The power of an hour
For as long as I have been writing this blog, I have struggled to find a theme or central idea for most of the stories. Sure, I could…
Polar vortex be damned!
F or the most part, Mainers are a hearty group and on January 19, three veteran runners from the Portland area proved that with their efforts in a…
Portland running group honors Meg Menzies
A ll it took was a simple message: a runner from Virginia, the mother of three, was killed on Monday, January 13, while she was on an early…
A little respect for her elders
F rom the distance, the large dark silhouette is suspended in the clear morning air. With the telltale bump over the main cabin and it’s landing gear and…
Sea-soaked and salty: a literary message in the bottle
From our friends at Peaks Island Press E very year the changing island weather prompts me to write, like a patient writing instructor prodding its lazy student. To…
A mystery for a cold winter night
T he story starts almost 75 years ago. It begins before the Internet, cell phones, and color TV. The family radio was the centerpiece of home entertainment and…
A little respect for her elders
F rom the distance, the large dark silhouette is suspended in the clear morning air.…
60 days later … have you done anything yet?
I’ve been waiting; we’ve all been waiting. On Thursday, October 17, at about 12:30 a.m.…
Students make music video about drunk driving
SACO – Many teenage students spend their high school years trying to figure out the…
Community group unites against bullying
SACO – Many school children in Maine know all too well that the hallways and…
Ballpark dedicates POW/MIA empty seat
OLD ORCHARD BEACH – With the sound of hundreds of motorcycles riding through the streets…
