As I lay in bed early one morning, I watched a small spider descending on a single strand of web material just outside my window. It disappeared below the sill but then reappeared as it made its way up the screen before vanishing again on one side. This went on for several minutes as the […]

We’re only three games into the high school football season, and it is becoming apparent that Cheverus and Thornton Academy are the cream of this year’s crop. If there are people who don’t yet believe that, then let some of these statistics try to pursuade them: ”¢ Through three games, Thornton Academy has beaten its […]

It’s only been one year since Old Orchard Beach voted in the changes to the town clerk’s salary and term ”“ and it’s already coming up again for another vote. The charter was amended last November to set the town clerk’s salary to no less than the average salary of the top eight department heads; […]

Thumbs up to Maddy Enman, who donated an 1880 W.M. Tibbetts carriage to 19th Century Willowbrook Village in Newfield recently. Willowbrook Director John Michalowski said the carriage is “pristine and beautiful,” and a great addition to the museum’s collection. And while the collection includes some other carriages and sleds built in Newfield, there was only […]

Mitt Romney is trying to win the election by using Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign strategy. During that campaign, James Carville, a Clinton strategist, posted a sign in the campaign headquarters to keep workers on message. It read: “The economy, stupid.” In either campaign headquarters, this year the sign could read: “The candidate, stupid.” The campaign […]

After marriage, raising two children and a career in social services, Biddeford resident Patricia St. Pierre is headed toward a new goal: College. The former clinic assistant at York County Community Action lost her job of eight years last fall, and learned that a degree is a valuable thing in securing a job in today’s […]

During a recent call I made to York County Superior Court, it took about three solid minutes to get ahold of a person ”“ an actual, honest-to-goodness human being. Three minutes doesn’t sound like a long time, but for someone accustomed to hearing “Hello?” after three or four rings, it’s an eternity. The wait was […]

The threat of disease is always looming, whether it be cancer from the air we breathe or influenza from the hands we shake, but now another worrisome illness has made its way close to home. Eastern Equine Encephalitis has been discovered in York County at a farm in Lebanon. This isn’t the first season that […]

It finally happened for the Biddeford Tigers football team. The Tigers, after struggling through an 0-8 campaign last season ”“ the first season without a win since 1979 ”“ snapped its losing streak Friday night with a home win against South Portland. It was the first time in 10 games, dating back to October 2010, […]

Several new laws went into effect in late August that should keep new, teenage drivers and Maine roads safer. Secretary of State Charlie Summers recently reminded motorists of the new driving regulations, which were passed into law by the Legislature, and became effective on Aug. 30. One of the new laws, “An Act To Encourage […]