The Midcoast resident went more than 16 years without directing a feature film, but now his movie ‘Tár’ is up for six Oscars, including best picture and best director. The Oscars will air at 8 p.m. Sunday on ABC.
March 2023
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Myriad reasons to restore parole to Maine
If L.D. 178 passes, eligible people can finish out their sentences in their communities under supervision, allowing money to be redirected in ways that support victims.
advertisement
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Time to put Maine citizens ahead of lobbyists
Recently my electric bill exceeded $100 for the first time. Subsequent bills have cost the same. I believe this is due to a utility company that has at least partly raised my rates because of its failed expenditures for a corridor that most Mainers who cast ballots rejected. This company does not hold the interests […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Inside New Gloucester: March 10
Village Coffeehouse back in business After a hiatus of three years, the Village Coffeehouse of the First Congregational Church of New Gloucester is re-opening, kicking off with a concert from the Lunch Pail Band. This improvisational blues band features mouth harpist Jere DeWaters, who carries his harmonicas in his lunch pail, as well as his […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Skepticism about cost of green energy uncalled for
Newspaper articles, urging transition from fossil fuels to alternative energy sources, are sometimes followed in the online comments by concerned questions about potential costs of making the change. Sometimes, those comments have a skeptical tone – implying that changing to “green” energy would not be worth higher prices at the gas pump or on our […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Noreen Skoolicas, Portland: Finding our way in Europe, from rural churches to rush hour
Oh, the feeling we had in May 2005, when we got off the train in Les Eyzies, France! After six months of reading, planning, packing and re-packing, we took an overnight flight to Toulouse, France, and found our way to the shop where we had arranged to leave our bike cases. On the sidewalk out […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine should demand accountability from its solid waste monopolist
Communities served by the company find themselves in a take-it-or-leave-it situation. That’s not good enough.
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Jan Wejchert, Waldoboro: ‘Death stopping for an instant at my door’
Sliding on the pavement across traffic on your shoulder and hip tends to focus one’s attention. I was watching, with a casual detachment, that a Peugeot had failed to run me over as I slid between it and the Mercedes. Across the yellow lines, a large truck rumbled by and I slid through the space […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Shooting for a better moon
A society with fewer hungry people could accomplish great things, including conquering cancer.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Take a stand against Walgreens’ decision on medication abortion
Walgreens has caved and is taking the abortion pill off its shelves. Maybe not in your state or town – yet. Whatever you spend goes into the Walgreens corporate pocket. Show it what happens when women, and the men who love them, care rather than cave. Shop only at stores that support women’s reproductive rights. Move […]