February 2022

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jason Aldean, 45; Ali Larter, 46; Eric Lindros, 49; Pat Monahan, 53. Happy Birthday: Take your time. Make decisions based on your needs, not pressure others put on you. Stand up for your rights and what you want. Clarify your position, and don’t feel the need to compensate people who […]

Sun Spots

Technical help available to resolve problems with home security system

February 28, 2022February 25, 2022

DEAR SUN SPOTS: We have an Amcrest security system that is giving us DVR problems. Is there someone in the area that works on these systems? Recently, there were lines on the videos and today there are no videos showing. We are not particularly technology savvy and we think your Rolodex is wonderful. — No name, […]

Community, Connections

Extension’s accounting workshop for farmers to start in March

February 28, 2022February 22, 2022

University of Maine Cooperative Extension plans to offer a four-session online introductory accounting workshop for farms and agricultural businesses. The first session runs from noon to 2 p.m. on Monday, March 7. The remaining dates are March 8, 14 and 15. QuickBooks for Farmers includes creating charts of accounts; invoicing, payments and expenses; and reconciling […]

Community, Connections

Maine Media Workshops series to host artist, filmmaker

February 28, 2022February 22, 2022

ROCKPORT — Maggie Meiners, an artist and filmmaker, plans to discuss her work that addresses notions of domesticity, beauty, and body image in a lecture, “he A Game: The Authentic Self in Image Making, at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 2. Using humor and working with various mediums, Meiners engages in self-analysis and critique to arrive […]

Community, Connections

Universities to offer webinar about propagating trees, shrubs

February 28, 2022February 16, 2022

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Extension plans to offer a webinar for home gardeners on propagating trees and shrubs in winter months from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Monday, March 7. “Propagating Trees and Shrubs in the Winter Months” includes suggestions on which trees and shrubs to propagate during late […]

Community, Connections

Southern Maine retreat offers healing to those connected to abortion

February 28, 2022February 15, 2022

PORTLAND — Rachel’s Vineyard retreats aim to offer solace, peace, and inner healing to any individual connected to an abortion, regardless of the role they played. The retreat aims to provide a safe place to grieve the loss and to understand how abortion has affected them, so they can grow beyond it, according to a […]

Op-Eds, Opinion

Inequality has long driven Black parents to pull children from public schools

by Amaarah DeCuir Special to The Washington Post February 28, 2022February 25, 2022

Today many Black families are still facing injustices in the public schools, including high rates of exclusionary discipline, too few Black teachers and re-segregated schools. This leads to difficult choices, just as Clara Muhammad and the families who joined her schools realized in the 1930s.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Russian aggression puts Erdogan in a bind

by Bobby Ghosh Bloomberg Opinion February 28, 2022February 25, 2022

Erdogan knows from recent memory the pain Turkey feels when economic ties with Russia are hindered. The last time trade between the two countries was severely constrained was in 2015: Then, the restraints were imposed by Putin, in retaliation for Turkey’s shooting down a Russian military jet. The number of Russian visitors plummeted, and the Turkish leader was obliged to apologize.

Maine, Maine Crime, News