2021 – Page 924 – The Portland Press Herald

Gail Caiazzo, Saco: The making of a beach girl

September 23, 2021September 22, 2021

Old Orchard Beach in the early ’60s represents so much in my life. My family moved to Old Orchard when I was in middle school. Being the new kid in that landmine of teenage hormones was not easy. Fortunately, the other new kid had just emigrated to the U.S. from Ireland. We found each other. […]

Rotarians organize beach clean-up events across state

September 23, 2021September 20, 2021

SACO — Rotarians from the Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club, the Saco Bay Rotary Club, and the UNE Rotaract Clubs, are joining forces and taking part in the 2021 Beach Clean Up effort happening throughout Maine. Along Maine’s beaches, rivers, and lakes, Rotarians and locals are taking on the task of cleaning Maine’s beautiful landscapes. Led by […]

Letters

Letter to the editor: Improve funding for Maine caregiver industry

September 23, 2021September 22, 2021

There is an imminent need for greater and more consistent funding in the caregiving industry, and we have an opportunity, right now, to make it happen. I am studying to complete my master’s in social work, with the goal of being able to serve the older adult population through casework and advocacy. I have past […]

Maine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion

Maine Voices: COVID isolation fuels hidden health crisis – falls in older Mainers

by Maxine Beecher Special to the Press Herald September 23, 2021September 23, 2021

The weather forecast has forced the postponement of risk assessment and reduction events planned for this weekend in South Portland, but they will be rescheduled.

Apple Unveils iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max — More Pro Than Ever Before

Times Record

BoomerTECH Adventures: Conserving my phone’s battery charge

by Jill Spencer, Ed Brazee and Chris Toy BoomerTECH Adventures September 23, 2021September 22, 2021

Recently, I noticed that my phone battery was not keeping its charge as long as I thought it should. It’s an older model so I knew a decision was needed — new battery or new phone. To give myself more time to think about what to do, I researched ways to conserve my battery charge. […]

South Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies

A Window on the Past – The Connolly/O’Neill dairy and the Fickett farm

by Kathryn Onos DiPhilippo September 23, 2021September 21, 2021

We are so grateful to Amanda Fickett, granddaughter of councilman Robert W. Fickett, Jr., who reached out and put us in touch with her dad, Bob Fickett III. Bob has been a wealth of information for us as we’ve started the process of documenting the Fickett family and their farms in South Portland. We’ve known […]