The Program Committee of SMART Child and Family Services will be holding a yard sale at the SMART office building, located on Route 115 on Saturday, June 2 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For questions or the pickup of donated items, please call Jo Bradeen at the SMART office at 893-0386. Items will also […]

American Legion Post 148 Commander David Tanguay said he was up before dawn on Memorial Day and the raindrops made him think the day would be a wet one. “The weather was beautiful,” Tanguay said later of the perfect day Monday turned in to. Tanguay was in charge of organizing the parade that started at […]

The Naples Public Library is planning a house and garden tour Friday, June 1 of the Manning House in South Casco, the home of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s uncle. The Federal Style home, built in 1790, is currently owned by David and Pat MacVane, who have spent many years carefully restoring the home and researching its history. […]

A 23-year-old Standish resident, John J. Williams, is listed in satisfactory condition at Maine Medical Center after being ejected from his vehicle during a crash in Scarborough on Tuesday night. Williams was taken to Maine Medical Center after his 1999 Cadillac Deville slammed into a telephone pole at the intersection of Ross Road and Pine […]

Let me begin this month’s column by thanking readers for responding to some of my comments in earlier articles. My columns are written from the perspective of someone who is not a scientist or an expert in any field, but from my vantage point of reading and learning for more than 20 years from various […]

Let me begin this month’s column by thanking readers for responding to some of my comments in earlier articles. My columns are written from the perspective of someone who is not a scientist or an expert in any field, but from my vantage point of reading and learning for more than 20 years from various […]

By E. Jay Sarton Jr. In these days when the astronomy news describes black holes, dark energy and extra-solar planets, many astronomy enthusiasts have simply forgotten the joy and excitement of star watching in their own backyards. When you think of it, the very same stars that people see in the sky tonight were observed […]

Editor, With the PC activists apparently forcing our state to change all the well-known lakes, mountains, islands, etc. that use this name, I suggest members of the Maine Legislature click on the site below. It is an article written by an Abenaki woman who decries the misunderstanding of this perfectly proper word for an Indian […]

Explanations: LD 375 would extend to domestic partners the same family medical leave rights that are given to spouses, parents or children of individuals with serious health conditions. LD 1658 would ban a flame-retardant chemical known as deca-BDE in mattresses and furniture on Jan. 1, 2008 and phase out its use in televisions and other […]

Explanations: LD 375 would extend to domestic partners the same family medical leave rights that are given to spouses, parents or children of individuals with serious health conditions. LD 1658 would ban a flame-retardant chemical known as deca-BDE in mattresses and furniture on Jan. 1, 2008 and phase out its use in televisions and other […]