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2023
The Eastern Trail to “Close the Gap” between South Portland and Scarborough with connecting expansion
An off-road, 1.6-mile expansion to The Eastern Trail will be built, connecting South Portland and Scarborough.
Public Library to host virtual talk by Canadian Consul General Rodger Cuzner
SCARBOROUGH — Rodger Cuzner, the Consul General of Canada in Boston, will be discussing and answering questions via Zoom on the bilateral trade relationship between Canada and the United States in February. The Scarborough Public Library will be hosting this virtual talk as part of a partnership with the Camden Conference. The Camden Conference is […]
Registration opens for Maine Catholic Men’s Conference in Brunswick
A national speaker, Mass with Bishop Robert Deeley and activities inspiring faith and fellowship are among the many experiences awaiting participants at the 2023 Maine Catholic Men’s Conference on March 18. The conference is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the St. John’s Community Center on 43 Pleasant St. in Brunswick. This year’s […]
Maine State Ballet presents ‘Tap Tap Jazz’
Jazz up your January with Maine State Ballet in an evening of Broadway-style song and dance for the whole family. Choreography was created by Emma Davis and Eliot Konzal, Maine State Music Theater performer Glenn Davis, show Director Janet Davis, and Broadway veterans Jonathan and Linda Miele. Performers include the ballet’s dance company members and up-and-coming tap […]
Spirit of Life: Staying centered in the new year
In years past, I might have already made the call by now (mid-January) that my New Year’s resolutions were a bust. Idealism has, from time to time, gotten the better of me. I have fallen into the trap of many who try to undertake too much too fast. Like the year I resolved to get […]
Giving Voice: How Mid Coast Hunger Prevention makes its food do the most good
Food donations to Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from a pallet of in-season excess from a farm partner to boxes of items pulled from retail partners’ shelves to a can of soup delivered by a neighbor. In order for as much good as possible to be done with […]
Judith Selzer: Death of Roe v. Wade sparked generation of abortion rights advocates
This Jan. 22, we should be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Instead, our country is confronting a stark reality in which younger generations have fewer rights than the last and one in three Americans no longer have the right to safe, legal abortion in their home state. Anti-abortion forces want us to […]
Carl Golden: Biden hands Trump a political gift
A constant in the political universe is the quest to occupy the moral high ground, that space that sets apart those with noble intentions and pure motives from those driven by craven desires in pursuit of personal gains. Unfortunately, the fall from the rarefied air floating above the moral high ground is steep, and the landing can […]
Gordon L. Weil: Five people could control dollar’s role
Five people hold in their hands the fate of the dollar as the world’s standard currency. If they can do that, they could go a long way to boosting China in its competition with the U.S. They may also force the federal government into a partial shutdown. It won’t be able to keep its commitments […]