Portland’s ‘Secret Santa’ doubles his donations this year, showing Mainers once again how to be good for goodness’ sake.
Beth Quimby
Beth Quimby reports on Maine on the weekends, when most Mainers are off the job and anything can happen. She worked for newspapers since she was in high school when she started out on her father’s New Hampshire newspaper. She is a graduate of Colby College and a recipient of national, regional and state journalism awards. When she is not working, she tries hard to follow her bliss.
Secret Santa begins handing out $100 bills
He hit Sebago this morning before heading to other southern Maine locations.
Bruce Roberts Toy Fund: Parents put future ahead of presents
Some spend their spare money on education or job training, leaving nothing for kids’ gifts.
Chlorine use takes a divein public-pool experiment
For Jazy Glassford, spending a good part of the day in chlorinated water is part of her job as aquatics coordinator at the Cumberland County YMCA Portland Branch on Forest Avenue.
So she learned to live with dried-out skin and straw-like hair from the levels of chlorine needed to keep the 150,000-gallon pool free of E. coli and other bacteria.
But in the past year, parched hair is no longer a problem, thanks to a program to reduce chlorine levels, she said.
Muck cleared from Deering Oaks pond
Sediment that had built up over the years is believed to have caused a massive algae bloom last summer.
RSU 14’s Jordan-Small Middle School to stay open
The school board vote was 8-1 to keep it open.
$10K grant to help preserve Standish orchard
The Presumpscot Regional Land Trust will use the money to help preserve Randall Orchards and surrounding lands.
Ground beef recalled by Westbrook Hannaford
The ground beef is Nature’s Place 85 percent lean.
Board to decide on school closure
If approved, the proposal would go before voters in Raymond