Letter
2020
Lee Van Dyke, Portland; Flirting with a life of crime
I learned about breaking in from the movies. When the crook was locked out of a massive vault, he’d file his fingers for increased sensitivity, and “crack that safe.” So I did the same when I was around 14. I had been hired to work in a mail room. I had to push boxes of […]
Make a Maine-Style Urban Life in Downtown Saco
99 Spring St., Saco
On this date in Maine history: Sept. 11
Sept. 11, 1922: Dora Pinkham, a Republican schoolteacher and bookkeeper from Fort Kent, becomes the first woman elected to the Maine House of Representatives. Her election takes place a scant two years after the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote. The Protestant candidate’s victory seems all the more remarkable […]
Jody Rich, Waterville: Cooler, and younger, heads prevail
Summer of 2019, remember that? People came to visit and we got together to enjoy one another? It was during that time when my good friend Hattie had both of her adult children home for one such visit. I like to leave families alone at times when they can get together so they aren’t distracted […]
Lincoln Academy reducing plastic with reusable tiffins
Chef Mikael Andersson, who has been the Director of Dining Services since 2016, explored alternatives to plastic and settled on traditional stainless steel stacking food containers.
Spanish Masses now available in Waterville
WATERVILLE — Spanish Masses will return to Notre Dame Church on 116 Silver St., at 12:15 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13. Following that celebration, Spanish Masses will be offered at 12:15 p.m. on the second and fourth Sunday of each month at the church, according to a news release from Dave Guthro, communications director, Roman Catholic […]
Obituary: Emma E. Graybill
EVENDALE, Pa. – Ms. Emma E. Graybill, 73, of Evendale, Pa., died at 12:10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020 at …