Losing Power in Winter

Often during our Maine winter, we get hit with heavy, wet snow.  When this snow accumulates on power lines and nearby trees, lines get knocked to the ground and customers lose power.  Here’s how to keep your home and family safe while you wait for the hard working...

Holiday Safety – Don’t Drink and Drive

The holidays provide the best opportunity to celebrate festively with family and friends. From seasonal office parties to intimate family gatherings, it’s likely you will attend a range of holiday events. It’s also likely that alcohol will be present. To ensure your...

Things Happen – Holiday Weight Gain

Reports of the average weight gained by Americans from Thanksgiving to the New Year varies widely, depending on your source.  Let’s go with the best sounding one:  The New England Journal of Medicine says that the average person gains only one pound during the...

My Teenager Driving in the Snow

by Hollie McAfee My daughter is 16 and got her license in October.  When she took Drivers’ Ed back in March, I was hoping she would get some snowy weather to practice in.  But March turned out to be a very nice month this year.  Today, while making sugar cookies, she...
Babysitting in Your Home?  Do You Have Coverage?

Babysitting in Your Home? Do You Have Coverage?

With the prevalence of two-income families, the need for quality child care is great.  Many parents meet this need, and the desire to be home with their own children, by providing daycare in their homes.  If you care for others’ children in your home, you should know...