MADRID – Pope Benedict XVI on Friday urged young people to be compassionate with suffering, on the second day of a visit to Spain where he again drew hundreds of thousands of people. “Go in search of those less fortunate,” the pope said at Madrid’s Cibeles square after young people from all over the world […]

Today Blueberry Gala, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., baked items or by the box, yard sale, silent auction. West Gorham Union Church, Route 25, Gorham. First Parish Market, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at First Parish Church, 40 Main St., Freeport. Featured items include jewelry, crafts and art directly from Maine artisans. Rain or shine. […]

Today Grandma’s Attic sale, 8 a.m. to noon, People’s United Methodist Church, Depot Street, Union. Yard sale with crafts, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 424 Sokokis Trail, East Waterboro. Yard and bake sale, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., North Sebago United Methodist Church, 820 Sebago Road (Route 114), North Sebago. Book […]

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Board votes to take ban on prayer to high court The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that barred it from starting meetings with prayer that praised a specific deity. The board voted 6-1 Monday night to continue its case to the nation’s […]

KENNEBUNK – The Rev. Mark W. Wendorf is the new minister at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. Wendorf earned his master of divinity degree at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, and his doctor of ministry at Chicago Theological Seminary. He was a Charles Merrill Fellow at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., and has served in a […]

Today Annual indoor sale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Salvation Army Tabernacle, Union Avenue and Sixth Street, Old Orchard Beach. Authentic Yogi Living, with Masters from Hridaya Hermitage in Industry, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sadhana: the Meditation Center, 100 Brickhill Ave., South Portland. Visit www.sadhaname.com for more information. Yard sale, also a bake sale […]

Last Tuesday afternoon I hung out with my high school friend Joni, mostly in lighthearted reminiscing: “Remember when I came to your house when we were 12 and I didn’t dare talk to your older sister because she was so pretty?” We also easily slipped into a heavier recent concern: “What does it mean that […]