Gray town councilors have given the town manager and town building administrator the authority to select an architect for the Pennell Institute renovations from two firms identified by an advisory committee. Town Manager Deborah Cabana and Town Building Administrator Doug Webster will negotiate with Brecher/Sealander Architecture of Ellsworth and Lewis & Malm Architecture of Bucksport. […]

Nicole Gleason, Lindsay Gleason, Dawn Staples, and Ann Hopkins were among the many Bonny Eagle supporters who enjoyed the Gold for the Greenhouse dinner and auction, which was held recently at Bonny Eagle Middle School. Entertainment was provided by the Middle School jazz band and improvisational group. Greenhouse tours were given. Enough money was raised […]

Sylvia Talbott, a senior at Lake Region High School and daughter of Celia and Fred Talbott of Naples, has been selected as the Principals’ Award recipient for the Class of 2009, Principal Roger Lowell announced recently. This senior award recognizes outstanding academic achievement and citizenship. Talbott, who ranks at the top of her class academically, […]

Twenty-one high school student-poets, including two from Windham Christian Academy, have been selected by Maine Poet Laureate Betsy Sholl as finalists in the Second Annual Merriconeag Poetry Festival. The Festival will culminate Sunday, May 3, 3 – 5 p.m., at the Merriconeag Waldorf School Freeport campus (57 Desert Road, off I-295, exit 20). The public […]

Fundraising for Summerfest is now underway, with plenty of opportunities to contribute to this great event in Windham. This year’s festivities will be held Saturday, June 20, with a parade, food, booths, entertainment, fun & games all day with fireworks at dusk. Summerfest will be accepting donations of your bottles and cans to help support […]

The other day I lost and found several valuable things at a bookstore. What I lost amounted to a few hours on what was to be my only day off in weeks. What I found, which more than made up for the loss of time, were many books that got me thinking about new and […]

Here’s who the Maine Republican Party should nominate for governor in 2010: A zombie. It doesn’t matter if it’s the monster-movie kind or the tiki-bar-cocktail kind. One is brain-dead. The other makes you brain-dead. Either would be an improvement over the array of allegedly living GOP contenders for the nomination. For that matter, so would […]

In late March, the Cumberland County Jail held an alternative sentencing program at the Gray/New Gloucester High and Middle Schools. Thirty-three inmates, who otherwise would have served 72 hours in jail for an OUI conviction, chose to take part in the 48-hour program. The inmates performed more than 520 hours of work throughout the weekend, […]

In late March, the Cumberland County Jail held an alternative sentencing program at the Gray/New Gloucester High and Middle Schools. Thirty-three inmates, who otherwise would have served 72 hours in jail for an OUI conviction, chose to take part in the 48-hour program. The inmates performed more than 520 hours of work throughout the weekend, […]

A benefit dinner for Kim (Burtsell) Laughlin is set for Sunday, May 3, at 1 p.m. at the Shakers Dance Club in Naples. Laughlin suffered a major stroke April 4. Her left side of her body is completely paralyzed and her mind is coming back slowly on a day-to-day basis. She has several blood clots […]