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The power of laughter
We all could use a good laugh. You know; that good ‘ole gut wrenching, stomp your feet, pee your pants laugh that has you, for a moment, put all your troubles aside. Best yet — this type of laugh is infectious. Others around you take part, and before you know it, the world around y...0 Comments -
Gas prices going up while feds mismanage the country
Editor, Let's get this straight — because I am just a Maine hick in Standish, Maine. Oil is going up and gas will most likely hit $4.00 a gallon soon. Obama refuses to build a pipe line so we can get more oil from Canada. So Canada may build a pipe line to their Canadia... -
From Y-Lime's cupcakes to romance
There's a buzz of moving and construction activity going on in the small space directly to the left of K. Horton Specialty Foods in the Public Market on Monument Square. Aiming for a soft-opening date of March 1, Emily Roper, owner of Y-Lime's Gourmet Desserts, is taking her gourmet cupcak... -
The choices we make
The misalignment of politics and reality threatens to scuttle both major parties, but it's especially gratifying to see the Republicans sail off the edge of their own flat earth on the winds of religious idiocy. For forty years it has not been enough for them to just be a conservative party. They... -
Ladd's columns provide candid look at restaurant business
Editor, Thank you for running Natalie Ladd's columns. She writes about real restaurant things that happen to real people and not just about the expensive restaurants or just about the chefs. The people I work with and I read it every Wednesday and usually crack up. We think she should twee... -
Biddeford theater explores life on wrong side of the tracks
"The Great American Trailer Park Musical' City Theater, Biddeford You'll be glad you live on this side of the tracks when you experience "The Great American Trailer Park Musical," now playing at City Theater in Biddeford. It's a love triangle between Norbert Garstecki, a toll... -
Complaint about Romney event didn't capture reality
Editor, Regarding "Romney event almost soured caucus goer," guest column by Zoo Cain, Feb. 17), I think Zoo is full of (it) — I was at the event and walked in without being stopped by security with my video camera and was able to shake Mitt's hand — I am a black man with long h... -
When You’d Have to Get a Personality Transplant to Make More Money
How can you know for sure you’re not just playing with yourself? As we all know, just because you’re in a relationship doesn’t mean you aren’t alone. Sometimes you can be even more alone in a relationship because eventually even you aren’t there. This was the ... -
Baxter block's charm lost to urban renewal
The City of Portland and the Maine Historical Society have been recently collaborating to digitize an amazing photographic archive of the city, and make it available to the world on the Maine Historical Society’s website, mainememory.net. In 1924, for the first time ever, the city&rs... -
Taking the bus broadens your view of the world
Good ol’ number four to Westbrook. I was a regular rider sometime ago and now when I see it passing by I feel a little twinge of nostalgia. I guess it was all those times I waited for “my bus” to arrive and it did, faithfully, time after time. The bus drivers were always so frie...