Next week, I’m buying a new-to-me car. My 1994 Honda Accord has done me well, but an opportunity has arisen to buy a 2004 Accord. Even though it’s going to drain my bank account and mean higher insurance premiums and excise taxes, I’ve decided it makes good sense to upgrade to a car that has […]

Gray Historical Society has received a $2,626 Historic Facilities grant from the Maine State Museum with funds from the State of Maine’s New Century Community Program. According to Louise Knapp, president of Gray Historical Society, the grant will help restore a painted stage curtain which hung in Stimson Memorial Hall in Gray until the 1960s […]

Bonny Eagle High School attended the FIRST Robotics Competition in Manchester, N.H., and came away with some awards. The BERT (Eagle Industries Inc. & Bonny Eagle High School Robotics Team) Team was awarded the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship Award. This award celebrates the entrepreneural spirit by recognizing a team that, since inception, has […]

A national land conservation organization is urging the Windham Town Council to put out to voters a plan to use tax funds to protect open space and farmland from development. Jim Gooch, program coordinator for The Trust for Public Lands, a nonprofit organization that provides support and manpower to communities preserving parks, gardens and rural […]

The “loony girls,” who have become a popular feature of Loon Echo Land Trust’s Hike n’ Bike Trek every fall, will be riding again on April Fool’s Day, but they won’t be going anywhere. Kim Cronin of Bridgton, Karen Schroeder of Waterford, and Paula Holt of Harrison got their nickname in riding in the 2004 […]

Unity Church of Greater Portland, located at 54 River Road in Windham, is excited to announce that Michael J. Chase will be conducting a life-changing workshop Sunday, March 29. Chase is the founder of the Kindness Center, a Maine-based spiritual organization devoted to creating a more peaceful and kind-hearted world. In his view, “We all […]

Police have arrested three men who they say were part of a sophisticated burglary ring responsible for stealing more than $100,000 from ATMs and safes in 15 businesses in southern and central Maine. The string of burglaries at convenience stores, grocery stores, ice arenas and movie theaters began in the fall and continued until last […]

When Jim Grattelo returned to his Naples home from a night out last weekend, he found his dog out in the cold, the door kicked in and his house ransacked. Robbers had broken into his home at 8 Ice House Lane and torn apart the house looking for valuables. Grattelo estimated they got away with […]

Nonprofit agencies that serve low-income children this summer may be able to receive federal funding to provide meals and snacks under the Maine Department of Education’s Summer Food Service Program. The program provides money to feed children at schools, churches, playgrounds and parks. It was created to fill the gap when school meals are not […]

Nonprofit agencies that serve low-income children this summer may be able to receive federal funding to provide meals and snacks under the Maine Department of Education’s Summer Food Service Program. The program provides money to feed children at schools, churches, playgrounds and parks. It was created to fill the gap when school meals are not […]