March 2020 – Page 287 – The Portland Press Herald

Westbrook Notes: March 5

March 4, 2020March 5, 2020

Currier, retired USCG vice commandant, dies Retired U.S. Coast Guard Vice Commandant John Currier died Feb. 29 at age 68 in Michigan, according to former Westbrook Mayor Mike Sanphy. A vice admiral, the highly decorated Currier grew up in Westbrook and was once a city police officer, Sanphy said. In 2012, Currier assumed duties as […]

Letters

Letter to the editor: Stacey Abrams is Democrats’ best choice for vice president

March 4, 2020March 3, 2020

I was recently privileged to hear Stacey Abrams speak in Portland (and a huge thank you to the University of New England, which brought her here). She is intelligent, she is funny, she is inspirational, she is a president in waiting. I have solved the problem of who should be the Democratic nominee – any […]

Bicentennial, Local & State, News

On this date in Maine history: March 4

by Joseph Owen March 4, 2020March 30, 2020

March 4, 1805: Oxford County, Maine’s seventh county and the second without a seacoast, is formed from parts of York and Cumberland counties. The home of many summer camps, the rural county is the most populous in Maine to lack a portion of the interstate highway system. March 4, 1861: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), a Hampden […]

Times Record Opinion

Commentary: Why public health officials sound more worried about the coronavirus than the seasonal flu

by Tom Duszynski, IUPUI The Conversation March 4, 2020March 3, 2020

The spread of the new coronavirus, which has infected over 80,000 people worldwide and resulted in the death of more than 3,000, has raised alarms around the world. At the same time, the seasonal influenza, known as the flu, causes severe illness in between 3 million and 5 million people, with hundreds of thousands of […]

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: Maine has rare second chance to invest in healthy kids, productive workforce

by Dennis Keschl and Linda Sanborn Special to the Press Herald March 4, 2020March 3, 2020

Bipartisan L.D. 1961 would secure our share of the 1998 tobacco settlement for its original intent: reducing youth smoking and improving public health.

Op-eds, Opinion

Truth and Reconciliation commissioners: Land claims act overhaul will help deliver justice to tribes in Maine

by Carol Wishcamper, Matthew Dunlap and Gail Werrbach Special to the Press Herald March 4, 2020March 4, 2020

L.D. 2094 provides an opportunity to face the harms that the state has done to Natives and to work to restore their lost sovereignty.

American Journal

Gorham Notes: March 4

March 4, 2020March 3, 2020

Seniors hosting dinner The Lakes Region Senior Center, 40 Acorn St., Gorham is hosting a catered boiled dinner at 11:30 a.m. Monday, March 9. The menu includes potatoes, carrots, cabbage, corned beef, beets, turnip and soda bread, along with ice cream and cookies for dessert. For reservations, respond as soon as possible by calling Blanche […]