The Maine Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum announced its third annual Student Guitar Competition. The contest is open to Maine high school students, grades 9-12. Contestants are required to submit a video of their performance by March 1, to be judged by members of the executive board of the Maine Country Music Hall […]
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Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Letters to the Editor
Tree cutting was serious infraction To the editor, I am writing in support of the letter written by C. Wayne Cutting, tree warden for Kennebunk, regarding the tree that was cut down in Rotary Park. He has expressed the kind of common sense that we hear all too infrequently these days. The individuals involved may […]
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Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
A Window on the Past – Wreck of the Clotilda is subject of historical society lecture
The South Portland Historical Society will host the next in its winter lecture series in the Casco Bay Room of the South Portland Community Center on Thursday, Jan. 25, at 6:30 p.m. Vivian Cunningham will present, “The Clotilda: A Bet That Cost Lives,” about the schooner Clotilda and Maine’s role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Mainewhile: Thank MLK Jr. for workers’ rights advocacy, too
Martin Luther King Jr. day is one of the most important holidays on our collective calendar. This year, I was unprepared. This year, instead of rereading his works and reflecting on the call to action, I reread the dosage information on the backs of various cold medications and reflected on home remedies. Because I have […]
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Maine schools say path to fixing chronic absenteeism starts with building relationships
Small steps like Sanford’s ‘walking school bus’ help kids make it over that first barrier – getting to the bus stop – as a way to reduce absences in class.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Through My Lens: Conservatives too quick to pin labels on immigrants
Criticizing Donald Trump’s actions and words, advocating for justice and equality, and standing against white supremacy in our communities does not imply the endorsement of a specific political party. In today’s polarized landscape, labels are attached to everything. Immigrants advocating for their communities are often unfairly branded as “liberals,” “Democrats” or part of “The Left.” […]
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Police reports detail hunt for Naples Fourth of July shooter
Dozens of pages of court records recount the search for Alexzander Goodwin, 19, who is accused of shooting a Westbrook teenager on the Naples Causeway last summer.
Posted inLetters
Letter: Gate compromises ADA compliance in Kennebunk
How is it that, 33 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act passes, the town of Kennebunk plans, reviews and oversees a new development like the Cottages at Coastal Pines that installs a barrier on a walkway to the Kennebunk Middle School that impedes certain students, faculty and residents? Although Coastal Pines promotes its proximity […]
Posted inHealth, Maine, Outdoors
Lyme disease cases spike Down East and set record for Maine
Maine recorded 2,904 cases of the tick-borne infection in 2023, according to the state CDC.
Posted inLetters
Letter: Legal context important in Bellows’ decision
In the Jan. 3 opinion piece, “Secretary Bellows begs to differ. Would that it were so simple,” attorney Gregory S. Fryer leans heavily on an 1869 opinion by Justice Samuel Chase to question the secretary of state’s disqualification of Donald Trump from Maine ballots. While his concern for how Bellows’ decision creates “calamitous uncertainties” and […]