YARMOUTH — Why would any sane soul choose to do the Iron Man Triathlon, an event consisting of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile (full marathon) run? More to the point, why would someone choose to do it solo, without hundreds of fellow competitors from whom to draw energy and support? […]
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The Universal Notebook: The decline of church, a sermonette
This little reflection on the future of church (mine, yours and many others) in an age of declining church membership is a revised version of a sermonette I delivered as part of the June 2 Laity Sunday service at First Parish Church, United Church of Christ, Yarmouth. What I did not tell my fellow worshippers […]
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Abby's Road: Do not expose to heat
I do not do well in heat. After prolonged exposure to temperatures north of, say, 78 degrees, I melt into a barely contained puddle. It is one of the characteristics I have most in common with an ice cube. This tendency worked especially against me when I lived in large cities. Commuting to work in […]
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Short Relief: Who's fooling who on MaineCare?
There is nothing unreasonable about Maine paying its hospital debt independent of expanding MaineCare. MaineCare is Maine’s version of Medicaid. It provides health care to low-income persons. It is jointly funded by the state and federal governments. Maine hospitals are owed $484 million for service they provided to MaineCare beneficiaries. The federal government pays a […]
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Letter: Beem column triggers childhood memories
Edgar Allen Beem’s “Pictures of Childhood” column brought back these memories. My mother’s first sojourn out of northern New Hampshire was a summer job at a hotel in Old Orchard Beach in 1927. After taking snapshots of Lindy’s airplane, she and another 18-year-old girl defied security precautions and ducked under the rope in order to […]
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Cumberland County fires former detective who is suing sheriff
SOUTH PORTLAND — Gerard Brady, who is suing Cumberland County, Sheriff Kevin Joyce and Chief Deputy Naldo Gagnon, was fired from his job as a sheriff’s deputy May 21 by Cumberland County Manager Peter Crichton. Jonathan Goodman, Brady’s lawyer, said Crichton cited the union collective bargaining agreement and county policy by dismissing Brady after he […]
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Portland School Board revises calendar to avoid Jewish New Year conflict; makes 1st teacher layoffs
PORTLAND — Public schools will start a day earlier than previously planned in September after the School Board voted Tuesday to move up the first day of school because of a conflict with the Jewish New Year. In an 8-1 vote, the board moved the first day of school to Sept. 4, a day before Rosh Hashana. The decision followed objections […]
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Portland, South Portland police stop 300 vehicles at OUI checkpoint
PORTLAND — Area police staged a checkpoint late Saturday night, May 25, on the Casco Bay Bridge in search of impaired drivers. The checkpoint stopped more than 300 vehicles, Portland Police Department Cmdr. Gary Rogers said Tuesday afternoon. Five drivers were arrested and charged with operating under the influence as a result of the checkpoint, […]
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Revised performance hall design fails to satisfy critics on Portland's Munjoy Hill
PORTLAND — The Historic Preservation Board meets Wednesday to continue discussion of a proposed addition to the St. Lawrence Arts Center on Munjoy Hill. The Friends of the St. Lawrence Church, the nonprofit group that owns and operates the center, is proposing a 400-seat performance hall where the historic church’s sanctuary once stood, at the […]
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Congress Square Plaza proposal faces another test in Portland
PORTLAND — Capping a month of public debate, informational meetings and sometimes frayed tempers, the City Council’s Housing and Community Development Committee is scheduled Wednesday to again consider a plan to build an event center in Congress Square Plaza. RockBridge Capital LLC and New Castle Hotels & Resorts, owners of the neighboring Eastland Park Hotel, […]