On a recent Saturday as I completed my errands, I nearly tripped over a father and daughter exiting Shaw’s in Falmouth in a specially made shopping cart for toddlers. I was struck by the fact that in just the last three hours of this, my lazy Saturday off, I had seen multiple groupings of fathers […]

Sunday 130th anniversary service, 10:30 a.m., with music and memories from the past, refreshments and a display of the many church ministries. Trinity Lutheran Church, 612 Main St., Westbrook. More information can be found at www.trinitywestbrook.com or call 854-5653. Pilgrimage presentation, following the 10 a.m. service and coffee hour, Beury Simons will discuss his recent […]

The groups vote in nearly equal numbers, but the religiously unaffiliated went stronger for Obama.

I rest on my bed for the millionth hour in these last two weeks, pressing a blue gel ice pack on my throbbing quadriceps. Yesterday I must have pushed myself a tad too aggressively through my post-total hip replacement exercises: ankle pumps, side kicks. gentle squats. I feel a wee bit sorry for myself: “I […]

Saturday Community flea market, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. John’s Church, Main Street, Thomaston. Harvest Fun Day, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., indoor event with games, arts and crafts, face painting and refreshments. Hosted by Catholic Charities’ Children’s Case Management and held at Riverton School, 1600 Forest Ave., Portland. For more information, visit www.ccmaine.org/childrenscasemanagement […]

WASHINGTON – Evangelical Protestant chaplains who claim the Navy discriminates against them have won a second chance to obtain a quick court order against practices they say favor mainline Protestant and Roman Catholic chaplains for promotion. On Friday, a three-judge federal appeals court reversed a district judge’s dismissal of the evangelicals’ request for a preliminary […]