CINCINNATI – An Ohio school district proposal to add creationism to a hot-topics list deemed appropriate for classroom discussion is drawing opposition from some parents and a civil rights group. The Springboro Board of Education took comments on the proposal at a meeting Thursday night attended by parents, students and teachers. Some parents urged the […]

I recently discovered a handwritten note in a box of college notebooks. It was addressed “To Cordelia” and contained a Greek love poem and a phone number. The note transported me back 20 years to Bowdoin College and a fraternity party I had attended with a boyfriend. The way I remember it, that young man […]

Saturday Flea market, 8 a.m. to noon, sponsored by United Christian Church and held at the Community Building, 18 Searsmont Road, Route 173, Lincolnville Center. The flea market is held on the third Saturday of each month through Oct. 19. “A Journey with the Saints through Art: Meeting Familiar Soul-Friends for the First Time,” 8:30 […]

Bishop Richard J. Malone, apostolic administrator for the Diocese of Portland, has announced the following priest assignments and retirements: • RETIREMENTS EFFECTIVE MAY 1 David Cote, most recently the parochial vicar of St. Peter Chanel Parish in Van Buren and Notre Dame du Mont Carmel in Madawaska, has retired from full-time ministry after 45 years. […]

Saturday Yard sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Unity of Greater Portland, 54 River Road, Windham. Sunday The Messengers of Hope, 9:30 a.m., performance at the Mother’s Day service, First United Methodist Church, 179 Ridgeland Ave., South Portland. “Let It Begin With Me,” 10:30 a.m., interfaith service at Portland New Church, 302 Stevens Ave., Portland. […]

The Tao te Ching, written about 2,500 years ago by Lao Tzu, speaks to us about living with ease, and how wise people empty their minds instead of overwhelming them. It seemed less difficult to follow these ancient teachings when I was a kid. Every May, my mother would take us to a local shoe […]

Bishop Richard J. Malone of the Diocese of Portland has announced the following priest assignments. Effective June 1: James Plourde, currently pastor of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Calais, has been appointed pastor of Notre Dame du Mont Carmel Parish in Madawaska, pastor of Our Lady of the Valley Parish in St. Agatha, and administrator […]