The state is short an estimated $24 million needed to pay Medicaid bills through the end of June – a budget hole the administration says it can fill but cannot explain. “I don’t actually think they know,” said Rep. Hannah Pingree, D-North Haven, co-chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee. “It’s impossible to track […]

Grandparent/Senior Citizen Day was held at Edna Libby School in Standish on June 3. Pictured is Elementary Music Teacher Paul Schnell hosting The American Song “Sing-a-Long.” Musical selections included “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” as well as many other favorites. A great time was had by all! Courtesy […]

Standish residents packed a stuffy Standish Town Hall Monday night for a contentious, record-setting Planning Board meeting. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. and adjourning at 1:50 a.m., the meeting achieved the dubious distinction of both the longest and most crowded on record. Though the board scheduled a full agenda, most of the crowd attended for what […]

What qualities do you look for in Town Council and School Board candidates? Vicky St Pierre, 50, Naples Somebody that doesn’t go along with the majority, just because. That they’re there for the cause and the kids and not just there to spend money frivolously. Brent Roberts, 23, Windham I want somebody who knows how […]

Join the summer reading program at the Steep Falls Library on Route 113 in Standish (Steep Falls) and earn prizes as you read. Pick up your free book bag and voucher for a Sea Dogs game when you sign up to read books during the summer. There will be contests along the way and lots […]

Sunday afternoon, June 12, the four gardens at the Rotary will get their blooming start for the 18th year. Volunteers will dig in the dirt and plant flowers which will again provide a touch of beauty to our town. The four corners are called Smith, Hancock, Hall and Seavey. This project began in 1987 when […]

Penny and Stephen Gilfedder of Cornish know how to spoil their kids and they know how to discipline them, too. And both skills were used and needed last week to create a memorable story their family will soon learn to laugh about. Soon, but not yet. The story goes like this. The Gilfedders, who moved […]

Penny and Stephen Gilfedder of Cornish know how to spoil their kids and they know how to discipline them, too. And both skills were used and needed last week to create a memorable story their family will soon learn to laugh about. Soon, but not yet. The story goes like this. The Gilfedders, who moved […]

Saying the Democrats don’t have the stomach to make the cuts needed, the chief architect of the people’s veto to overturn borrowing in the state budget is pushing ahead with a petition drive that has to deliver 50,000 signatures in less than three weeks. “You need to have substantial spending cuts,” in order to rescind […]

When he’s not on stage tearing into his guitar to the screams of rabid fans, Dave Gutter occasionally throws on a smock and helps out at his father’s meat market in Windham. For customers of Dave Gutter’s Meat Market (named after the father, not the son), the only signs that the man behind the meat […]