The use of telehealth increased exponentially as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing millions of patients with critical face-to-face health care services from the safety and comfort of their own homes. But many who live in Northern New England face limited access to health care services, even with the help of digital health technologies. […]
2021
Posted inMaine, News
Jail problems nearly boil over after Cumberland County declares emergency
A steady, years-long stream of departures at the jail has turned a small COVID-19 outbreak into a full-blown crisis.
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Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Letters to the editor, Oct. 7
Victoria Foley is forward-thinking mayor Biddeford needs now To the editor, Almost nine years ago, my business partner opened Elements in downtown Biddeford. Since then, we have witnessed Main Street’s steady — if not sometimes awkward, inconsistent, and imperfect — renewal over the years. As someone born and raised in Biddeford, I’ve lived through our […]
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Intertidal: Salt seems simple until you delve deeper
There’s hydrogen and helium/Then lithium, beryllium/boron, carbon everywhere/nitrogen all through the air/With oxygen so you can breathe/And fluorine for your pretty teeth/Neon to light up the signs/Sodium for salty times . . . My daughter is studying the periodic table in school and this song is stuck in my head. But, it got me to […]
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Two Maine technology companies to each receive $250,000 in Maine Clean Energy Innovation Challenge
Challenge winners from Biddeford and Wiscasset are advancing technology to support carbon-free agriculture and renewable energy storage.
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BoomerTECH Adventures: Protect yourself from scammers
FedEx Notification: Your package was picked up by a courier. Call this number to prevent additional charges. Apple is giving away 50 FREE Apple iPads this morning… Your iCloud account has been hacked. Go to this website… There is a problem with your Social Security account. It may have been compromised… All of these messages […]
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Q&A: Why are breakthrough COVID cases rising in Maine? And what is the latest on booster shots?
This Q&A looks at the breakthrough cases, what is behind the numbers and how booster shots fit into this latest chapter of the pandemic
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Tom Purcell: The rise and fall of the shopping mall
My buddies Ayres and Klinger and I walked its crowded corridors for hours on Friday nights, hoping to meet girls. That’s what we did at South Hills Village Mall in the late 1970s, when we were teens and the American Mall was in its heyday. Built in the mid-1960s, and the very first indoor mall […]
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Saco Grange wins volunteerism award
SACO — The Saco Grange #53 was the recent recipient of the Spirit of America Foundation’s Maine Chapter 2021 Saco Spirit of America Foundation Tribute winner award for outstanding volunteerism. David Flood was the winner in Biddeford and in Old Orchard Beach, the Tribute winner was the Fire Department and the Police Department. The Spirit […]
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Letter to the editor: Young, low-income Portlanders’ housing needs overlooked
I am compelled to write this as I watch another luxury condo being built down the block from where I live in East Bayside. I question, how can the developers who have built so many of these high-end buildings put their rights as a businessperson ahead of being a good humanitarian? A humanitarian would also […]