PORTLAND — A recipe challenge sponsored by Catholic Charities Maine’s Parish Social Ministry program provided an opportunity for Mainers to put their recipes and cooking knowledge to the test while helping local parish food ministries in the process. Forty entries were submitted, with Fr. Anthony Kuzia, CM, pastor of Our Lady of the Lakes Parish […]
Alex Lear
A Maine native and Colby College graduate, Alex has been covering coastal communities since 2001. He lives in the Portland area with his wife Lauren, 4-year-old daughter Alaina, and 7-year-old bulldog Walter. He has released four CDs of original music and does occasional research work for Marvel Comics' collected editions.
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Del Leonard: Political parties, candidates, aren’t sports teams
Many would likely agree the months-long, back-and-forth, tit-for-tat Collins/Gideon political ads are beyond annoying. The amount of money spent for the spots while so many are enduring COVID-19 financial uncertainty and austerity ratchets it up the scale to absurd. Taking another view, these schoolyard-like spats serve as an effective distraction. Note that, similar to previous […]
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Daniel Bergeron: Trump demonstrates strong leadership
Trump has accomplished more in his first term than any other president in my lifetime. As he promised, the wall is being built, we got our tax cut that benefited the middle class, not only the rich. The economy grew, resulting in having the lowest unemployment in decades with minorities benefiting greatly, partly by developing […]
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Rumford parish receives Matthew 25 award to improve hall
PORTLAND — Four Maine parishes, including Rumford, have been named recipients of Matthew 25 awards that include grants ranging from $2,000 to $5,000. The awards, presented by Catholic Charities Maine’s Parish Social Ministry program, are given to parishes to assist them in expanding their capacity to serve more people or to develop a new social […]
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Ben Lounsbury: In support of Ranked Choice Voting
In the past, if you didn’t like either major party candidate, you probably would not have voted for an independent. You voted for the major party candidate you disliked the least to prevent the other from winning. That’s called “strategic voting.” Now, with ranked choice voting, you can “vote your conscience.” Rank the independent(s) you […]
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Community briefs for Thursday, Oct. 1
American Legion lists October activities AUBURN — The William J. Rogers Post 153, American Legion, 71 South Main St., will be open from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon to 7 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays. Limited food will be available while open. The post October schedule is announced. […]
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Experience Lourdes Virtual Pilgrimage at basilica or online
LEWISTON — All are welcome to participate in a virtual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Lourdes, live-streamed by the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospitality’s North American Volunteers, in cooperation with Prince of Peace Parish from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3. Interested parties can participate online or in-person. Fr. Patrick Finn, parochial vicar […]
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Commission seeks online input into statewide preservation plan
AUGUSTA — The Maine Historic Preservation Commission is working on the next edition of the statewide preservation plan and is inviting the public to participate by attending one of a series of online listening sessions, as well as by taking a brief survey. The plan will summarize the current opportunities and challenges for preserving and […]
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Cal Thomas: My questions for Joe Biden
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has made himself largely unavailable to questions from reporters since before his nomination. In contrast, President Trump has made himself available numerous times per day to reporters and their often hostile and confrontational questions. This is why the moderator of the first debate, Chris Wallace of Fox News, should ask […]
