Regulatory change could enable much-needed fast, reliable and affordable fiber internet access – if legacy phone, power and cable companies don’t block it.
2021
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine politicians, regulators must do more to hold CMP accountable
Otherwise, the utility will remain the largest obstacle Maine faces in its goals to provide reliable power to its people and combat climate change.
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Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Sandy Duross, Biddeford: New ’do inspires hope, humor when it’s needed most
What is a haircut if not the style your head wears that may define (or confine) your persona? What is a haircut if not the physical outer image of what lies within? And to wax even more philosophically, is our choice of haircut meant to defer or refer to our individual personalities? And so it […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Rick Bradbury, Scarborough: The man in the barber shop mirror
I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with haircuts. According to my parents, I did not enjoy my first trip to the barber shop. When documenting the occasion in my baby book, my mom charitably wrote: “He didn’t like it!” She later told me she didn’t want to write that I screamed my head off the […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Paula Sparks, Windham: Home is where you get your hair cut
My 65-plus years have seen many haircuts. Growing up, the only folks in my family who got regular, “real” haircuts were the men. I went along when our dad took my brother for his first haircut. That little barbershop with its red and blue barber pole going around outside is still there. The barber with […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Scarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Business column: What’s the economic outlook for 2021?
Outlook 2021 As 2021 begins, the vaccine for COVID-19 could soon return our economy to normal. However, “normal” may prove to mean something other than what life was like in 2019, before the pandemic took hold. An unknown number of businesses will have failed to survive. The habits of citizens regarding dining, travel, and entertainment […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham Notes: March 4
Randall joins force Officer Bryce Randall was sworn in to the Gorham Police Department on Feb. 22. “He comes to the Gorham Police Department certified as a part-time law enforcement officer and experience with the Old Orchard Police Department,” Police Chief Christopher Sanborn said in a press release. Following the Maine Criminal Justice Academy Basic […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Buxton Notes: March 4
Town attracting businesses The town’s Narragansett Trail corridor is in line for business-boosting shots in the arm. Brown Iron Works, Patriots Holdings and JD Variety all plan projects on Narragansett Trail (Route 202). The three entities were on the Planning Board agenda Monday. Stan Brown of Old Orchard Beach is seeking permission to construct a […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
We Love to Eat: March 4
Drive-thru fish dinner – Friday, March 5, 4:30-6 p.m. St. Anthony Parish, 268 Brown St., Westbrook, Baked haddock, green beans, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, roll and dessert. $10. To benefit St. Anthony Parish. Pick up dinners in lower church parking lot. Curbside bean supper – Saturday, March 13, 4-5 p.m., Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. […]
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: David B. Harris
GOODYEAR, Ariz. – David B. Harris, 69, passed away at his home on Feb. 26, 2021 with his wife and daughter …