Pancake breakfast There will be a pancake breakfast at the North Windham Applebee’s on June 14 from 8-9:15 a.m. It will benefit Open Gates Equine Rescue Inc. and Hemlock Valley Equine Rescue Inc. Tickets are $6 and advance purchase is recommended. Please send your check to: Open Gates Equine Rescue Inc., 407 Morse Road, New […]

Rippling Waters Organic Farm in Steep Falls will host its annual “May I Help You?” workshop event Saturday, May 16, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the farm grounds. The informal but informative workshops are designed to bolster community food security. The farm staff hope that by offering these educational workshops, a higher number […]

Rippling Waters Organic Farm in Steep Falls will host its annual “May I Help You?” workshop event Saturday, May 16, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the farm grounds. The informal but informative workshops are designed to bolster community food security. The farm staff hope that by offering these educational workshops, a higher number […]

Officers on patrol in North Windham last weekend broke up a fight outside of a new nightclub, leading to the arrest of three people. Just after midnight on May 9, the officers found a small group of people outside of Club 302, a bar and nightclub that opened this month in the Goodwill Plaza on […]

Last week, I was pleased to see that two of my bills were passed in both the Maine Senate and House of Representatives. These two very important bills respectively address the issues of distracted drivers and fire prevention and protection. The Transportation Committee voted out a unanimous report on LD 6, “An Act to Establish […]

Warm heart, warm home Warm your heart by donating a pint of blood and get a chance to win some heating oil to warm your home. The Gray/New Gloucester Lions Club has teamed up with Steinert Energy to offer a chance to win $200 worth of heating oil to those donating blood at the Lions […]

All of Bridgton is abuzz with talk of Main Street’s makeover and how exciting it will be to see more beautiful old buildings revived by a modern facelift. The Community Redevelopment efforts are coming into full bloom just in time for summer and what will hopefully be the annual influx of our friends from away […]

The Maine Wildlife Park, owned and operated by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, has been recognized as a 2009 Editors’ Choice in Yankee Magazine’s Travel Guide to New England. The Editors’ Choice recommendation designates Yankee editors’ and writers’ favorite restaurants, lodgings, attractions, and bargains across New England. “Yankee’s editors and our trusted […]

The Maine Wildlife Park, owned and operated by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, has been recognized as a 2009 Editors’ Choice in Yankee Magazine’s Travel Guide to New England. The Editors’ Choice recommendation designates Yankee editors’ and writers’ favorite restaurants, lodgings, attractions, and bargains across New England. “Yankee’s editors and our trusted […]

At a glance Sunday, May 10 – Beginning of Children’s Book Week Wednesday, May 13 – Non-fiction/Classics Book Group, 7 p.m. at the library Wednesday, May 20 – Nature Program, 2 p.m. at the library. Monday, May 25 – Memorial Day, the library is closed Wednesday, May 27 – Reading Group, 7 p.m. at the […]