BIDDEFORD — “March is always a long month in schools,” said Nancy Naimey, principal of St. James School in Biddeford. “So, we thought, “Let’s try to plan a month-long initiative that promotes our S.A.F.E. mission each day!’” The result? “March Madness” and a schedule of events and activities that celebrate the school’s commitment to S.A.F.E. […]
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Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Sweetser receives federal funding
Money will support mental health and substance use programs.
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Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Coastal Care Solutions delivers Letters of Love
The campaign is meant to bring comfort and joy to older adults and seniors in southern Maine.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
The Maine Idea: Outdoor sportsman George Smith led a life well lived, right to the end
There have been many tributes to outdoorsman George Smith, who died Feb. 12 at age 72 from ALS, a disease that he bore with remarkable fortitude and courage over the last four years of his life. Perhaps there’s room for one more. Smith was best known as executive director of the Sportsman Alliance of Maine, […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Guest column: For Maine, the light at the end of the COVID tunnel
We’ve been grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic for nearly a year now. That’s a long time to be working from home, or in-person with added personal protective equipment and safety standards. I know so many people are still grappling with reduced work hours or unemployment. Thankfully, there appears to be a light at the end […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
The Ecology School’s River Bend Campus enters final construction and fundraising phase
The school’s leaders say they have $600,000 left to raise and they are planning a COVID-Safe Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Earth Day.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Original flag misrepresents Maine state tree
Officially adopting this banner means we’d have to be known as the ‘Spruce Tree State,’ says a past Maine Arborist Association president.
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Richard McWilliams, Yarmouth: Hard-won victory in the Buckthorn Battle of 2020
Years from now, one topic of conversation will be: “What did you do during COVID?” The answers will be as diverse as the people – read all of my bucket list books, learned a musical instrument, played mahjong online with older family members. These are all laudable, but my wife and I became buckthorn busters. […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Anne Cyr, Buxton: All I need to see and hear is right in front of me
The neighbors’ German Shepherd is barking. I can hear it clearly throughout the house. I have to counsel myself to just accept what is. They do bring him (her?) in after a while; it’s not constant. So I tell myself, and get busy, and pretty soon it stops barking (or I stop being aware of […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Carolynn Floryan, Yarmouth: Out like a lamb, with eight hands to help
There is something special about the back roads of Vermont in early spring. On this particular day, I was heading home from work, ahead of my husband, when I came up to one of my favorite places. This place is the sheep farm owned by Dave, our good friend and veterinarian to our Collie then. […]
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