The Press Herald Toy Fund aims to provide toys for 7,000 children in Cumberland, York, Sagadahoc, Lincoln and Knox counties.
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Maine elver fishermen to hunt prey on ‘Animal Planet’
Three teams will battle for supremacy in the lucrative pursuit of the tiny Maine delicacy.
Maine elver fishermen to hunt prey on ‘Animal Planet’
Three teams will battle for supremacy in the lucrative pursuit of the tiny Maine delicacy.
Popular notions about children’s learning questioned
The belief that studying music improves intelligence may be a myth, and being in a classroom full of ‘the best and brightest’ may not help marginal students after all.
Commission supports Maine worker’s claim of discrimination
A human rights panel also finds reasonable grounds that the school clerk was a victim of illegal retaliation.
Celtics knock off Timberwolves, 101-97
With the win, Boston remains in first place in the Atlantic Division.
Steven Van Zandt stars in the Netflix series ‘Lilyhammer’
PHILADELPHIA — Decades of touring – with and without Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band – have helped make rocker/actor Steven Van Zandt at home all over the world, but he says he never expected to be quite so big in Norway. “Lilyhammer,” the show in which Van Zandt plays an American mobster in […]
Ministry mixes outreach with good eats
WINDHAM – On Wednesday, Dec. 4, the Rev. Tim Higgins of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church, donning his clerical collar, sat down at the bar at Sebago Brewing in Gorham and ordered a beer. Higgins had been asked by his bishop to “move the front line” of his ministry. But in his first effort to establish […]
SAD 6 students click into ‘Hour of Code’
STANDISH – On Monday, Dec. 9, students at the George E. Jack Elementary School participated in the first day of the Hour of Code, a weeklong national program designed to teach young people about the basics of computer science. In Maine, some 15,000 students at more than 40 schools are participating in the initiative, which […]
Inside Windham – 12/13
Breakfast with Santa On Saturday, Dec. 14, the Windham Lions Club will hold Breakfast with Santa from 8-10 a.m. at the Windham Veterans Hall behind Hannaford. The Lions Club is very thankful to the Windham veterans for the use of the center. The breakfast is free (pancakes, sausage, orange juice, milk, hot chocolate and coffee) […]