Feed Our Scholars recently announced its plans for an in-person event to raise funds for its mission of providing bags of weekend food for participating Wiscasset Elementary School students. Sue Begin of Cre8tive Events, who has led past FOS paint nights, is back to guide participants through creation of a whimsical Valentine-inspired pink jalopy picture […]
Valentine’s Day
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: On Valentine’s Day, project teaches what relationships should look like
Finding Our Voices, a Maine-based nonprofit, is helping students recognize unhealthy behavior, and realize someone is there to help them get away from it.
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Posted inFood, Recipes
Look to classic food pairs like PB&J for the secret to lasting relationships
Heart, soul and stomach, these foods were made for one another.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Some of us love trash, and some of us love beets…
Happy Valentine’s, Oscar the Grouch (and the rest of you, too). Please sing along!
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Happy minimalist Valentine’s Day
What do you get for the guy who really doesn’t want anything?
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Cooking at the Cove: The way to someone’s heart …
You really can just throw chicken breasts into a pot with only a stick of butter and an onion and get a main dish that is so incredibly tasty that it may become your go-to Sunday dinner. This is one of the easiest ways I know to put some serious comfort food on the table. […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Life Unwound: Grounding brings peace in troubled times
“Peace is every step.” – Mindfulness teacher Thich Nhat Hanh (1926-2022) Valentine’s Day. We pass newspaper stands in pharmacies: COVID numbers up, climate temperatures up and down, stock market down. Messages of hate. We read sour headlines, then lift our gaze to the sweets. Candy hearts with messages of love. Chocolate. Sometimes I don’t know […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Mainewhile: Start a new Valentine’s Day tradition
Well. At least it’s over, yeah? We can all collectively move on from the angst, the suspense, the worry. Oh. Oh no, I didn’t mean the impeachment trial. That, I suspect, we will live with for a while yet. I meant Valentine’s Day, the most dreaded of holidays on the annual calendar. OK, OK, maybe […]
Posted inMaine
Phantom returns, scatters signs of love across Portland
The Valentine’s Day Phantom, also known as the Valentine Bandit, has struck again.
Posted inFood, Recipes
If loving a piping hot chocolate lava cake is wrong, I don’t want to be right
Two versions. We went with the easier one.