A proposal by the Democratic majority leader that would require cities and towns to use 90 percent of any increase in state funding for K-12 education to reduce local property taxes may never even come up for a vote this session. While it was touted in Gov. John Baldacci’s State of the State address last […]

The Cornelia Warren Foundation presented a check for $18,000 to help pay for six new defibrillators to the Westbrook Fire and Rescue Department last week. The money, along with $45,000 from a recently acquired federal grant, will enable the department to replace all six of its existing defibrillators with newer technology. The federal grant received […]

On a cold January night, 10 years ago, I was in the back of an ambulance, with a police escort, on my way to an emergency room where I would be cautioned not to fall asleep. I had absolutely no idea what was wrong. All I knew was “something” told me I needed help. I […]

After Idexx’s announcement last week, Chris Lewis knows he won’t have to leave his home state again. A native of Unity, Lewis left the state in 1991 after graduating college because he couldn’t find a job here. He spent the next six years trying to get back. “When I graduated, I looked everywhere to find […]

After Idexx’s announcement last week, Chris Lewis knows he won’t have to leave his home state again. A native of Unity, Lewis left the state in 1991 after graduating college because he couldn’t find a job here. He spent the next six years trying to get back. “When I graduated, I looked everywhere to find […]

Some quick thinking and a little detective work by the Department of Health and Human Services put thousands of dollars into the hands of parents who had not been receiving child support in Maine. More than 7,500 former inmates of the York County Jail successfully sued the county last year over what they considered illegal […]

Some quick thinking and a little detective work by the Department of Health and Human Services put thousands of dollars into the hands of parents who had not been receiving child support in Maine. More than 7,500 former inmates of the York County Jail successfully sued the county last year over what they considered illegal […]

Gorham High School will present the one act comedy, “Check, Please,” by Jonathan Rand, in the McCormack Performing Arts Center on February 4, 2006, at 7:30 p.m. Have you ever been on a blind date? Now you can enjoy the roller coaster ride of blind dating from the relative safety of your seat. Experience the […]

Proper posture won’t prevent osteoporosis, but it can lessen the affects, according to Lorrayne Mastrangelo, a physical therapist at Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford. Friday, Mastrangelo presented a program on osteoporosis to the Women’s Educational & Industrial Union at the Dyer Library in Saco. Osteoporosis is often called “the silent disease” because it occurs […]

Back at the beginning of this school year, School Resource Officer Brian Dell Isola came upon an unusual sight. Walking into the Wescott Junior High School gym, he saw a group of girls standing there and one of the girls had her hands wrapped tightly around another’s throat. The rest of the girls were standing […]