Summer vacation for the Gordan family of Casco means packing up the tent, sleeping bags, kayaks, canoes and bikes, piling into the truck and taking off for a few days of camping. Patti Gordan has two boys, Christian, 15, and Colin, 11. Gordan started taking the boys camping when Colin turned 4 years old. In […]

Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has just finished cleaning up trash at the Little Sebago Lake boat launch. Scattered trash, broken bottles, a mattress and, strangely enough, construction debris has littered the public launch site as of late. It is suspected that some of the garbage may be due to late-night “teen partying.” There is […]

Just a few years ago, I wouldn’t have given a second thought to the chance that my identity could be stolen. But living in an information age not only gives us more opportunities to connect with one another, it also provides more chances to become vulnerable to identity theft. The major concern with identity theft […]

Spring has arrived and with it thoughts, labor and expense are dedicated to preparing our gardens. Living here in the Lakes Region we must be ever mindful of the effect our efforts have on sensitive shoreline areas. Pat Blake, resident Master Gardener, will present a talk on Organic Gardening at the Naples Public Library, Wednesday, […]

House Democrats feeling the heat from their local hospitals voted this week to repeal the so called tax-and-match program designed to draw down millions in federal Medicaid funds. Admitting it was a purely political move, Rep. Hannah Pingree, D-North Haven, the co-chair of Health and Human Services, made a motion on the House floor Monday […]

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the state’s bond rating a notch on Tuesday citing the state’s lack of available cash to get it through the fiscal year without short-term borrowing. Moody’s also didn’t like that the state was floating revenue bonds to balance its budget or that a citizen’s initiative is in the works that could […]

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the state’s bond rating a notch on Tuesday citing the state’s lack of available cash to get it through the fiscal year without short-term borrowing. Moody’s also didn’t like that the state was floating revenue bonds to balance its budget or that a citizen’s initiative is in the works that could […]

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the state’s bond rating a notch on Tuesday citing the state’s lack of available cash to get it through the fiscal year without short-term borrowing. Moody’s also didn’t like that the state was floating revenue bonds to balance its budget or that a citizen’s initiative is in the works that could […]

This 1915 photo shows Amos Mann’s Carriage Shop (wagons and other such vehicles), and the Stanley Hotel, which burned in 1929. This hotel served as a stagecoach stop on trips from Portland north and was located on Route 302 on the right hand side, heading north, near the corner of Route 115. Courtesy photo from […]

Memorial Day is a day of remembrance, a day when we as a nation pay tribute to those who have fought to preserve the liberties we hold dear. As a tradition, we decorate graves and monuments, plant flags, lay flowers on the sod, all to salute those whose service and sacrifice has starred our history […]