7 months ago
Celebrating life with poetry
Edna St. Vincent Millay was brought up on the coast of Maine in Camden, where she settled with her mother and two sisters after leaving her birthplace of Rockland and moving from town to town.
Opinion
7 months ago
Apology to the greatest generation
To the editor:
Jan. 27 was the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. At 3 p.m. that afternoon in 1945, Soviet army scouts entered the remnant of an extermination camp, Auschwitz One, the main camp.
7 months ago
The chaos caused when words sound alike
Words that sound alike are called homophones. For teachers of English as a second language, this is often an irksome, necessary and, at times, amusing exercise.
8 months ago
Where’d that phrase come from?
As I was having an interesting conversation with a friend recently in which many “idioms” or unusual expressions were used, I started wondering where some of the more colorful expressions we use in everyday language come from — knowing, of course, that these must all be rooted in history somehow.
8 months ago
Free tax filing help is coming
To the editor:
The County team of the AARP Tax Aide program has offered free tax assistance to the elderly, low-income people and families, and others who might need assistance for more than 20 years.
8 months ago
Escaping the winter doldrums
Once the excitement of the holidays has passed, it’s easy to slip into the winter doldrums. Ice, snow and cold often mean people tend to stay home and hunker down. It’s easy to do as little as possible.
