Learn how to groom your dog and take care of your pet at the Steep Falls Library Saturday, March 12 at 9:30 a.m. Meet Coda, a Golden Retriever who will help demonstrate the correct way to care for your dog. For more information, call Steep Falls Library on Tuesday or Wednesday from 10 a.m. to […]

I would like to thank all the people who called or emailed members of the legislature regarding LD 374. LD 374 is the misguided, and probably unconstitutional, bill sponsored by Senator Bill Diamond that would all but eliminate the ability of citizens to petition their government. It is called the “anti-petition” bill. The committee having […]

Students on Beverly Giddens’ second grade class at Hollis School collected trash from their classroom and delivered it to the recycling bins behind the town office. The students have been studying about natural resources and recycling as part of the new social studies curriculum. From left in front row are Chris Dusseault, Dilan Gray-Menard, Nick […]

Students on Beverly Giddens’ second grade class at Hollis School collected trash from their classroom and delivered it to the recycling bins behind the town office. The students have been studying about natural resources and recycling as part of the new social studies curriculum. From left in front row are Chris Dusseault, Dilan Gray-Menard, Nick […]

The boys and girls in Mrs. Lori Davis’s and Mrs. Polla Semple’s second grade classes at Edna Libby School in Standish had fun sharing their 100th Day projects. They were celebrating being in school for 100 days. PHOTO#2 Mrs. Davis’s class: Front row: Hannah Litif, Jessica Ray, Caleb Garland. Middle row: Bailey Parenteau, Christina Santos-Savoia, […]

Recently, the Portland Water District received a $119,000 grant from the Maine Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to further security efforts and to improve the safety of Greater Portland’s drinking water supply and infrastructure. In 2003, the Portland Water District conducted a vulnerability assessment which reviewed the water system […]

Reminder Tomorrow, March 12, is the last day you can view the Yu-Gi-Oh playing card collection at the Windham Public Library. The library will be open 9:30a.m.-5 p.m. This is a great collection belonging to Kevin Walp. Home Mary Bouchard and her sister, Sheila Cunningham, returned home March 7 from Florida. They left Feb. 28 […]

A much pared-down version of the governor’s proposed Sunday hunting plan did not get majority support from the committee reviewing it, with members voting 7-5 to take it out of the budget. The vote split the two Democratic chairmen of the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee. Rep. Thomas Watson, D-Bath, said mixing the Sunday hunting […]

Principal Mark Kellis challenged the students of Hollis School to increase their annual 100’s day Food Drive by 200 items over last year for a new total of 1210 items. Students and staff donated 1210 items for the Hollis Food Pantry and Mr. Kellis kept his promise to sing a solo at a school assembly. […]

Mark Bailey of Steep Falls and Evan Dub of Standish were recently named to the Dean’s List at Maine Maritime Academy for outstanding academic achievement in the first semester of the 2004-2005 academic year. Bailey, a member of the class of 2008, is majoring in Marine Systems Engineering. He is a 2004 graduate of Bonny […]