Men and women in the military risk their lives for their country, but while soldiers are often ready to die in combat, facing a cancer diagnosis is often as heart wrenching as it is for their civilian counterparts. That’s one reason the Cancer Community Center in South Portland is holding a special Connecting Veterans Touched […]
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Cape designer launching coldwater gloves brand
Following a recent successful $25,000 Kickstarter campaign, a Portland-based outdoor apparel and equipment company that markets to stand-up paddle boarders and surfers will soon launch its brand, co-founded by Cape Elizabeth resident and product designer Yona Belfort. It will also begin to develop a second iteration of a dry glove that aims to keep coldwater […]
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Greetings from Zip Code 04074 (Life in the Suburbs): Harry Wiley, a proud maverick
Harry Wiley, age 85, passed away recently in Scarborough. Father, brother, husband, grandfather, Korean War veteran, Libby-Mitchell participant, he will be remembered for them all. But, for me, he will be best known as ranking in the Top Ten in the “I-Don’t-Really-Care-What-People-Think-of-Me” category. He didn’t. My late father, who at age 90 just beat Harry […]
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Greetings from Zip Code 04074 (Life in the Suburbs): Harry Wiley, a proud maverick
Harry Wiley, age 85, passed away recently in Scarborough. Father, brother, husband, grandfather, Korean War veteran, Libby-Mitchell participant, he will be remembered for them all. But, for me, he will be best known as ranking in the Top Ten in the “I-Don’t-Really-Care-What-People-Think-of-Me” category. He didn’t. My late father, who at age 90 just beat Harry […]
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Greetings from Zip Code 04074 (Life in the Suburbs): Harry Wiley, a proud maverick
Harry Wiley, age 85, passed away recently in Scarborough. Father, brother, husband, grandfather, Korean War veteran, Libby-Mitchell participant, he will be remembered for them all. But, for me, he will be best known as ranking in the Top Ten in the “I-Don’t-Really-Care-What-People-Think-of-Me” category. He didn’t. My late father, who at age 90 just beat Harry […]
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Greetings from Zip Code 04074 (Life in the Suburbs): Harry Wiley, a proud maverick
Harry Wiley, age 85, passed away recently in Scarborough. Father, brother, husband, grandfather, Korean War veteran, Libby-Mitchell participant, he will be remembered for them all. But, for me, he will be best known as ranking in the Top Ten in the “I-Don’t-Really-Care-What-People-Think-of-Me” category. He didn’t. My late father, who at age 90 just beat Harry […]
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New chef making waves at Inn by the Sea
Culinary master Steve Sicinski has been busy cooking up a new menu at the Sea Glass Restaurant at Cape Elizabeth’s Inn by the Sea as its new executive chef, and says what he enjoys most so far about the experience at Sea Glass is the intimate and comfortable atmosphere. “It’s a place to have that […]
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EDITORIAL: A salute to the trailblazers
Congratulations to the Sebago to the Sea Trail Coalition, which has finally realized its dream of creating a continuous trail from Sebago Lake to the Atlantic Ocean. Now, we’d like to see the Eastern Trail Alliance, which has made equally great strides in recent years connecting sections of former rail line along the southern coast […]
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Grant funding supports healthy eating, lifestyle
A new grant will allow the South Portland Parks and Recreation Department to institute new programming to encourage healthy eating and an active lifestyle among at-risk kids and their families. The grant funding, of $22,500, comes from the Out-of-School Time program, which is sponsored by the National Recreation and Park Association and the Walmart Foundation. […]
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Grant funding supports healthy eating, lifestyle
A new grant will allow the South Portland Parks and Recreation Department to institute new programming to encourage healthy eating and an active lifestyle among at-risk kids and their families. The grant funding, of $22,500, comes from the Out-of-School Time program, which is sponsored by the National Recreation and Park Association and the Walmart Foundation. […]