Raking the fallen leaves the other day, I started thinking about the good old days when we’d just rake the leaves into the gutter and burn them. The smell of burning leaves was the aroma of autumn, pungent and smoky, a perfectly legal form of local air pollution. If there had been a ...
Recently a high school friend emailed several of us from Cranbrook – a.k.a. The School That Dare Not Speak Its Name (thanks, Mitt) – looking for World Series tickets to see my once-beloved Detroit Tigers (curse you, Designated Hitter Rule, for turning the AL into a carnival sideshow)....
If you’ve ever visited Disney World or some other large amusement park, you are probably familiar with the signs. The ones that blatantly forewarn you of your fate. Of the coming torment. Of the hours or minutes you will need to stand in line behind the mass of sometimes cranky adults and f...
Greater Portland Benefits Apple Pie Fundraiser, to benefit Cumberland/North Yarmouth Community Food Bank, pies will be delivered on or before Nov. 18, order by Nov. 9, mpshaw1@gmail.com or 829-4687. Wednesday 10/31
Greater Portland Call for Art The Society for East End Arts is looking for artists to participate in its annual holiday sale, Art on the Hill, to be held Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at East End School in Portland; register at SEAportland.org.
FALMOUTH — A School Board task force met for the first time last week to discuss potential changes to the policy governing drugs and alcohol. Chris Murry Jr., chairman of the board's policy committee, said the conversation about the drug and alcohol policy is not a result of two...
FALMOUTH — Town councilors unanimously approved having the open space ombudsman apply for federal grant money for trail development work on the newly acquired 100 Acre Wood property. The June
A recent hike up Bradbury Mountain raised awareness and funds for United to End Genocide and the Fur Cultural Revival. This event was created and organized by , Falmouth High School senior Geneva Waite, one of the student artists who participated in the Beauty of Darfur, the Tragedy of Genocide a...