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Friday, November 2, 2018
Volume 14 • Issue No. 44
Community Invited to Discuss “Screenagers” YORK On Thursday, November 8, White Pine Programs, the York School District and Partners for Healthier Communities invite local communities to participate in an important conversation and view a free screening of the acclaimed film, “Screenagers”, at the York Community Auditorium located at York High School. Doors open with refreshments at 6 p.m. followed by the one-hour film at 6:30 p.m. and closing with a panel discussion by community experts in the fields of mental health, media
safety, and healthy alternatives to screen time. The film is intended for parents and students grade 5 and up as it is not appro-
priate for younger children. Ellen Connell, Assistant Principal at YHS, is keenly aware of the nuanced landscape
Thanksgiving Slow Food Style ELIOT Join Slow Food Seacoast for its 13th annual Thanksgiving Dinner on Sunday, November11 from 4-6 p.m. The event celebrates regional food traditions, and increased access to local foods. Slow Food provides local turkeys and fish. Attendees are encouraged to
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inspire each other with a sidedish made from a traditional recipe, heirloom ingredient or foraged food. The gathering is being hosted at the historic Green Acres Retreat Center along the Piscataqua River in Eliot. Doors open at 4 p.m. and there is ample free parking near the banquet hall overlooking the river. Green Acres is located at 61 Green Acre Drive in Eliot. You can check out the Slow
Food Seacoast website or facebook page for further details www.slowfoodseacoast.com This community feast and conversation take place prior to the family holiday, offering a perfect opportunity to shop local farmers markets, and practice locally sourced dishes that you might make for the actual holiday. Traditional, seasonal ingredients (including root crops, corn, beans, squash, pumpkin, venison, fish, fowl,
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explore this critical topic with teens.” This event is an important opportunity for parents, teens, community members, mental health practitioners, school personnel, and concerned citizens. The collective goal in bringing “Screenagers” to York County is to empower parents and teens with the tools and information they need in order to safely and mindfully navigate this ubiquitous facet of our culture. Dan Gardoqui, Executive Director and Co-founder See SCREENS page 16...
grains, greens, fruits, nuts, cider, sweets) and creativity are encouraged. John Forti, a Slow Food board chair notes that Slow Food is part of a “delicious revolution,” and suggests that the Seacoast should be proud of the progress the local farm and food movements have made in the last decade. He goes on to say that “Together, we are revitalizing regional farmland, growing year-round farmers markets, creating school garSee SLOW page 15...
Bestselling Mystery Author to Visit Library KENNEBUNK Bruce Robert Coffin, author of the Detective Byron mystery series and a former detective sergeant with more than twenty-seven years in law enforcement, will visit the Kennebunk Free Library on Monday, November 5 at 6 p.m. to read from his new novel, Beyond the Truth. A book signing will follow. At the time of his retirement, from the Portland police department, Bruce Coffin supervised all homicide and violent crime investigations for Maine’s largest city. Following the terror attacks of September 11, Bruce spent four years
working counter-terrorism with the FBI, earning the Director’s Award, the highest honor a non-agent can receive. Among the Shadows, Beneath the Depths, and Beyond
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digital media creates for our teens, stating, “Our students live in a culture where they are constantly connected digitally. With this digital connectedness, however, comes exclusion, difficulty navigating social relationships and quantifiable reminders of their social status in real-time. Instead of taking away devices that they’ll have throughout their adult lives, we need to help teens find a healthy screen-time balance and learn how to navigate a complex social world. The film, ‘Screenagers’, provides parents, guardians, and other key adults with a conversational bridge to
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the Truth, the first three novels in the Detective John Byron mystery series, have been wellreceived by fans and critics alike. His short fiction appears in several anthologies, includ-
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ing The Best American Mystery Stories 2016. Bruce is a member of International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. He is a regular blog contributor to the Maine Crime Writers and Murder Books blogs. This program is free but books will be available for purchase (and signing) the evening of the event. The program is wheelchair accessible. The Kennebunk Free Library is located at 112 Main Street in Kennebunk. For more information call 207-985-2173 or email kfl@kennebunk.lib.me.us.
Daylight Savings Ends Fall back, spring ahead! Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday, Nov. 4 at 2 a.m. At that time, clocks should be set back 1 hour.