PORTLAND — The National Catholic Risk Retention Group has elected Bishop Robert Deeley as its board chairman. Since 2019, the bishop has served as the company’s episcopal moderator and as a member of its board of directors. Bishop Deeley’s appointment as chairman is in addition to his duties as the Bishop of the Diocese of […]
2021
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Faith Notes: In need of God’s grace
I thought it was a joke when a pastor at a church I attended said that he was starting a “God and Guns Club.” When he announced it from the pulpit during Sunday morning worship, many in the congregation laughed. This was the same pastor who declared his plan to take over Maine’s Fort Knox, […]
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Abbott develops rapid test for brain injury
Test will alert doctors to concussions and more.
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Scarborough growth management ordinance under review
SCARBOROUGH — In the process to develop a new growth management ordinance, the Scarborough Ordinance Committee looked at what needs improvement in the current one on Jan. 7. The intent of the ordinance is to regulate the pace of growth in the town, not total growth in the community. Possible issues that have impacted the […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Cape gearing up to build electric car charging stations
Grants from Efficiency Maine will fund up to 80% of the cost to build stations at Fort Williams and the Cape Elizabeth Community Center.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Sande’s Picks: The Lemont Block Collective continues
The Lemont Block Collective, 150 Maine St. in Brunswick, completed its very successful Holiday Pop-up Shop in December and has now opened “Round 2 ” with 12 new vendors. Included are seven creators of food products that got their start at Fork Food Lab in Portland, a shared commercial kitchen and food incubator that provides […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Inside Raymond: Jan. 22
Park gets improvements A couple of projects are planned for Tassel Top Park. First, the trailhead will be moved from the parking lot to the front of the park to allow parking for the trails along with an information kiosk. Jonah Martin is building the kiosk for his Eagle Scout project. The second project is […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
John Micek: Biden’s benediction for a divided America
Joe Biden didn’t have to do a lot with his inaugural address Wednesday, just deliver a concise, clear speech that somehow knit together the soul of a deeply fractured nation. He needed to offer healing and comfort to the hundreds of thousands of Americans whose lives have been ripped apart by the COVID-19 pandemic while […]
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Letters to the editor, Jan. 22
How is this a good deal and how is it not a tax increase? To the editor, When the pandemic first arrived, the Town of Scarborough correctly, but what appeared to be temporarily, shut down the transfer station in the industrial park off Pleasant Hill Road. This facility was apparently managed and run by Cassela’s […]
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Letter to the editor: Communication delays compound vaccine frustration
Well, a phone number for making an appointment to get a COVID vaccine has become available. (Those 70 and older can call for an appointment at 877-780-7545.) I’m 83, so, I am in the 1B category. But just try to get through on that phone number! Busy, busy, busy, and then they automatically end the […]