Home Depot is Legion’s Certified Supporter Granted The Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund of the Maine Community Foundation has awarded $83,700 in grants to 16 Greater Portland organizations and programs that support young children from birth to age 8, their families and teachers, and youth leadership for students through high school. Grantees include Holocaust and Human […]
March 2020
Posted inPortland Forecaster
Women’s pro Ultimate team takes season suspension in stride
Portland Rising hopes to get in some play this season, but if not will be ready for go for 2021.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: The coronavirus is giving us a choice
We can have a shorter disruption now, or a much worse one later.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
‘My first question every time I see a new patient now is: Could this be COVID-19?’ A Seattle doctor on the frontlines
The Conversation is running a series of dispatches from clinicians and researchers operating on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. Inside, as usual, patient beds are near capacity, and the emergency department is filled with not only the usual mix of patients with trauma, stroke, chest pain and other concerns, but also dozens of people […]
Posted inNews, Schools and Education, Uncategorized
School districts wrestling with impacts of longer-term closures
There’s little consistency from district to district in the plans schools are making for extended closures, and Maine’s Department of Education says that for now it will hold off on requirements for remote learning.
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Letter: Beem supports Democrats’ lies, off the mark on Collins, Gideon
It is amazing to me that articles written by a Democrat socialist would see the light of day. Edger Allen Beem, who really should be called “moonbeam,” is a known hack. His only claim to fame is his ability to put words together in such a way that Democrat lies are supported. Moonbeam hates Donald […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster
Local access stations hopeful they’ll be back in low digits
Local public access stations are pleased with a recent ruling that will return their channels to familiar, low-number channels, but an appeal of the ruling is likely.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Portland’s unused assets could benefit needy
While businesses are closed during the outbreak, hotel rooms could house the homeless, and ‘cafeteria-sized kitchens’ could be used as ‘sterilization stations.’
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Don’t put ‘life as we know it’ on hold indefinitely
My Uber driver, Justin, had a stuffed animal, a sloth, wrapped around the gear stick of his car. “Someone gave it to me as a gift, and I didn’t know what to do with it, so I put it there. People comment on it all the time,” the young man informed me. For him, life […]
Posted inLocal & State, News
The Virus Diaries: ‘Walking a tightrope’ to balance parenting and job’s demands
Adam Burnett’s workload has increased dramatically because of the pandemic, and now he’s juggling increased parenting demands as well.