A new United Nations report on how climate change harms people and the environment reads like an atlas of human and planetary suffering.
February 2022
Auburn Concert Band invites new members
The Auburn Community Concert Band has announced that rehearsals in preparation for the group’s 2022 Summer concert season will begin on Wednesday, March 2. Weekly rehearsals take place from 7 to 9 p.m. every Wednesday at the High Street Congregational Church, located between High and Pleasant Streets, in Auburn. Membership is open to all wind […]
Elena Moon Park and friends plan live, virtual show
Elena Moon Park and her friends plan to perform at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 5, at Strand Theatre, at 345 Main St., Rockland. The band performs folk and children’s music from East and Southeast Asia, reimagined to celebrate various musical traditions, languages, styles, and stories, plus original songs. The tunes range from northern Japanese sea […]
Ruble plummets as sanctions bite, sending Russians to banks
Ordinary Russians are facing the prospect of higher prices as Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine sent the ruble plummeting.
Maine Restaurant Week to pair eager diners with empty tables
As the food service industry weathers its second pandemic winter, Maine Restaurant Week’s mission to boost business is more relevant than ever.
Biddeford group to erect statue to acknowledge pain inflicted on Maine tribes
It will depict Sachem Squando of the Saco Tribe, whose son was drowned by English sailors in 1675.
Windham man lands unexpected role on CBS’s ‘Undercover Boss’
Kyron Hobdy, a maintenance technician for mobile carrier UScellular, thought he was participating in a (fictional) British TV show called ‘Starting Over.’
Sports on TV: Monday, February 28, 2022
(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, February 28 COLLEGE BASEBALL 5 p.m. PAC-12N — St. John’s at Oregon COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 7 p.m. ESPN — Syracuse at North Carolina 8 p.m. BTN — Northwestern at Iowa 9 p.m. CBSSN — San Diego St. at Wyoming ESPN — Baylor at Texas ESPN2 […]
Family front and center in rekindled relationship
DEAR ABBY: I recently reconnected with an old boyfriend after 30 years, and I’m concerned about what I can only describe as co-dependency between him and his daughter. His wife of 20 years died two years ago after a long illness. He was her caregiver for the majority of those years, along with raising his […]
This common steroid can have a big effect on blood sugar
Dear Dr. Roach: My son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in March 2020. We recently learned on our own that prednisone greatly affects blood sugar. This needs to be more common knowledge. We found this out when my son’s blood sugar was averaging 250 a day, 100 more than usual. We called his endocrinologist, […]