ARUNDEL — It’s not often you see celebrities and dignitaries together in Arundel. That’s usually reserved for just south of the small town, in Kennebunkport. That is, unless a couple limousines got lost looking for one of the many five-star restaurants in the tiny tourist town. But there was a good reason for the likes […]

Spouse and I are around the age where some parts may need to be replaced. I’m not talking about the dishwasher whose only functioning part is the power light, or the lawn mower with the extremely inconvenient leaf bag that I have despised from Day One and have indirectly threatened with an untimely demise. I’m […]

My family and I recently took some of our indoor life outside for a night of backyard tenting. We pieced together our tent and stretched the poles to each their stakes as we aimed to stretch our summer, too. Our hot summer nights were coming to a close, but we weren’t quite ready to close […]

Everyone’s got their own idea of what truly constitutes the end of summer. There’s an official date, of course, but nobody really goes by that; usually it’s Labor Day that people have in mind, or the day they change out of their palm-tree-speckled Bermuda shorts and into their boring ol’ khakis, ready for a good […]

I t seems like every time a new word or phrase, especially one from the internet, begins to enter the common vernacular, a hue and cry is sent up over the supposed decline of the English language. Before I get into that, however, consider – when was the last time you said the word “‘tis” […]

Volunteers are the backbone of any nonprofit organization. They save the organization not just money but time as well – time to get many important things done that might not have otherwise been possible. ACAR has various volunteer opportunities. Volunteering is great for the heart and soul – volunteers make wonderful new friends but also […]