Highest state cigarette taxes 1. Rhode Island $2.46 2. New Jersey $2.40 3. Washington $2.02 4. Maine and Michigan $2 5. Montana $1.70 Help to Quit Call the state’s free help line 1-800-207-1230. For more information log onto www.tobaccofreemaine.org The state anticipates a 12 percent drop in sales when the cigarette tax goes from $1 […]

Calling it another step toward stabilizing trash disposal costs for member communities, RWS officials celebrated the ground breaking of the 20-acre expansion of the RWS ash landfill in Westbrook on Monday. The landfill features a state-of-the-art, double liner system which provides protection for the ground water and soil surrounding the landfill site. “The double liner […]

They’s something kindo’ harty-like about the atmusfere When the heat of summer’s over and the coolin’ fall is here- Of course we miss the flowers, and the blossoms on the trees, And the mumble of the hummin’-birds and buzzin’ of the bees; But the air’s so appetizin’; and the landscape through the haze Of a […]

September 1 marked the one-year anniversary of Brian Gardner’s untimely death. In lieu of flowers, Gardner’s family had asked for donations to be made to the Portland Water District’s Sebago Lake Ecology Center. Gardner, a Standish resident had a passion for the lake and wanted to protect it for generations to come. After careful consideration, […]

Since April, a Naples downtown revitalization group, made up of local business owners and residents, has been meeting at the town office to discuss what can be done to spruce up the town. John Shattuck, new vice president of the Lake Region Development Council, has taken over as mediator for the group that meets at […]

The Bureau of Motor Vehicles is in the process of hiring temporary workers to try and reduce lines at its branch offices where the wait can sometimes be more than two hours for a license renewal. The situation is worse at some mobile unit locations, which are open a couple of days a month at […]

Dawna Cyr, a teacher at Bonny Eagle High School participated in a week-long National Endowment for the Humanities Teacher Workshop for K-12 educators hosted by the Center for the Constitution at James Madison’s Montpelier in Orange, VA. Montpelier hosted two of the workshops titled “James Madison and Constitutional Citizenship” that were attended by 84 educators […]

Are you overweight or underweight? Does food control your life? Do you have a problem with food? If so, you’re welcome to attend an open informational meeting of Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church on Route 302 in North Windham. For more […]

The price of heating oil hit an all-time high in the state Monday – $2.54 a gallon. That’s 60 percent higher than it was this time last year and 42 cents more than it was at the end of March. “This is the highest historical Maine statewide average cash price for heating oil,” according to […]

(Reprinted from the September 28, 2001 edition of The Suburban News.) A reader reminded me that even today, in the ocean, is an animal that dwarfs even the biggest dinosaur of old, the blue whale. The blue whale starts out as a single cell egg the size of a speck. After it is fertilized it […]