I went to a planning board meeting last night. Since we shed the reeking regional incinerator that occupied downtown for nearly 30 years, the city’s political class has been giddy over the wave of gentrification and sprawl that’s ensued. Concerns about working farm and forest land are easily swept aside in pursuit of “development.” The […]
June 2022
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: The Founders never saw this coming
If the Founding Fathers were alive today, they would abolish the 2nd Amendment – we have standing armed forces, and no longer need militias.
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Posted inTimes Record
BoomerTECH Adventures: Don’t toss it – donate, sell or recycle your old electronics
If you are like me you probably have a drawer (or more) full of old batteries, cables, phones, mice, and perhaps laptops and computers taking up valuable space just waiting for you to do something with the old electronic gear you no longer use. I have at least eight laptops in a pile in my […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Time is running out for deal between Anthem, MaineHealth, CEO says
Unless something changes, the state’s largest health care provider is ready to drop the state’s largest insurance plan from its network next year.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Union Church to host its 21st Annual Summer Speaker Series
Union Church will present its 21st Annual Summer Speaker Series at Union Church, 3 Stonecliff Road, Biddeford Pool (Covid protocols permitting), as well as virtually via Zoom. The four-event series features special guests from The Telling Room (July 14), Kerri Arsenault (July 28), Susan Conley (Aug.11) and Meg Weston (Aug. 25). “Union Church is delighted […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
The Maine Idea: Religion’s ‘free exercise’ could boomerang, in Maine and nation
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision handed down Tuesday in Carson v. Makin is not a surprise: It struck down a 1981 law that limited “school choice” funding to secular schools. Its immediate effect will be limited; Maine has an unusual “school choice” system in which towns with no schools – there are many in […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Community News – Library begins summer reading programs
It is once again time for the Summer Reading Program at the South Portland Public Library. Starting June 11, South Portland Public Library card holders of all ages can sign up to participate in summer reading. There will be separate children, teen, and adult reading programs, each with their own challenges and prizes. The program […]
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Letters to the Editor
Don’t mess with Maine To the editor, The news that Kennebunk’s special select board meeting – with only four of the seven select board members present – voted on June 7 to engage a Texas executive search firm, Strategic Government Resources, to hire a new town manager causes bells to ring in the ears of […]
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Business News – Heart to Heart offers more than a ride
Kennebunk Savings donation bolsters transportation service.
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Guest Column – Good parenting, or whatever
It’s not so complicated for the Mouse, he said, when I asked Nonney if he had any thoughts on parenting or whatever they might call it. He said, “We just keep telling them that they are wonderful, that we love them, and we hug and kiss them, and tell them to stay clean, don’t make […]
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