LR First Fishermen Minton018.jpg Ben Minton of Standish makes a cast into the cold rushing waters of the Saco River in the shadow of the route 11 bridge in Steep Falls on Sunday, the first day of fishing season. LR First Fishermen Minton023.jpg Ben and Tom Minton of Standish try their luck in the cold […]

International Internship Programs (IIP), an international exchange organization based in Tokyo, is working with Jordan Small Middle School to bring Korean and Japanese teaching assistants to Raymond starting in April. The teaching assistant brings Asia into the classroom, enabling American students to learn first-hand about Japanese or Korean language, customs, culture and traditions and gain […]

International Internship Programs (IIP), an international exchange organization based in Tokyo, is working with Jordan Small Middle School to bring Korean and Japanese teaching assistants to Raymond starting in April. The teaching assistant brings Asia into the classroom, enabling American students to learn first-hand about Japanese or Korean language, customs, culture and traditions and gain […]

Ongoing events: • Steep Falls Public Library: Hours are Tuesday and Wednesday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Story hour for toddlers and preschool children is held Wednesday at 10 a.m. Story hour is free and open to the public. • Active Senior Citizens of Standish holds meetings the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month […]

Have you turned down a chance to go out with family or friends because you were concerned about falling? Have you cut down on a favorite activity because you might fall? If so, A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls is a program for you. The next nine-class series, located at the Bridgton Community […]

The Joint Standing Committee on Transportation has voted unanimously to fund an engineering plan for the Mountain Division Line. While much work remains to be done, the re-establishment of the passenger and freight line holds so much positive economic and environmental impacts that it creates its own logic. The plan has horsepower. Traffic congestion, air […]

There are those uncomfortable times when I am challenged to reevaluate my beliefs. It comes at those moments when I’m confronted by the hard fact that there are those who believe so differently than I. The question is forced upon me. “Where are the facts underlying my beliefs?” Whose “truths” am I to believe? I […]

Kyle Walton, of Windham, has been accepted to Thomas College starting in September, 2007. Walton is the son of Steven and Debra Walton. He plans to major in management. Thomas is a private, career-oriented college that prepares its undergraduate and graduate students for careers in business, technology and education. The College is the only one […]

Kyle Walton, of Windham, has been accepted to Thomas College starting in September, 2007. Walton is the son of Steven and Debra Walton. He plans to major in management. Thomas is a private, career-oriented college that prepares its undergraduate and graduate students for careers in business, technology and education. The College is the only one […]

The deadline for local hunters to file their 2007 moose permit applications with the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife is fast approaching. The department will not accept applications received after 4:59 p.m. on Monday, April 2. All applications must be made on the department’s standard application form. The public chance drawing, also known as […]