Fundraiser benefits racehorse retirement organization Maine horse people raised $3,000 for Futures For Standardbreds and presented the funds to the nonprofit Buxton-based organization on Dec. 26 at First Tracks Cumberland, a press release said. “I noticed a lot of returnable bottles and cans being thrown into trash cans in the paddock at the track,” said […]
2023
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Central Maine Power has more work to do
The utility would be wiser to prevent outages than to focus on polishing its response to them.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Where democracy won in 2022
Make no mistake, extremist threats haven’t gone away – but it was also the year when ‘the good guys struck back.’
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: As the West shrugs, the world’s first Christians are being starved, ethnically cleansed
The U.S. and the EU must take a stronger stance on Azerbaijan’s brutal blockade of 120,000 civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh, or else the second Armenian Genocide is on our doorstep.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Time is running out for Afghan evacuees
Lawmakers couldn’t find room in the latest spending bill to give thousands of U.S. allies the chance at a green card. The new Congress should fix that mistake swiftly.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham Notes: Jan. 5
50 years ago The American Journal reported on Jan. 10, 1973, that Keith Hudson of England visited Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fogg in Gorham. Hudson was a communications operator aboard a British tanker that was in Portland. U.S. taxpayer debt The Treasury Department reported on Dec. 291 that the U.S. public debt was $31,326,303,949,171.72.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Westbrook Notes: Jan. 5
New Trinity music director Dr. John Schuder is the new music director at Trinity Lutheran Church at 612 Main St. Schuder is a native of Ohio and over his career has earned a bachelor’s degree in music and a master’s degree in sacred music at different universities, as well as a doctor of musical arts […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Arts Calendar: Jan. 5
Music Jan. 6 The Collins Duo: 6:30 p.m., Lenny’s Pub, 1274 Bridgton Road, Westbrook. lennyspub.com Holly Heist: 8 p.m., Erik’s Church, 824 Roosevelt Trail, Windham. erikschurch.com Chas Lester, Evan Haines, Tyler Quist: 8 p.m., The Frog and Turtle, 3 Vallee Square, Westbrook. thefrogandturtle.com Jan. 7 Bruce Marshall: 6:30 p.m., Lenny’s Pub, 1274 Bridgton Road, Westbrook. lennyspub.com Anthony Latini and […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
A Window on the Past – LobLure, Inc., experimented with artificial lobster bait
After World War II ended and the last of the Liberty ships were launched and outfitted, the South Portland shipyard was a massive, vacant complex of buildings, just waiting for a new life. We’ve written previously about some of the larger employers who moved into the yard over the years, like Portland Machine Tool Works, […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Cooking at the Cove: Make your own sauce to complement any meal
Have you made this lovely concoction of cherry tomatoes, feta and herbs that hit social media a few years ago? Not only is it so delicious and easy, but you can use this delectable sauce in multiple ways. We’ve enjoyed it often with pasta but I recently mixed it into roasted spaghetti squash for a […]