When I was in seventh grade, my family acquired an old farmstead reclaimed by the forest. We worked on the weekends, clearing land that would become the driveway, erecting outbuildings, slowly turning the place back into a recognizable farm. By the time I got to high school, my morning duties involved feeding the pigs while […]
2021
Our View: Gov. Mills offers fair deal on tax issue
Republicans in Augusta should accept a compromise that gives them 99% of their demands.
Commentary: Jan. 6 images were disturbing – impeachment-trial video makes them terrifying
By simply arranging clips of rage and violence in chronological order, the impeachment managers laid bare Donald Trump’s culpability.
Maine Voices: I #LoveTeaching in a connected COVID world
The virus has forced schools and educators to innovate faster than we ever thought possible and brought us closer to students and families.
Westbrook Notes: Feb. 11
Call for winter art Walker Memorial Library wants your snowflake or snowman art or any other kind of winter artwork to display in its windows. Drop your art off at the library before noon Feb. 19 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Friends of the Library will use it to decorate the […]
Buxton Notes: Feb. 11
Pre-K, kindergarten registration SAD 6 is now accepting registrations through for kindergarten and pre-kindergarten classes for the 2021-2022 school ear. Kindergarten registration for 5-year-olds at all Bonny Eagle School District elementary schools will go through March 31. Pre-K registration for 4-year-olds is open until April 16 for Buxton Center Elementary; Edna Libby, Standish; H.B. Emery Jr., […]
Arts Calendar: Feb. 11
Editor’s Note: To submit your in-person or virtual arts event, create a free City Spark account by going to pressherald.com/forecaster-calendar/ and clicking ‘Add Event.’
We Love to Eat: Feb. 11
Drive-thru fish dinner – Feb. 19, 4:30-6 p.m., St. Anthony Parish, 268 Brown St., Westbrook. Baked haddock, green beans, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, roll and dessert. $10. Pick up dinners in lower church parking lot. Benefits St. Anthony Parish. Pre-pay, drive thru fish dinner – Feb. 19, 5-6 p.m., St. Anne’s Church, 299 Main St. Gorham. […]
Obituary: Sharon B. Merrill
Sharon B. Merrill 1943 – 2021 HARPSWELL – Sharon B. Merrill died on Feb. 6, 2021, from Covid -19 at the …
Obituary: Rebecca Lockwood Hadik
Rebecca Lockwood Hadik 1994 – 2021 WOOLWICH – Rebecca Lockwood Hadik, was born Dec. 11, 1994, in Providence, R.I. Rebecca’s …