Casco resident Natalie Sanborn, wearing apron, leads a rug hooking workshop on Sunday afternoon at Casco Public Library. Sanborn is a member of the Tin Pedlars, a local chapter of the Association of Traditional Hooking Artists. The library is considering starting a rug hooking group which would meet regulary. For more information, call 627-4541. Courtesy […]

Casco resident Natalie Sanborn, wearing apron, leads a rug hooking workshop on Sunday afternoon at Casco Public Library. Sanborn is a member of the Tin Pedlars, a local chapter of the Association of Traditional Hooking Artists. The library is considering starting a rug hooking group which would meet regulary. For more information, call 627-4541. Courtesy […]

Casco resident Natalie Sanborn, wearing apron, leads a rug hooking workshop on Sunday afternoon at Casco Public Library. Sanborn is a member of the Tin Pedlars, a local chapter of the Association of Traditional Hooking Artists. The library is considering starting a rug hooking group which would meet regulary. For more information, call 627-4541. Courtesy […]

Celebrating “National School Breakfast Week” at George E. Jack Elementary School in Standish are Dylan Ingalls, State Sen. Bill Diamond, and Shawn Welch. The students enjoyed hearing about laws Diamond helps to craft in Augusta, and in turn were asked what laws they would like to see enacted. Some of the students’ ideas included no […]

Book group meets: The Windham Library Book Group meets Tuesday, March 28 at 6 p.m. in the library meeting room. This month’s book choice is Wendy Wasserstein’s 1989 Pulitzer Prize winning play, The Heidi Chronicles. New members are always welcome. For more information, call Barbara at 892-1908. Health Chat: Wednesday, Apr. 5 at 6 p.m. […]

A concerted effort by Standish Town Council members Tuesday to balance a desire to preserve history with the need to protect the rights of property owners resulted in their decision to keep the Historic Preservation Ordinance on the books. With nearly 50 people in attendance, councilors considered an order introduced by Councilor Larry Simpson that […]

Editor, I would like to take the time to let people know that there are still some good people in this world. Around a week ago my family and I lost our six-month-old pug, Kiara. We spent two days and multiple hours trying to locate Kiara with no success. We were beginning to worry because […]

The Taxation Committee is considering what requirements businesses should meet to be eligible for tax breaks under working waterfront legislation and whether marinas and boatyards that work part-time on commercial fishing boats should qualify. With 150 boatyards and marinas identified by the Marine Trade Commission as possible candidates for at least a partial tax break, […]

In celebration of Dr. Seuss’ 102nd birthday and Read Across America Day, Ms. Cathie Bunk’s first grade class from Edna Libby School in Standish visited The Inn at Village Square in Gorham on Friday, March 3. Seventeen first graders brought a box of books, wore their red and white Seuss hats, and read to senior […]

Windham town planner George Dycio resigned without explanation Monday after eight years of service to the town. In his absence, the small staff of Windham’s community development office is now left to cope with the flood of building applications for new commercial and residential property that have piled up since the beginning of this year. […]