The Internet is an infinite wealth of resources. Gone are the days of encyclopedias and reference books; search engines are easier. Gone are the days of the record stores; downloading is cheaper. Gone are the days of the hand-written letter and even the telephone as a primary source of communication; instant messaging is just that: […]

The Kiwanis Beach on Route 25 in Standish reopened last Friday after being closed earlier in the week. The beach, located on Watchic Lake, was shut down on Wednesday, Aug. 3 after tests indicated elevated levels of E. coli bacteria in the water. The tests were conducted in response to complaints called in to both […]

At some point between 1950 and 2005, school bus drivers became predominantly women. It wasn’t always this way. Back in the 1950s, these six bus drivers picked up and delivered all the school children in Windham. In the back, from the left, Phil Hunt, Peanut Bailey, Bert Jorgensen and Ralph Lowell. Kneeling in front, Eph […]

Schoolhouse Arts Center auditions for “It’s a Wonderful Life (The Musical)” will take place Aug. 29, 30 and 31 from 6-9 p.m. at the theater located in Sebago Lake Village. The play is being directed by Keith Halliburton with Kevin Smith as musical director and Deb Hilton as stage manager. Please be prepared with a […]

You know her as Raymond’s Town Clerk – a competent and helpful individual who has worked behind the counter for the past 16 years and as clerk since 2001. But do you know the other side of Louise Lester? Her passion? Or, according to her, her disease? Lester rides horses. Not just the Sunday-afternoon-go-out-for-an-hour type […]

The new head of the Maine State Housing Authority has proposed rules – expected to be approved next week – requiring contractors working on state funded housing to offer health insurance to their workers and comply with an affirmative action plan designed to bring more women into the construction trades. Dale McCormick, who was named […]

The new head of the Maine State Housing Authority has proposed rules – expected to be approved next week – requiring contractors working on state funded housing to offer health insurance to their workers and comply with an affirmative action plan designed to bring more women into the construction trades. Dale McCormick, who was named […]

When Lou Nerren moved up to Raymond from Alabama in 1999, her daughter, Jani Cummings, was worried about what her mother was going to do when she got up here. It took one of Nerren’s homemade tote bags to help the two women decide on a plan. Cummings, who has taught first grade at Raymond […]

It’s not a question of bulk storage or warehousing the Standish Planning Board should be addressing in (Dana) Lampron’s application along with 12 gas pumps next to Colonial Marketplace on Route 25. Standish already has two gas stations in the town’s crossroads and two more gas stations in Sebago Lake Village, making four in all. […]

It’s not a question of bulk storage or warehousing the Standish Planning Board should be addressing in (Dana) Lampron’s application along with 12 gas pumps next to Colonial Marketplace on Route 25. Standish already has two gas stations in the town’s crossroads and two more gas stations in Sebago Lake Village, making four in all. […]