2021
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham Notes: April 22
COVID-19 update Gorham had tallied 867 cases of confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases through April 11, according to the Maine Centers for Disease Control. The town’s five schools have had 91 cases since schools opened last fall. As of April 15, the high school has six active cases, the middle school and Great Falls each […]
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Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
SMHC ‘Age Friendly’ approach keeps older patients in mind
The program as among 16 in Maine getting a boost from the John A. Hartford Foundation, through the Boston-based Institute for Health Care Improvement.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Biddeford council balks at Alfred Street zone change for marijuana grow op
Citing the current lack of a vision for the gateway – the Alfred Street location is also the Route 111 corridor into the city – and other reasons, 7 of 9 councilors declined to approve the change.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Late U.S. attorney’s father taught Maine lawyers by example
I read with great pride and affection your front-page article April 15 about Thomas E. Delahanty II, who passed away recently. All of the comments were accurate, as he was a true giant in Maine law. In college his brother John, also a lawyer and who passed away two months before him, was my first […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Letter: There are higher infrastructure priorities than highspeed internet access
A recent episode of MSNBC’s Morning Joe included an interview with our Sen. Angus King. The subject of the piece was the infrastructure bill now being discussed-debated in the White House with a bipartisan group, including Sen. King. At the beginning of the interview, Sen. King singled out the importance of the broadband part of […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Scarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Saco & Biddeford Savings donates $80,000 to support local organizations
The donations benefitted food insecurity programs and other nonprofits that have seen the need for their services grow due to COVID-19.
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Sen. Carney to host virtual public office hours
State Sen. Anne Carney, D-Cape Elizabeth, will hold virtual public office hours at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 29 via Zoom, and it will be broadcast via Facebook live. Public office hours provide local residents a chance to meet with their elected officials, ask questions and get help with legislative or state government matters. Sen. Carney […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Ruralist Lament: 20 years on
It had been dry for a while and I was priming the irrigation pump. My wife made an unscheduled visit to the pond that cloudless September day. She had news. “All hell’s breaking loose,” she said. A jet plane had apparently flown into a big New York City building on purpose. Though most of the […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Sandy Duross, Biddeford: ‘Garden of friend’ a place of sun and breeze where time slows
There is a place that could be aptly named “Garden of Eden” but in actuality is really “garden of friend”: a friend who comprehends the healing, nourishing properties of nature’s proximity. It is a place that intersects between heaven and earth, a place that invites thought and introspection. It is a “homing” place to birdlife, […]