Lufthansa, Delta, United report that illnesses largely tied to the omicron variant of COVID-19 are taking a toll on flight crew numbers during the busy holiday travel season.
2021
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Inside Gray: Dec. 24
Giving spirit Rec department announces cabin fever relievers Looking for ways to keep your kids active and engaged this winter? Gray Parks and Rec is offering a new karate class, babysitting training and a February vacation camp this winter, along with a parents’ night out for grown-ups. The karate class is open to children in […]
advertisement
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Sande’s Picks: New cookbook by fishermen’s association quite a ‘catch’
Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association, located at 93 Pleasant St. in Brunswick, has worked with many partners to produce a cookbook that honors Maine’s seafood and cooking heritage. Recipes in “Catch: A Maine Seafood Cookbook” are from fishing families, chefs and fishermen and focus on locally caught bounty from the sea. The coordinators, Monique Coombs and […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Cooking at the Cove: Happy Christmas from The Cove
A few years ago I made Coq au Vin, a delicious celebratory dish for Christmas Eve. I decided to prepare it again even though I remembered it was labor intensive. On this go-round, I took it step by step, completing all the dicing and slicing ahead of time. I incorporated a hefty package of chicken […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
It Happened in Windham: ‘O Tannenbaum’ – the Christmas tree tradition
It’s Christmas time, and all around the town of Windham, living rooms are adorned with trees filled with ornaments and twinkling lights. But it wasn’t always that way around these parts. Back in Windham’s earliest days, the celebration of Christmas as a holiday, let alone a decorated tree, would have been considered pagan and been […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
School Notebook: Dec. 24
Drive-thru Nativity draws spectators at St. John’s Catholic School For years, families, parishioners and members of the community gathered to enjoy the annual Christmas Pageant presented by the students at St. John’s Catholic School in Brunswick. It is a tradition that, like many others, has been suspended due to the pandemic, but leave it to […]
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Mark Holmquist is new police chief for Scarborough
Chief Mark Holmquist, sworn in on Dec. 6, replaces former Police Chief Robbie Moulton who retired earlier this year.
Posted inTimes Record
Faith Notes: Why we are all here
I was late, rushing home from a local store after doing a little Christmas shopping, when I stashed my bags in the back of my clunky minivan and pulled into traffic. Ahead, an SUV was turning in the same direction I was at a four-way intersection. As the vehicle pulled down the brick-lined street, I […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, even in 2021
Editor’s Note: Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of The New York Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial on Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’s most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages […]
