When I was working full time, one of the men I worked for used to chide me, “Aren’t you hooked up yet?” He couldn’t understand why I had a computer but had not “hooked up” to the Internet. I figured I could live without it, but once I had that extra cord “hooked up” to […]

When I was working full time, one of the men I worked for used to chide me, “Aren’t you hooked up yet?” He couldn’t understand why I had a computer but had not “hooked up” to the Internet. I figured I could live without it, but once I had that extra cord “hooked up” to […]

MAP honors Sanphy Sgt. Mike Sanphy of Westbrook police was named as the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Maine Association of Police on Jan 20 at the association’s annual awards banquet at the Italian Heritage Center in Portland. Sanphy has served with the Westbrook Police Department for 38 years. His friend Jim […]

MAP honors Sanphy Sgt. Mike Sanphy of Westbrook police was named as the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Maine Association of Police on Jan 20 at the association’s annual awards banquet at the Italian Heritage Center in Portland. Sanphy has served with the Westbrook Police Department for 38 years. His friend Jim […]

Church luncheon – Thursday, Feb. 1, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Ham, $3.50. Spaghetti dinner – Saturday, Feb. 3, 6 p.m., St. Hyacinth’s Church, Brown Street, Westbrook. To benefit work of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary in Ecuador, South America. $6, $4. Bean supper – Saturday, Feb. 3, 4:30-6 p.m., […]

Portland’s Roman Catholic bishop has released the names of four priests accused of sexual abuse of children. Speaking on Jan. 27, Bishop Richard Malone identified the priests, who all were removed from the ministry before June 2002 because of the allegations, though their names had not been made public previously. The four priests are: George […]

The key to achieving a good vacant stare is practice. I devote two or three hours every day after breakfast to gazing slack-jawed at nothing in particular. Then, following a snack break, I engage in a couple of hours of looking at something in particular, but without thinking anything in particular about it. By the […]

Joyful concert Harry and I received a note last week from Jim Cote of Westbrook, telling us of the concerts by the Watoto Children’s Choir from Uganda, East Africa. They were to perform in our area, at the Clark Memorial Methodist Church and the Central Square Baptist Church. I was pleased to attend the 5:30 […]

Joyful concert Harry and I received a note last week from Jim Cote of Westbrook, telling us of the concerts by the Watoto Children’s Choir from Uganda, East Africa. They were to perform in our area, at the Clark Memorial Methodist Church and the Central Square Baptist Church. I was pleased to attend the 5:30 […]

State tourism director, Dann Lewis, who had been under fire the last year for several public relations gaffes, has been replaced with a personal friend and political adviser of Gov. John Baldacci. The new director, Pat Eltman of South Portland, a longtime Democratic operative and lobbyist, has no previous experience in the tourism business, but […]