Jimmy Fund Golf extends sincere thanks to the organizers and sponsors of the Jimmy Fund/Deering High School Classic held July 9 at Riverside Golf Club in Portland. Special recognition and appreciation goes to William Goodman of Falmouth, who organized the event. The dedicated sponsors, participants, and volunteers helped raise critical funds to support lifesaving cancer […]

Good economic news is in short supply these days, so it’s worth noting a few encouraging signs that can be discerned amid the gloom and doom. This past week, automaker Ford Motor Co. posted a second-quarter profit of $2.6 billion, its fifth consecutive profitable quarter. Ford anticipates a profitable 2010 overall and an even more […]

July 25 reminds me of the “Christmas in July” tradition. I always thought this ridiculousness was a retail marketing ploy, but after further investigation, this is what I discovered: “Christmas in July imitates the festivities of the actual Christmas and signifies our yearning for the coolness of winter amid the scorching summer months.” Apparently, people […]

Last week I had to be transported to Mercy Hospital via ambulance from the Biddeford Courthouse, where I work. The court security responded quickly and the Saco Fire Department’s attentiveness and knowledge gave me some relief during a frightening episode. Their thoroughness allowed me to arrive at the hospital, already on oxygen, blood already drawn, […]

We are very fortunate to have Jordan’s Farm in Cape Elizabeth donate fresh produce to the South Portland Food Cupboard every week. To be able to offer visitors beans, peas, zucchini, cucumbers, kale, Swiss chard and lettuce – just picked – is wonderful. We are also able to offer visitors recipes for these vegetables, courtesy of the […]

I was disappointed to see that yet another community (Cape Elizabeth) is considering switching to a “pay-per-bag” waste disposal program. It is easy to understand why a town would find this desirable: attaching a cost to trash disposal should encourage more recycling and decrease the amount sent to landfills. The most common complaints arising from […]

As a newcomer to the state of Maine, the Falmouth Flyer bus has made it possible for me to become familiar with the area. I ride the bus to Portland to visit the museums, libraries, concerts and do volunteer work. The bus has given me a certain sense of independence and a better quality of […]

As a newcomer to Falmouth – my kids and I moved here from New York last year – I just wanted to say what a pleasure it’s been to find Metro bus service so handy around Town Market. To be able to leave the car at home and slip into Portland to the movies, the library, […]

The Freeport Community Library has been struggling to weather deep cuts in our budget that resulted in the loss of two full-time librarian positions. We are sorry that letter-writer Andrea Goodrich of Pownal is disappointed at having to pay to use the library, but the Freeport Community Library is funded by Freeport taxpayers and is […]