The Windham Education Foundation will hold an all-ages spelling bee at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb 1, at the Windham High School Performing Arts Center to raise money for grants and scholarships. That’s S-C-H-O-L-A-R-S-H-I-P-S, scholarships. The event will be hosted by well-known Maine humorist Tim Sample, who can be expected to make at least one “honey […]

Time to pull the plug We hope Maine leaders are listening to the options presented in a recent report from the Maine Public Utilities Commission regarding the feasibility of Maine pulling out of the New England Power Pool. With electric rates going up, now is the time for Maine to opt out, before we are […]

Time to pull the plug We hope Maine leaders are listening to the options presented in a recent report from the Maine Public Utilities Commission regarding the feasibility of Maine pulling out of the New England Power Pool. With electric rates going up, now is the time for Maine to opt out, before we are […]

While standard exercise routines are centered around aesthetics or endurance, Anne Murray of the Southern Maine Agency on Aging runs several classes for senior citizens concerned about falling down. In the warm dining and activity room at Unity Gardens senior living center on Route 115 in North Windham, Murray holds her free exercise class for […]

Do you remember that sign you’d see every time you went to the dump in Standish? (excuse me “transfer station.”) I first noticed it attached to the First Technology sign at the facility on Route 35 a few years ago. “United We Stand” with American flags on either side. It was a pretty great message […]

Winter brings sledding, snowmen and snowshoes. Winter also brings shoveling and snow piles. Still, mud season will be here before we know it, and that means snowmelt. When we finally get that big thaw, whether in February or May, do you ever think about where all that snow goes? We all want clean water. And […]

“There Ought to Be A Law,” a documentary film in which local state Sen. Bill Diamond appears, will be shown in USM’s Luther Bonney Hall on the Portland campus at 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 29. Admission is free and the public is invited. Former State Senator Michael Brennan, now a policy associate with the Institute […]

“There Ought to Be A Law,” a documentary film in which local state Sen. Bill Diamond appears, will be shown in USM’s Luther Bonney Hall on the Portland campus at 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 29. Admission is free and the public is invited. Former State Senator Michael Brennan, now a policy associate with the Institute […]

Editor, It’s rare to see an act as honorable, statesmanlike, and unselfish as Michael Shaw’s recent withdrawal from the contested election for House District 102. On election night, non-partisan election staff named Shaw the winner. Of all of our new candidates, Mike ran one of the most upbeat and energetic campaigns. Mike Shaw had his […]

“Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.” -Woody Allen. Lane/Tommy: What amount of money can you afford to borrow? Don’t you set some kind of standard so that you don’t bust your budget? Or do you live on champagne with beer money like our government does? There are many bills in Augusta […]