Idea: “Fusion voting challenges political parties to deliver”). Fusion, he argues, makes it possible for a minor party to team up with a major party at election time. Their combined votes and voting […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
UMaine Extension plant sale May 22 in Springvale
SPRINGVALE — The annual plant sale of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in York County will be Saturday, May 22, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, at the UMaine Extension office, 15 Oak St., Springvale. Annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, and houseplants will be for sale. Master Gardener volunteers will be available to […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: In Maine, worldwide, small fish could be the future for seafood
A researcher’s recognition indicates that anchovies and sardines have more to offer in the fight against world hunger.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
‘Plants on the Refuge’ for May’s Sense of Wonder Art Contest
The Sense of Wonder Art Contest continues in May. Submit up to three photos and/or poems on the Friends of Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge’s website and a special jury will select a winner in both categories — photography and poetry — on the last day of the month. This month’s contest is open to […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Let’s seize this opportunity to invest in all young people
Portland-area teens will benefit if we channel new COVID response funds into the places where they live, learn, work and play.
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Superintendent’s Notebook: The willow’s strength
“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” – Robert Jordan In RSU 5, the staff has remained flexible throughout this extremely challenging pandemic year, which has allowed our students and staff to not only survive but to emerge stronger. Like the tall, deciduous willow trees, there […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Debunking myths of Maine’s proposed flavored-tobacco ban
As the Maine Legislature considers a ban on the legal sale of all flavored tobacco in the state, the good people of Maine deserve to know what is real and what is spin. The real target of the legislation (L.D. 1550) should be egregious vape and e-cigarette flavors like cotton candy, sour melon and Caribbean […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Sarah ‘Sally’ Mackenzie, Brunswick: Life after death, and a sister’s journey
Since the inception of the “holiday” National Siblings Day, my four siblings and I inevitably shout out to each other our gratitude for our relationship, forged in our tribal need to keep our parents happy and at bay. We are Irish twins: five kids, seven years apart. And boomers. We grew up with many children […]