On June 4, 1985, grit or persistence came to my rescue. My small motorized 14-foot boat was anchored at Falmouth Town Landing. My plan was to take a ride into Portland Harbor and putter around. The local harbormaster was a retired Coast Guardsman; for some reason, when I arrived, he described how bodies looked when […]
2022
Posted inMaine
State lawmakers want Maine courts to prioritize child murder cases
The Senate voted 33-0 to approve a bill that asks the court system to expedite child homicide cases so information about the child welfare system’s failings come to light sooner.
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Posted inBusiness, News
Maine’s Idexx Labs keeping Moscow office open despite Ukraine invasion
The $3.2 billion Westbrook based-company has veterinary office customers and a water testing distributor in Russia and isn’t answering questions about its business in the country.
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Kay Wheeler, Raymond: Rescuing a skunk, avoiding the funk
“Come on, you can do this.” How often have do we say those words to our children? Where does bravery come from? Where do we get “grit”? For boys, we think sports make them stronger, with more grit. For girls, I’m not sure at this point. Is bravery physical? Is grit the power to punch […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Gregory Greenleaf, Harpswell: When the going gets tough
This is a story where I put myself in a good light and show my true grit in a tough situation. It is Monday, Dec. 12, 1994, 8:59 p.m., and Allison, my girlfriend-future wife, and I are in my apartment in New York City preparing to watch Dan Marino and my Miami Dolphins play against […]
Posted inThings to Do
‘Disaster’ to open April 7 at Great Falls Performing Arts Center
Community Little Theatre’s production of the musical comedy “Disaster!,” the second show of CLT’s 82nd season, will open Thursday, April 7, at Great Fall Performing Arts Center, at 30 Academy St., in Auburn. The production will run through Sunday, April 17. Performance dates are 7:30 p.m. April 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16; and […]
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Jill Sobule will perform with Emma Ivy at One Longfellow Square
Jill Sobule plans to perform with Emma Ivy at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 10, at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. in Portland. Sobule’s work is at once deeply personal and socially conscious, seriously funny and derisively tragic. In a dozen albums spanning three decades of recording, the Denver-born songwriter/guitarist/singer has tackled such topics as […]
Posted inOn Music Lucky Clark, Things to Do
Composer, pianist Paul Sullivan plans concerts in Camden, Brunswick, Harpswell
I first met pianist/composer Paul Sullivan several decades ago through an association with Paul Winter when Sullivan was part of the Paul Winter Consort (he also won a Grammy Award for his work on the Consort’s “Silver Solstice” CD). He was living in Blue Hill at the time and I did a live interview and […]
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Ronald W. Cormier
SOUTH PARIS – Ronald W. Cormier, 88, passed away on Thursday March 17, 2022, at the Southern Maine Veterans Home in …