Proponents of a $60 million highway bond to fund road and bridge projects statewide are expected to do some heavy lobbying between now and when the Legislature comes back to work on a compromise that would freeze the gas tax in exchange for bonding approval. The compromise passed the Senate by one vote Friday night, […]

The Monument Newspaper and Current Publishing have merged. This week, Current Publisher Lee Hews Casler and Monument Newspaper Publisher Elizabeth Prata announce that The Monument has joined the growing family of seven newspapers Current Publishing produces. “The union will allow the monument newspaper to benefit from the resources that Current Publishing has developed to support […]

The Monument Newspaper and Current Publishing have merged. This week, Current Publisher Lee Hews Casler and Monument Newspaper Publisher Elizabeth Prata announce that The Monument has joined the growing family of seven newspapers Current Publishing produces. “The union will allow the monument newspaper to benefit from the resources that Current Publishing has developed to support […]

May is Older Americans Month and to celebrate, all seniors are invited to a special meal to be served at noon on Wednesday, May 10 at Windham Senior Dining Club, 124 Tandberg Trail, Windham. Reservations are needed by 1 p.m. on May 8; call Virginia Billings at 892-3891. The menu is fruit cup, pot roast, […]

With Jessica’s Law in the news, what punishment would you prescribe for convicted child molesters? Larry Gardini, 62, Frye Island “That’s a tough question. We haven’t got to the point where we have penal islands and I don’t know if the castration theory works. I don’t know what the answer is.” Crystal O’Donohue, 30, Naples […]

It could have been a program synopsis in TV Guide: One lucky couple, nominated by their son, is selected to receive a complete makeover in front of a live audience. But for Naples residents, Bob and Tracy Berry, television fantasy became real-life drama when salon owner Tonya Nichols, of Casco, and her 12-member staff from […]

It could have been a program synopsis in TV Guide: One lucky couple, nominated by their son, is selected to receive a complete makeover in front of a live audience. But for Naples residents, Bob and Tracy Berry, television fantasy became real-life drama when salon owner Tonya Nichols, of Casco, and her 12-member staff from […]

Editor, I write to you because we have been “slapped around” by the Town of Raymond now enough times for me to say ENOUGH. First we were told that we no longer had any rights to use the transfer station, coupons or no coupons, because we decided to put our houses in Maine into an […]

Army National Guard Pvt. Keegan A. Hornstra has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Hornstra is the son of Cameron and Kim Lorrain of Natures Way, Naples. He is a 2004 graduate of Lake Region High School, Naples. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, […]

A bill that would raise minimum teacher salaries to $27,000 this coming school year and $30,000 the next made it through a divided Legislature Friday with concerns still resonating that local budgets will be forced to go up as teachers across the board demand higher pay. The vote was 76 to 68 in the House […]