At Raymond’s Board of Selectmen meeting Tuesday, the board approved the 2006/2007 fiscal year budget. Under the new budget, Raymond’s estimated mill rate will increase 12 cents, from $9.30 to $9.42, or 1.3 percent. This would result in an increase of $24 in taxes on a $200,000 home from $1,860 to $1,884. If residents choose […]

At Raymond’s Board of Selectmen meeting Tuesday, the board approved the 2006/2007 fiscal year budget. Under the new budget, Raymond’s estimated mill rate will increase 12 cents, from $9.30 to $9.42, or 1.3 percent. This would result in an increase of $24 in taxes on a $200,000 home from $1,860 to $1,884. If residents choose […]

Easter Sunday held a somber tone for Quakers at the Windham Friends Meeting House. They crowded into the church for Easter services and to remember Christine Wozich, beloved wife of their pastor Michael Wozich. And in the Quaker way, members held hands in silence and spoke, when moved by the spirit, to say their goodbyes […]

Easter Sunday held a somber tone for Quakers at the Windham Friends Meeting House. They crowded into the church for Easter services and to remember Christine Wozich, beloved wife of their pastor Michael Wozich. And in the Quaker way, members held hands in silence and spoke, when moved by the spirit, to say their goodbyes […]

In a warehouse in Raymond, John Kendall runs a casino chip manufacturing operation that produces 40,000 chips a day. And demand is constant with Chipco International being only one of two companies in the world that creates playing chips for top casinos across the globe. Equipment in the warehouse, such as injection molding machines and […]

In a warehouse in Raymond, John Kendall runs a casino chip manufacturing operation that produces 40,000 chips a day. And demand is constant with Chipco International being only one of two companies in the world that creates playing chips for top casinos across the globe. Equipment in the warehouse, such as injection molding machines and […]

Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of profiles on Maine organizations that attempt to influence the Legislature, the governor and the media through their research and advocacy. When legislators are asked to decide on bills dealing with taxes, business regulations or wages and benefits in this state, inevitably someone in the Statehouse […]

I can’t believe April is nearly gone. We haven’t had enough April showers to dampen the ground, never mind bring us May flowers. All around my house the grass is peeking through the “straw” left over from winter. In the back yard, big machines are cutting trees and creating piles of sawdust, in preparation for […]

In 1955 I left Windham, population 3,500. Windham had no public transportation and with no car, I had to live where I could get to work. Earlier in the 1950s, there had been a regular schedule of bus service from Little Falls (South Windham) to Westbrook and Portland, but for whatever reason, this had been […]

In 1955 I left Windham, population 3,500. Windham had no public transportation and with no car, I had to live where I could get to work. Earlier in the 1950s, there had been a regular schedule of bus service from Little Falls (South Windham) to Westbrook and Portland, but for whatever reason, this had been […]