It seems like the last few months have had our country in a tailspin, and good news has been few and far between. As the federal government doles out recovery funds to banks, corporations and states, I’ve heard many people ask when their bailout is coming. If I’ve learned anything over the last four years […]

The first newspaper printed in America was the Boston News Letter on April 24, 1704. It was a weekly, and filled with news of ship arrivals, deaths, politics, accidents, and news from London. A feature story was how Blackbeard the pirate was killed. This morning I heard an off-hand comment on the radio that “within […]

The Gray Town Council is now putting the final touches on a budget that will likely lower the tax rate by using reserve funds and forgoing road projects for the coming year. The $5.5 million spending plan is $314,513 less than the previous budget, though the amount needed through property taxes has increased around $100,000 […]

The Gray Town Council is now putting the final touches on a budget that will likely lower the tax rate by using reserve funds and forgoing road projects for the coming year. The $5.5 million spending plan is $314,513 less than the previous budget, though the amount needed through property taxes has increased around $100,000 […]

The wishes of residents who testified at a public hearing were in large part answered Wednesday night as the Windham-Raymond School Board put back in its proposed budget the most valued programs cut in the first draft. The Windham Middle School music program, which drew the most passionate response, was reinstated in full to within […]

Several years ago, down in South Windham, there was a great, big rainbow in the sky. The rainbow, if you were standing just right, began its colorful display at one end of the dilapidated Keddy Mill and arced over to the other. It was pretty surreal, a sign of better things to come – I […]

Windham High School officials are asking students to keep small electronic devices like iPods locked up after a rash of thefts in the last few weeks. At least five of the portable digital music players were reported stolen from locker rooms on April 2 and 3 alone, said Resource Officer Jeff Smith, who is asking […]

Windham High School officials are asking students to keep small electronic devices like iPods locked up after a rash of thefts in the last few weeks. At least five of the portable digital music players were reported stolen from locker rooms on April 2 and 3 alone, said Resource Officer Jeff Smith, who is asking […]

Sixty-four cemeteries dot the landscape in Standish – a high number for any town, but especially one with a population of about 9,300 people. While some of the cemeteries are maintained by the town sexton, others are kept up by private associations, which rely on the dedication of local people driven to preserve the history […]

A friend of mine – I’ll protect her identity by calling her Timothia Geithner, because her style of communication bears more than a passing resemblance to that of the befuddled U.S. secretary of the treasury – walked into the local bar during a recent happy hour and announced, “I’m furious at IGA.” I’m normally furious […]