There’s this love-hate relationship I have with the Internet. On the one hand, it’s drained people’s attention spans like pus from a cyst (sorry, that was gross), and I’m pretty sure I just spent the last 20 minutes in a trance, looking at someone’s random collection of silly and embarrassing wedding photos. On the other […]

The Town of Wells has led the way in public land conservation at the municipal level, and its conservation commission continues to actively grow its land bank, and work with residents to preserve and protect important open space within town borders. Last month, the town dedicated a trail at the Fenderson Wildlife Commons in honor […]

Sanford residents in the urban areas of the city have enjoyed a unique service for many years, in which their fallen, raked leaves are vacuumed up by city staff. Bagged leaves are not picked up by the city ”“ residents are instead encouraged to rake their leaves to the roadside, loose, where they are picked […]

Snow starts to cling to the frozen surface of Wadleigh Pond in Lyman. (RACHEL LOVEJOY PHOTO)

If I only could have implemented a brilliant idea I had four decades ago I might be on the board of directors of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today. Or maybe Bill Gates would be on the board of my foundation. My inspiration was to invent snow that would fall every day of the […]

Now that Saco and Dayton have officially voted to withdraw from Regional School Unit 23, all three communities ”“ with Old Orchard Beach the only one remaining in the school unit ”“ need to move forward with plans to operate on their own, and hopefully continue to collaborate on money-saving and other projects to benefit […]

Last week, my Sunday newspaper arrived, as usual, at the front door. As I removed the paper from its plastic wrap, an envelope tumbled out. It contained a holiday card from Kevin, who apparently delivers my paper each week. No ordinary card, this. Kevin had put together a little marketing packet: a hand-signed card, along […]

“How did it get so late so soon?” — Dr. Seuss And so it goes, and I’d be hard-pressed to decide just where it officially begins, this gradual progression of the seasons, that goes from white to green to brown, then back to white again. Does it start with winter, when all, as we remember […]

The time has come for action to fix the current MaineCare ride system. Since August, thousands of people who rely on this service have been telling us that they have been left without reliable transportation to medical appointments. This is unacceptable, and the time for waiting for the brokers to work out the problems with […]

Thumbs up to all those who supported local businesses at last weekend’s Small Business Saturday. Although it was preceded by the busiest shopping day of the year ”“ Black Friday ”“ many locals turned out to support their favorite Main Street shops and get some holiday shopping done. It’s good for people to shop local, […]