Once again the open enrollment season for Medicare Part D Prescription Drug programs is upon us. Again, as in the past, the Southern Maine Agency on Aging, is offering no cost, unbiased enrollment assistance to seniors in our local communities. Because of the many changes among the nearly 50 Medicare Part D plans, it is […]

Weather words of the week: Ice storm: A condition when ice forms on surfaces and creates hazardous weather conditions and utility service problems. Friday: Mostly cloudy with a 60 perscent chance of showers. High: 49 Low: 40 Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a 50 perscent chance of showers. High: 54 Low: 35 Sunday: Mostly cloudy with […]

Friends and family of two boaters killed in a 2007 collision spoke of their loss at a hearing Wednesday as Robert LaPointe was sentenced to 3 1/2 years at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham. “I want you to think of me when you walk your daughters down the wedding aisle,” said Terry Raye Trott’s […]

An Otisfield man was indicted for two counts of gross sexual assault and one count of aggravated criminal trespassing after an October incident at a home in Naples. Thomas Nile, 24, was indicted at Cumberland County Superior Court in Portland last week. He was released on $2,000 bail Oct. 16. A 26-year-old Naples woman, who […]

Now, in its 10th year, the goal of National Survivors of Suicide Day is to connect survivors with others who have experienced this tragedy, and to provide support, healing and information. Survivors of suicide loss can connect Saturday, Nov. 22, at sites in Lewiston and Portland for a national video presentation sponsored by the American […]

Now, in its 10th year, the goal of National Survivors of Suicide Day is to connect survivors with others who have experienced this tragedy, and to provide support, healing and information. Survivors of suicide loss can connect Saturday, Nov. 22, at sites in Lewiston and Portland for a national video presentation sponsored by the American […]

Justice Robert Crowley may have laid down the law when sentencing Robert LaPointe to five years for his role in a fatal boat crash in Harrison in August 2007. The problem is the law is too tepid. Crowley cited LaPointe’s lack of honesty on the stand and his lack of remorse about the collision when […]

Bonny Eagle Middle School students will soon have an opportunity to learn about growing food, and then taste the fruits of their labor at the school lunch salad bar. Construction of a greenhouse just outside the middle school has begun with money raised by staff and volunteers of Rippling Waters Organic Farm in Steep Falls. […]

Bonny Eagle Middle School students will soon have an opportunity to learn about growing food, and then taste the fruits of their labor at the school lunch salad bar. Construction of a greenhouse just outside the middle school has begun with money raised by staff and volunteers of Rippling Waters Organic Farm in Steep Falls. […]

Bonny Eagle Middle School students will soon have an opportunity to learn about growing food, and then taste the fruits of their labor at the school lunch salad bar. Construction of a greenhouse just outside the middle school has begun with money raised by staff and volunteers of Rippling Waters Organic Farm in Steep Falls. […]