When making plans for trips to exotic places you have undoubtedly been warned to not drink the water. Unless we want to add locations such as Bridgton, Belfast, and Baldwin to the list, we have to get serious about the harmful levels of arsenic in our wells. Arsenic is a naturally occurring substance commonly found […]

When making plans for trips to exotic places you have undoubtedly been warned to not drink the water. Unless we want to add locations such as Bridgton, Belfast, and Baldwin to the list, we have to get serious about the harmful levels of arsenic in our wells. Arsenic is a naturally occurring substance commonly found […]

Just a month before the Bureau of Insurance decides how big of an assessment will be put on Mainers’ health insurance premiums to fund Dirigo, it now appears that not everyone will have to chip in. Employees for some national giants like Wal-Mart may be exempt. Bath Iron Works also was mentioned at a Health […]

Think “Antiques Roadshow” and bring that family heirloom to the Windham Public Library on Saturday, Oct. 8, pay $5, and find out how much it’s worth. Windham Historical Society is hosting its first Heirloom Appraisal and Silent Auction and Steve Center of Centervale Antiques will be the appraiser. The public is invited to bring up […]

(Ed’s note: The following is Standish resident Joan Hawkes’ eyewitness account of Hurricane Katrina’s wrath as it landed near her retirement home in Gulfport, Mississippi. She lived through the storm with her husband George by her side.) The Mississippi Gulf Coast changed from a picture-perfect paradise to a miles-wide swath of destruction created Monday, Aug. […]

Sometimes, all it takes is a casual conversation to spark a great idea. That’s all it took to form a bond between two schools over 1,500 miles apart. Not long ago, Norma Richard, principal of Raymond’s schools was in the Raymond Village Florist shop, chatting with its owner, Jessica Fay. And, like many conversations have […]

Because of the state’s $1 increase in cigarette tax, Chris Tucker of Windham has just made a change to his lifestyle. No, the new “health tax” has not caused him to quit smoking. Instead of cigarettes, he now buys cartons of King Edward’s Menthol little cigars for his smoking pleasure. “It’s just not in the […]

Because of the state’s $1 increase in cigarette tax, Chris Tucker of Windham has just made a change to his lifestyle. No, the new “health tax” has not caused him to quit smoking. Instead of cigarettes, he now buys cartons of King Edward’s Menthol little cigars for his smoking pleasure. “It’s just not in the […]

Schoolhouse Arts Center in Sebago Lake Village presents “Arsenic and Old Lace” on Friday and Saturday evenings from Oct. 7 to 23 starting at 8 p.m. Sunday matinees start at 2 p.m. Tickets are $16/$14. Call 642-3743 for reservation information. The box office opens one hour before each performance. “Arsenic and Old Lace” was written […]

Baby Shower Alison Chaney was entertained at a baby shower on Saturday, September 17, given by her aunt, Jean Pearson, in her home in Scarborough. Attending the shower were Joan Enman (Alison’s mother), Millie Enman (Alison’s grandmother), Shari Chaney (Alison’s mother-in-law), Amy Pearson (Alison’s cousin from Seattle, Washington) along with the following family and friends: […]