Ensuring that my kids (and great-grandchildren) have the same opportunity to experience the magic of the Maine outdoors that I have had has been the focus of my academic and professional careers. I am a dedicated environmentalist and have spent over a decade consulting at the confluence of energy and climate change. While my support […]
February 2020
Posted inAmerican Journal
Some Westbrook graduates to receive STEM endorsements
Westbrook High School will roll out their STEM endorsements for students graduating as soon as 2020.
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Collins has encouraged Trump’s misconduct
By stating “I believe that the president has learned from this case” and “I believe that he will be much more cautious in the future,” our senior senator, Susan Collins, showed that she is either dimwitted or afraid. After receiving her diploma from Caribou High School, Collins went on to graduate from St. Lawrence University […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine police working together to defuse mental health crises
The evidence-based Crisis Intervention Team Program helps people access treatment and diverts them from the criminal justice system.
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Joe Beardsley, Poland: From a man of many words, two that have made a difference
Professionals often have opportunities to attend out-of-town meetings. I attended one just after I moved to a new church. The timing is never convenient. However, I found the setting both comfortable and comforting. We were hosted by a famed author-speaker (whose name the reader would recognize). He had not only best-sellers to his credit but […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Self-described ‘moderates’ still fall in line with toxic GOP agenda
Sen. Susan Collins again claims to be a moderate Republican by voting to hear witnesses in the impeachment trial. But she toed the party line and voted to acquit with the thinnest justification: that President Trump had “learned from this case.” Yes, he learned that he can act with ever-greater impunity. Even if you grant […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Helping to keep people in York County warm
Age Friendly Saco and TA Interact Club team up to build draft-reducing window inserts.
Posted inBusiness, People on the Move
Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute adds two board members
NEW HIRES Catherine Johnston joined OTELCO as director of sales. Johnston brings 20 years of business technology leadership experience to OTELCO. She will oversee the daily operation of the sales organization in all OTELCO service areas in New England, Alabama and Missouri. Johnston was previously the direct sales manager for Spectrum. BOARD APPOINTMENTS The […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Nor’easter Catholic focused on enhancing faith at University of New England in Biddeford
BIDDEFORD—It’s just before 8 p.m. on Sunday night and students gather inside the St. Francis Room of Jack S. Ketchum Library on the Biddeford campus of the University of New England. The draw is not a lecture or study group. It’s a weekly, on-campus Mass, one of the many opportunities for building community and enhancing […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Sister Estelle Leblanc
BIDDEFORD — Sister Estelle Leblanc, formerly known as Sister Estelle Marie, died at St. Joseph Convent, Biddeford, ME on Feb. 11, 2020 at the age of 98. Sister Estelle was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Jan.12, l922, to Eugene LeBlanc and Angelie Allard Leblanc. Sister Estelle was the first born of a family of four […]