Did you know that 34 to 50 percent of people over 70 have a tendency to get the side effects of confusion and physical decline when hospitalized for even a very short time? Many of us have grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles, and neighbors who may well be hospitalized and need mental and physical stimulation. […]

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Amato’s (4 – $5.00 Gift Certificates) American Journal (1 Yr. Subscription) Animal Refuge League (Tote Bag & T-Shirt) Art’s Variety (Gift Certificate For 5 Italian Sandwiches) Avery Fuels (100 Gallons of Heating Oil) Avery Services (A/C or Gas Heating Checkout) Bailey Signs/Flags (3′ X 5′ U. S. Flag) Bally Total Fitness (3 Month Membership) Barrow’s […]

May 1980 South Portland’s George Mitchell was sworn in last week as a new member of the U. S. Senate. The office space he was given in the Senate Office Building turns out to be the same offices where his wife, Sally, worked in the 1950s as a secretary to New Hampshire’s Senator Styles Bridges, […]

Yesterday’s news that Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the state’s bond rating should serve as a sign that state needs to take a hard look at the budget legislators passed recently. As we report in a front-page story this week, Gov. John Baldacci has started looking for a way to compromise with Republicans on a […]

Chairmen of the Legislature’s 17 standing committees are being asked to come up with 5 percent cuts in all aspects of state government as a first step in eliminating the $447 million that would have to be borrowed to balance the state budget. Those cuts would reduce the amount of state aid to education received […]

For most people, Westbrook Together Days is an event that lasts just one weekend a year. A dedicated group of volunteers work for months, however, to make sure Together Days runs smoothly and everyone who attends has a good time. Mayor Bruce Chuluda, the chairman of the Together Days organizing committee, said there would be […]

Eleven candidates are running unopposed for seats in the Buxton town election on Tuesday, June 14. Six of them spoke at a sparsely attended candidates night on Thursday in Town Hall. Jean C. Harmon, chairman of the board of selectmen, and Robert C. Libby, a veteran selectman, are on the ballot for the two three-year […]

Eleven candidates are running unopposed for seats in the Buxton town election on Tuesday, June 14. Six of them spoke at a sparsely attended candidates night on Thursday in Town Hall. Jean C. Harmon, chairman of the board of selectmen, and Robert C. Libby, a veteran selectman, are on the ballot for the two three-year […]

Eleven candidates are running unopposed for seats in the Buxton town election on Tuesday, June 14. Six of them spoke at a sparsely attended candidates night on Thursday in Town Hall. Jean C. Harmon, chairman of the board of selectmen, and Robert C. Libby, a veteran selectman, are on the ballot for the two three-year […]