Columns

Easy egg salad

By Wendy Andresen - Jan 16
What makes this recipe so easy is that you don't have to boil eggs and peel them. Pile this creamy creation on salad greens or a sandwich, slather ...
Building camaraderie: 'Night School,' 'Predator'

By Tom Von Malder - Jan 11
Night School (Universal, Blu-ray or standard DVD, PG-13/NR, 111/116 min.). "Night School," produced by star Kevin Hart, is one of the actor's ...
Fences, where the grass always grows greener

By Lynette L. Walther - Jan 11
There was a time when I wasn't the fine, upstanding citizen that I am today. I chalk it up to callow youth. Truth be told, there was a period of ...
The best Christmas present

By Sarah E. Reynolds - Jan 11
Christmas presents are wonderful, and this year I received some wonderful presents. Just as much -- or more -- fun is finding presents for those I ...
All childhood horrors

By David Grima - Jan 10
If Charles Dickens' story “A Christmas Carol” has taught us anything, it is that in the end the poor will win if they know a Grinchy old guy who ...
Can our country stand divided?

By Jan Dolcater - Jan 10
It is unfortunate today that we hear from high places encouragement of hate and violence that emanates from both sides of the aisle and particularl...
Schools need police officers in the 21st century

By Daniel Dunkle - Jan 10
Many of you will remember the old '70s song, "Stuck in the Middle with You" by Stealers Wheel. I think that expression captures what it is like ...
All we wanted for Christmas was a nap

By Pearl Benjamin - Jan 10
“Winter break” is a lie. Us high schoolers might get a “break” from going to our classes, but the promised snow-capped festivities and glistening ...
Camden Rockport Middle School construction project update

By Maria Libby - Jan 10
A great deal has occurred on the middle school site since the last update, some of it unfortunate. As you may know, the contractors had a difficult...
Maine minimum-wage hike eases child poverty

By Portland Press Herald ... - Jan 10
It takes a lifetime to fix the damage done by childhood poverty. Children are stressed by not having enough to eat or not knowing where they are ...
Historical Photo - Camden Opera House construction

Jan 10
Workers lay the foundation of the Camden Opera House, 1893. Camden was rapidly rebuilt after the devastating fire of 1892. In the photo, the ...
Camden Herald Letters to the Editor Jan. 10

Jan 10
Thank you to community for supporting Women's Recovery Residence in Camden If ever our community wanted to demonstrate its commitment to address ...
Courier-Gazette Letters to the Editor, Jan. 10

Jan 10
Pay attention to zone changes proposed for Rockland The Rockland city government is currently in the process of making significant changes to the ...
Go to India ― the wall that makes sense

By Reade Brower - Jan 10
“To wall, or not to wall; that is the question.” With all the political infighting, the real issue, border security, gets lost in the rhetoric. Sho...
Oh goody, I'm going to be interviewed on the radio!

Jan 09
I wrote this to the programmer/DJ named Robert who will be interviewing me. This gives a feel for my approach to my beloved life work as an ...
Corn and sweet potato chowder

By Wendy Andresen - Jan 09
This chowder tastes like a high-calorie indulgence but is actually loaded with health-promoting vegetables in a base that seems creamy because it ...
Life on the edge: 'El Royale,' 'White Boy Rick'

By Tom Von Malder - Jan 06
Bad Times at the El Royale (20th Century Fox, Blu-ray or standard DVD, R, 141 min.). Writer-director Drew Goddard has directed two episodes of my ...
This wrongheaded tale

By David Grima - Jan 03
The New York Post newspaper has perpetrated a horror upon the world in its deliciously wrong description of an old Rockland ship that turned up ...
Double standards: the new normal in journalism?

By Paul Ackerman - Jan 03
A few months ago I touched on the aspect of mudslinging in the upcoming election cycle (Beginning a season of tar and feathers, May 2018) and the ...
New legislator lays out his hopes for state government

By Bill Pluecker - Jan 03
As I begin my life as a state representative in Augusta this holiday season, I have been reflecting on the past year. It was a cool September ...