Easter advisory: For a schedule of Easter services, please contact individual places of worship. Saturday Holy Saturday Church Walk, starting at 8 a.m., when a group of young adults will walk to eight Portland churches in 10 hours, stopping for about 30 minutes at each location for prayers. All ages are welcome to participate and […]

Since 2000 a random group of 30 or 40 has come together for a sunrise service on Easter. I put a sign up a week before Easter, tell friends who might be interested and welcome whoever shows up. We gather around a wood fire on Sandy Point on Cousins Island, just to the north of […]

Easter Advisory: For a schedule of Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter services, please contact individual places of worship. Saturday Yard and bake sale, 9 a.m. to noon, Standish Congregational Church, Oak Hill Road, Standish. “Victory in Jesus,” 9:30 a.m. to noon, free seminar for women with speaker Michelle Neujahr. A free lunch is included […]

I don’t know why I’m saving it. I throw away pretty much anything unused after a while. People tease me about how often I take the short drive to the transfer station to recycle rather than wait for Friday trash pickup at the end of my driveway. No, I don’t know why I’ve kept one-third […]