Good councilors gone It was with sadness that the news of two Standish Councilors’ resignations hit our desks here at the paper this week. Gene Nesbitt and Gerry Spencer, two devoted townspeople who had devoted many hours to the people of Standish, had to leave the council for health and family reasons. Sad to see […]

A benefit dinner for local businessman, Dana Perkins, will be held at Montebello’s in Raymond, on October 23 from 4 to 8 p.m. Perkins recently fell and crushed both his heels and will be unable to work for many weeks. He is self-employed and the father of three young children. All proceeds from this spaghetti […]

There will be a meeting of the library’s book club on Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. in the meeting room at the library. New members are always welcome. For more information, call Barbara at the library 892-1908. The book choice for October is The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason. Also, there will be a health […]

The newly formed Windham Education Foundation is holding its first annual spelling bee competition beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17 at the Windham High School Auditorium. Three-member teams will compete for the grand prize of being forever memorialized in the Windham Bee Champion Trophy. There is no restriction on who can make up […]

This week, the town of Naples purchased the first piece of its new salt/sand shed, proposed to be built behind the public safety building off Route 302. The piece, bought separate from the overall construction currently out to bid, is a glue-laminated arch designed to hold up the shed’s entryway. Though the town has not […]

Rick Roberts – author, essayist, advertising guru and proud Baby Boomer – has a simple philosophy when it comes to writing: think more about what you’re going to write before you sit down at the blank page, be concise and know your “purpose.” “Most mistakes are made in writing before the first word is written,” […]

While the idea of flex-time for state workers was proposed by leaders from both sides of the aisle as a way to save gas after Hurricane Katrina, only one agency has taken up the idea with any enthusiasm. The Maine State Housing Authority estimates nearly half of its 125 employees are working either four 10-hour […]

While the idea of flex-time for state workers was proposed by leaders from both sides of the aisle as a way to save gas after Hurricane Katrina, only one agency has taken up the idea with any enthusiasm. The Maine State Housing Authority estimates nearly half of its 125 employees are working either four 10-hour […]

It now appears to be at least a three-man race in the Republican primary for governor, with Sen. Chandler Woodcock of Franklin County saying he’s in and former Congressman David Emery of Tenants Harbor saying, “I would be surprised if I didn’t.” Sen. Peter Mills of Somerset County, who had the field to himself for […]

Christ Chapel, formerly of Main Street in Raymond Village and moved to Northern Pines Road for worship in fall of 2003, will be dedictating its new building at 10 a.m. on November 6. Last April, its original building in the telephone building complex on Main Street was sold and all offices were finally moved to […]