The Legislature must provide the means to make the state website easy to navigate and to ensure that weekly claims are paid on time.
2021
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Blood drive takes place April 21
The Knights of Columbus, St. Joseph Council #12941, will be hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive in the St. Joseph Church downstairs hall at 178 Elm St. (Rt. 1) in Biddeford on Wednesday, April 21, from noon to 5 p.m. Drop in or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) to schedule an appointment or search online at […]
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Average age of Maine hospitals’ COVID-19 patients is falling, but overall numbers aren’t
The average age of patients at Maine Medical Center fell from 65 in January to 58 in March, a trend that ‘really demonstrates the impact of these vaccines.’
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Chebeague-Cumberland land trust accepts two pivotal properties
Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust acquired two parcels in March that have significant value to the Chebeague Island community. CCLT bought a 24.3-acre forest in the center of the island known as Littlefield Woods and accepted the donation of Chebeague’s treasured skating pond and land surrounding it, Chris Cabot, executive director of CCLT, said in […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Helen Scalia, Portland: My garden tells my departed loved ones’ stories
My garden is a modest patch of flowers in a Portland neighborhood lawn. To the dog walkers, runners and parents with strollers who pass our house, it may not look like much. There’s no grand design or prize-winning plants; it’s just a big rectangle with a hodgepodge of bulbs, annuals and perennials that suit my […]
Posted inTimes Record
Intertidal: Spring can be a stressful time for Maine fishermen
Like buds are opening after a long winter of being dormant, many people along the coast are now emerging. They have been hunkering down through the winter storms just waiting to emerge and start work again outside. For many people that means getting to house projects and picking up winter debris from their yards. For […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Community recovery services should be available throughout Maine
I am a recovery coach working at the DownEast Recovery Support Center. Before I became a recovery coach, I was a member, and before that, I was someone with an addiction. Access to treatment helped me enter recovery, but the recovery community center provided the support, resources and connection that have helped me sustain my […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Cheryl A. Stringer, New Gloucester: Of pansies and peonies, and making a home for Mom
When I was a little girl, my favorite flowers were pansies. I loved their cheerful colors and happy little “faces.” I am still charmed by them. My husband and I have a yearly spring tradition, a “pansy run” to a local nursery. A few years ago my mother moved in with us. We soon learned […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Where is Biden’s compassion toward small travelers?
Re: “White House allows journalists inside Texas border tent packed with minors” (March 31, Page A3): How many more pictures do we need to see of children, separated from their parents, in overcrowded pods serving as cells, before we say, “Enough is enough”? I urge President Biden: Let them in. What harm can these small […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Letters to the editor, April 8
Biddeford genealogical society still meeting during pandemic To the editor, This letter is to make our readers aware that there is another organization called the York County Genealogical Society of Franco Americans. For years, this organization has been losing members and had to go under the umbrella of the Biddeford Cultural and Heritage Center. This […]