My dog Jennie sure knows how to boss us around and she doesn’t use English. There are some pets that speak a little English. Members of the parrot family can succeed pretty well. We have a niece who has a pet macaw that’s twelve years old and speaks a few words. It knows what it […]

There will be a Wildridge Garden Club plant sale at 30 Richville Rd. (Rt. 114) .2 mile north of routes 114 & 35 intersection in Standish, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 14. If it rains, it will be in the barn. FMI 642-4166.

Grade 6 HIGH HONORS Pauline Adams, Taylor Adams, Jeffrey Amell, Nicole Avery, Anna Berks, Jessica Bevan, Taylor Bickford, David Bloomgren, Julia Boucher, Katelyn Boyer, Tyler Brannon, Kelsey Bulger, Joseph Call, Dylan Carlson, Lorynn Carter, Alison Clift, Joseph Collins, Ryan Cook, Morgan Costa, Brittany Crocker, Nicole DeMidio, Reid DesRuisseaux, Peyton Dostie, Uriah Eilinger, Paige Emery, Mariah […]

On Saturday, May 21, at 10 a.m. Raymond’s Annual Town Meeting will be held at Jordan Small Middle School. This year’s warrant contains 62 articles to be voted on by the citizens of Raymond. It includes the 2005-2006 fiscal year municipal budget proposed at an increase of 4.62 percent in property taxes. It also includes […]

Dana Watson, 60, who lives on Middle Road, has served for 18 years on the Naples Board of Selectmen of which he is the chairman. He comes from a long line of selectmen, his father and grandfather both having served on the board. Watson is married with one son. He studied two years at Southern […]

The Project Linus “Make a Blanket Day” held at the Standish Kiwanis Club recently can only be described as a very successful day. One hundred blankets were turned over to Sue Kirk, Project Linus Coordinator for Central and Southern Maine for distribution to local children faced with crisis. Twenty volunteers were on hand from 9 […]

With Social Security’s future in question, how are you planning for your retirement? Man on the Street John Balentine John Wallace, 58, Limington, disabled veteran “I think the government should stop robbing Social Security and then there’d be enough for everyone. Look at all the people who die before they get a nickel. Where is […]

As a high school art teacher for the past 15 years in the “Twin City” area, I am used to the swinging of the educational blade getting ready to make its cuts. Luckily for me, those years of dedication and place on the “seniority totem pole” have built this protective wall that keeps me from […]

At 6 p.m. on May 19 at the Bridgton Municipal Complex on Irdale Street, Loon Echo Land Trust and cosponsors Casco Open Space Committee, Greater Lovell Land Trust, Hancock Land Company, Lakes Environmental Association and Raymond Conservation Commission, will host a forestry workshop for private landowners, foresters, town officials and land trust staff and members […]

Mary Guiseley, 48, a Democrat, is running for a seat on the Raymond School Board. She and her family reside at 201 Mountain Road, Raymond. Guiseley has an associate’s degree from UNE. As the owner of her own adoption corporation, she has done work for the Maine Department of Human Services. She also volunteers with […]