City Theater in Biddeford is making plans for its current season including canceling and postponing some shows.
March 2020
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Letters: People of Maine want ranked-choice voting; A plea to stay safe, follow the guidelines
People of Maine want ranked-choice voting Mainers have voted twice in favor of ranked-choice voting (RCV). They don’t want to vote again. The Maine Ethics Commission reports that the Maine Republican Party recently laundered at least $250,000 in dark money to gather paid signatures on their Peoples’ Veto Referendum. If enough signatures are gathered, this […]
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Letter to the editor: COVID-19 just one public health battle confronting us
How do we win the battle without losing the war? Current efforts limiting social contact to slow the coronavirus spread are critically important. According to experts, they’ll be most effective if strictly adhered to for a five-week period. While focused on the immediate threat, I hope we don’t lose sight of the significant, adverse effects […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Intertidal: Fishing continues in the Gulf of Maine
While most of us are hunkered down at home right now, fishermen are still out there fishing. The weather has been good this spring, which is a welcome bright spot for Maine’s fleet. Although, it has been a bit of a blessing and a curse given that the demand for fresh fish has been severely […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Steven Bergeron
BIDDEFORD — Steven Patrick Bergeron, aged 59, died unexpectedly at the home he shared with his mother on March 21, 2020. Born in Biddeford on March 3, 1961, a son of Alexander A. and Viola (Walsh) Bergeron, Steve attended St. Andre’s School and graduated from Biddeford High School in 1980. In addition to his mother, […]
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Letter to the editor: In the absence of toilet paper, a few suggestions
If I may offer some suggestions in the absence of toilet paper … Some of us are going to have to be creative if we run out of toilet paper in these trying times. For the sake of our collective water systems, please remember that only three things go in the toilet: pee, poop and […]
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Commentary: I’m an ER doctor ready to save your life. Keep me safe – stay home
If more health care providers get sick, we may come to a point where we simply do not have enough staff to care for patients.
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MOFGA director: No Maine farm should go out of business during this pandemic
We need local, sustainable agriculture more than ever. Here’s how to make that happen.
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Jody Rich, Waterville: The only one in a crowd – feeling discomfort, gaining perspective
It was spring 1982 and I was a graduate student at what was then called Gallaudet College in Washington, D.C. I was in my second semester and had become comfortable in this busy and diverse city. Public transportation was my way of getting from the apartment in Northwest to the college in Northeast and even […]
