(NAPSI)—There is no question, migraines can be hard to live with and treat. If you’re one of more than 36 million Americans living with migraine, you know that finding just the right acute treatment can be challenging. Keeping an open dialogue with your doctor will help make sure that he or she knows what types […]
Maine Connections Academy (MCA), in Scarborough, the state’s first tuition-free, online charter school for grades 7-12, hosted its commencement ceremony online on June 8 to honor 77 students in its sixth class of graduating seniors. Lindsey Childs, of Palermo, was class Salutatorian. Due to the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the in-person ceremony took place […]
by David Reed Resident of Hope, Maine A couple of months ago we didn’t really know much about this scourge, but now it appears that the elderly, immune-compromised patients, and nursing home residents are those at highest risk. Like the common cold, this virus spreads by a sneeze, cough, droplet dispersion or contact with a […]
To the editor: Most if not all of us have had some terrible struggles lately—life has been hard if not downright scary. But we also have reason to hope for better days to come. While the Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on so many folks we care about, it has also helped us see that […]
To the editor: AARP Maine State Director Lori Parham released the following statement today in response to the Governor’s Executive Order on the July 14, 2020 Primary & Referendum Election. On behalf of our 230,000 members 50 and older across Maine we want to thank Governor Mills for clarifying the rules and processes for the […]
Who was the first Boston Red Sox pitcher to win the American League Cy Young Award? Answer: Jim Lonborg, in the “Impossible Dream” season of 1967.
CHARLOTTE M. CARON LARGO, Fla. – Charlotte Jeanne “Chickie” McBride Caron, 86, passed peacefully on March 26, 2020, at Oak Manor Senior Living, in Largo Florida. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 28,1933, the daughter of now deceased Leo and Dorothy McBride. Charlotte was educated in Waterville schools, graduating with the class of […]
At a recent meeting, Christine Diesch was elected to the Palermo Community Library Board of Trustees. Prior to retiring in Maine, she had a career ranging from running a crisis hotline to providing leadership coaching to world-class scientists and operations teams at one of the seventeen U.S. Department of Energy’s premier national laboratories. Diesch brings […]
The COVID-19 pandemic did what owners Kevin Joseph (no relation to Kevin Joseph of Guacamole’s and You Know Whose Pub) and E. J. Fabian feared the most: closing their beloved restaurant on other than their own terms. Effective immediately, Joseph’s Fireside Restaurant, located on West River Road, in Waterville, will not reopen for business and […]
Most information in this section is from the comprehensive history section of the Kennebec Water District’s website, which was last updated in 2006. The Kennebec Water District (KWD) was incorporated on March 17, 1899, the first such quasi-municipal district in the country and the pattern for generations of future water, sanitary, sewer and school districts. […]