Northern Meetings: June 4-11

Monica Speranza Cochran

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June 2, 2020

Northern Meetings: June 4-11

Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, readers should confirm that meetings are still being held.
Published
June 2, 2020

Portland Meetings: June 3-10

Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, readers should call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
Published
June 1, 2020

Community/Arts Calendar: June 3-13

Editor’s Note: In lieu of The Forecaster’s regular community and arts calendars, the following listings include virtual events, meetings, resources and online activities.
Published
May 29, 2020

Letter: Reader shocked by anti-Trump Beem column

I have been writing letters to the editor and reading others’ letters and columns for almost 60 years now. It has been interesting and enlightening to see how others view issues that I have formed a strong opinion on. When I read “The selfish minority” column by Edgar Allen Beem in the May 8 issue […]
Published
May 29, 2020

Sande’s Picks: DoubleTree chocolate chip cookies – yum!

For many years I worked at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Portland and enjoyed the pleasure of presenting clients with the delicious chocolate chip cookies that are part of the brand’s welcome and guest experience. Arriving guests are greeted with a cookie fresh from the oven that has been kept in a warming drawer at […]
Published
May 29, 2020

Cooking at the Cove: Dinner on the deck

Since the weather has warmed up a bit, I’ve been using the gas grill more often and I’m really enjoying it. My grill is positioned on the deck right outside the kitchen slider so it takes no extra effort to cook outside. Patty Melts are my absolute favorite version of a burger. I don’t know […]
Published
May 29, 2020

Southern Meetings: May 29-June 5

Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, readers should call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
Published
May 28, 2020

Looking Back: May 28

May 31, 1995 Westbrook School Superintendent Edward F. Connolly has been on medical leave since January and is expected to continue so until his retirement is official on July 22. His place has been taken by Assistant Superintendent Robert Hall, who has been named interim superintendent for the 1995-96 school year. Hall said Connolly had […]
Published
May 26, 2020

The Universal Notebook: Conspiracies ‘R’ US

The appeal of conspiracy theories is that they allow frightened people to dismiss unpleasant realities and weak people to feel superior, as in they know the real story. Lately, the same tinfoil hat brigade that peddled the evil idea that the Newtown school massacre didn’t really happen has been pushing a couple of other malevolent […]
Published
May 26, 2020

Here’s Something: Pandemic worth writing poems about

We’re all having trouble coping with the health and economic ramifications of the coronavirus, but some are having more difficulty than others. Of course, there are the folks getting sick and dying. At last count in Maine there were about 75 people who have succumbed and about 1,900 who have contracted the disease. Then there […]

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