Dana Wilde wraps up his column with Jim Bishop’s quintessentially skillful, insightful Maine postwar poetry.
2024
Posted inHealth
Maine seeks developer for psychiatric residential treatment facility for youth
The plan has been criticized by advocates who say it would increase the risk of harm to Maine children, though one provider said it would fill a critical gap for those with severe behavioral health needs.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Embracing the holiday season
Remember to slow down and embrace the holidays, as they are fleeting, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inMaine
Grateful parents arrive at Toy Fund workshop
The interactions remind volunteers why they donate their time to keep the fund running – to provide holiday gifts to children who might otherwise get none.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Ask Maine Audubon: Christmas Bird Count helps identify trends in bird population
It is impossible to count every bird, but the greatest value in the project is doing over long periods of time and large areas of space.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine nonprofit will renovate fixer-uppers, sell them as affordable housing
The new Avesta Housing program is meant to help moderate-income families that are ‘often overlooked’ afford their first home.
Posted inOn this date
Dec. 6, 2000: Chelsea man continues to wait to see his newly adopted 13-month-old girl from Panama, Richmond residents vote to purchase former Etonic building, and fire crews battle illegal fire in Augusta near interstate
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Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Charles R. “Chuck” Witham
WINSLOW – Charles “Chuck” Witham, 89, of Winslow, passed away on Dec. 4, 2024. He was born in Fairfield, on May …