Community briefs for Tuesday, Dec. 8

Exhibit celebrates 60th anniversary of Mt. Abram BETHEL — The Maine Ski and Snowboard Museum is hosting an exhibit celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Cross Brothers’ founding of Mt. Abram. The exhibit, at the Robinson House of the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society, will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. select […]

Spruce Mountain announces first-quarter honors

JAY — Spruce Mountain High School has announced its first-quarter honor roll. Seniors Highest honors: Drew Delaney and Kaden Maberry. High honors: Julianna Adams, Alicia Bridges, Hannah Coates, Rachel Hanson, Kaitlyn Paul. Honors: Auriana Armandi, Abigail Bernard, Jordan Blais, Jordan Blanche, Megan Brown, Alexia Davis, Jack Gilbert, Sara Henderson, Rhys Howard, Hanni Johnson, Ainsley Kachnovich, […]

Warming station opens for Auburn residents

AUBURN — As many households remain without power following the weekend’s winter storm, the city opened the Auburn Senior Community Center as a “warming and charging station” on Monday, Dec. 7. The center, behind Hasty Community Center, 48 Pettengill Park Road, will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for any Auburn resident who […]

Rich Lowry: Biden’s immigration radicalism

One of Joe Biden’s first priorities as president will be to risk stoking a new migrant crisis. After much trial and error, President Donald Trump came up with cooperative arrangements with Mexico and Central American countries that drastically diminished the pressure from asylum-seekers on our southern border. Biden is pledged to overturn these policies, as […]

Virtual Turkey Trot 4 Hope benefits Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine

NORWAY – The 2020 Virtual Turkey Trot 4 Hope was held Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 26-29. Participants completed their four-mile or one-mile route wherever and whenever during the event. Fundraisers competed for prizes, submitting photos and race results on social media. The top fundraiser received a one-night stay at the Old Saco Inn. Other prizes included […]

Cartoon for Tuesday, Dec. 8

Leonard Pitts Jr.: And so this is Christmas

And so this is Christmas. So sang John Lennon in 1971. The Vietnam War took 2,414 American lives that year, so the song was a prayer of harmony and peace with a scrim of irony. Nor did the irony end there. Lennon was shot to death nine years later, 40 years ago Dec. 8. And […]

Cartoon for Sunday, Dec. 6

Cal Thomas: The dog, the fracture and the ‘palmists’

Whenever president-elect Joe Biden makes a rare public appearance and is out of the immediate control of his team it increases my suspicions that he is not physically, and above all mentally, up to the job he is about to take over. Last week, Biden fractured his foot and now must wear a walking boot […]

Owen Smith: Tips for staying safe as life shifts online

As life shifts online and we take advantage of opportunities to virtually engage, older adults — and people of all ages, for that matter — need to be aware of potential risks.