The article “OceanView residents coping with isolation” (March 21, Page A1) was timely and important. It sounds as if the staff at the retirement community are doing a good job of keeping the residents occupied and busy. Social isolation in the elderly has great negative effects on them, as serious as smoking or obesity. It […]
March 2020
Posted inCoastal Journal
Cooking at the Cove: Recipes to strengthen the immune system
I don’t know about all of you, but I seem to be struggling with my concentration lately. Writing this column help keeps me sane during my self-isolation here at the cove. As I write this on March 19, I’m counting the days until my new refrigerator is delivered from Agren’s. My trusty 19-year-old Kenmore side-by-side […]
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Posted inTimes Record Opinion
David Treadwell: My resilient sister
The young woman lay in the coffin, having succumbed to a long battle with brain cancer. Her parents stood on one side of the coffin. Her husband David and her four year old son Jared stood on the other side. The visitors passed slowly by to pay their respects. This was not the way life […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Letter: Laughter is the best medicine for what ails us
Heather Martin’s recent column moved me more than anything else I’ve read about our social response to the pandemic. Humor. What a weapon against fear! Right then, my thinking changed – a lot. Lots of us fear running out of hand sanitizer, but the liquor shelves have plenty! Bacardi 151 is 75% ethanol, which is […]
Posted inCoastal Journal
Coastal History: Benjamin Greenleaf and Hannah Moody
Some friends invited me over a while ago to see some old paintings. This led to a previous article about William Matthew Prior, the 19th-century folk art painter from Bath. I also saw another painting there by an artist named Benjamin Greenleaf. This was a reverse-glass portrait of a beautiful young girl, probably painted around […]
Posted inFeatured Property, Real Estate
Sunshine, Space and a Little Solitude Define Saco Home
36 McKenney Rd., Saco
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Over Easy: Late night at the laundromat
A while back our clothes dryer died after who knows how many years, or decades, of faithful service. We thus found ourselves in a time warp back to those days of youth, before kids and jobs and possessions and insurance. Back then we lived more in the moment, dealing with whatever came up right then […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Letter: Risbara proposing a win-win-win situation at The Downs
Why is the Town Council still negotiating with Roccy Risbara for a pool? We learned at the March 11 community center workshop that Mr. Risbara, along with the Edge Sports Facility, will indeed build a pool and ice hockey facility. And taxpayers won’t have to contribute a dime. It would be a private venture – […]
Posted inLocal & State, News
Eviction courts are closed, but Mainers are still losing housing
Courts are still issuing orders stemming from previous eviction cases, landlords are notifying residents that leases won’t be renewed, and some rental homes are being put up for sale.
Posted inBicentennial, Local & State, News
On this date in Maine history: March 27
March 27, 1942: A day after setting off eastward from Casco Bay, the U.S. Navy’s Task Force 39 plows through a heavy sea off Nova Scotia in the North Atlantic, heading for Scotland’s Orkney Islands to reinforce the Home Guard while the British navy participates in a World War II invasion of Madagascar, then under the […]
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