March 2020 – Page 11 – The Portland Press Herald

Business, Local & State, Nation & World, New England

Maine company led by man facing fraud indictments delivers masks as promised

by Colin Woodard March 31, 2020March 31, 2020

Noble Partners’ Diane Russell drove to New Jersey over the weekend to pick up and personally deliver the coveted gear to customers in Massachusetts.

Community News, Uncategorized

Births

March 31, 2020March 26, 2020

St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center Jackson Daly, born March 12 to Margaret and Dustin Daly of Lisbon. Grandparents are Linda Estes and Norman Estes of Libson and Deanna Daly of Minot. Great-grandparents are Patricia Whiting and Ray Gilson of Portland. Stella Venise Mornin, born March 17 to Brandon Morin and Kayla Hopkins of Greene. Grandparents […]

Bicentennial, Local & State, News

On this date in Maine history: March 31

by Joseph Owen March 31, 2020March 31, 2020

March 31, 1907: An irritated President Theodore Roosevelt reluctantly accepts the resignation of West Gardiner native John Frank Stevens (1853-1943) as chief engineer on one of the 20th century’s most challenging engineering projects – construction of the Panama Canal. Stevens, who came on board when the project already was underway and plagued with problems, engineered major […]

Times Record Opinion

Guest column: Counting everyone in the Census will take the efforts of us all

by Michael Cormier Guest column March 31, 2020March 30, 2020

Starting March 16, the US Census began mailing forms to every household in the country. Amidst the current coronavirus crisis, it’s even more important now for everyone to know that it has never been easier or safer to complete the census online, by the phone, or by mail – all without a census taker coming […]

American Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly

The Universal Notebook: The curse of the Mook and the GOAT

by Edgar Allen Beem March 31, 2020March 30, 2020

As we hunker down and hope not to get sick, one of the things I miss the most about life as usual is sports. Sports, perhaps because they are not important in and of themselves, generally provide a welcome diversion from troubled times. Not now. New England sports fans, of course, have just suffered, along […]

Forecaster Opinion

Mainewhile: Just hanging in there is helping

by Heather D. Martin March 31, 2020March 30, 2020

Well, hello out there. How is everybody holding up in this current situation? I hope you are all warm, dry and safe, with enough to eat and extra toilet paper at the ready. We are all hanging in there at my house. This is all such uncharted territory for us! I mean, OK, not entirely […]