Steve Taylor is living with his new limitations – paralysis from the waist down. But he also is living large. The lobsterman who has spent his life on the water in the Washington County community of Cutler is filled with the dream of getting… Read More
A ghost of Christmas past One woman’s blissful holiday memory evokes its opposite on a distant shore
At an idyllic setting, by the ocean of the New Hampshire seacoast just a little over a year ago, our family met and celebrated Christmas. The rented house, with its huge enclosed porch, gave a panoramic view of the ocean. Previous years have found our… Read More
The baby Jesus came early this year to Fort Kent. Well, at Carlene and Herman Thibeault’s house, anyway. Grandson Nicholas helped set up their outdoor Nativity after Thanksgiving, and he can’t wait until Christmas. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
I don’t have my family’s Christmas letter written yet. That comes as no surprise to my co-workers and friends who received my first and only Christmas letter in July of last year. Yes, July. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
Swaddled in parkas, scarves, long underwear and the occasional fleece blanket, hundreds of people braved the season’s first blizzard to attend Bangor’s tree lighting and fourth annual Festival of Lights Parade Saturday night. When the festivities began at 4:30 p.m. in West Market Square, the… Read More
The star shining above the stable at the edge of the parking lot was more to westerly and not really a heavenly object. More precisely, it was a star-shaped cluster of multicolored electric lights. Though people traveled from afar, they came by car. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More