When is it time? I am sitting here tonight, surrounded by my precious animals, two Maine coon cats, Bogey and Gabriel and our wonderful yellow lab, Lady Calloway. Unfortunately, Cally who is 13 and 1/2 years old, is not doing that well. She has arthritis, dementia, is going blind, is deaf, incontinent and barks at […]

When is it time? I am sitting here tonight, surrounded by my precious animals, two Maine coon cats, Bogey and Gabriel and our wonderful yellow lab, Lady Calloway. Unfortunately, Cally who is 13 and 1/2 years old, is not doing that well. She has arthritis, dementia, is going blind, is deaf, incontinent and barks at […]

After serving as interim president since 2007, Dr. Joseph Lee was inaugurated as president of Saint Joseph’s College in Standish Oct. 24. Lee served as vice president of enrollment management at Saint Joseph’s before replacing former president Dr. David House, who resigned in May 2007. In his inaugural address, Lee talked about the challenge of […]

A love of golf and the Lakes Region might have contributed to the death of long-time summer visitor to Naples who died Oct. 26 of a rare disease transmitted by mosquitoes. William Walsh, 73, of Newburyport, Mass., spent most of the summer in Naples with his wife, where he became ill from Eastern Equine Encephalitis […]

A love of golf and the Lakes Region might have contributed to the death of long-time summer visitor to Naples who died Oct. 26 of a rare disease transmitted by mosquitoes. William Walsh, 73, of Newburyport, Mass., spent most of the summer in Naples with his wife, where he became ill from Eastern Equine Encephalitis […]

Windham Adult Education and Windham Public Library will offer a day of family literacy fun day Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Windham Primary School, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Local author Lynn Plourde will lead the fun by reading stories from her books. Additional activities include a book walk, book swap and arts and crafts. Door prizes […]

In Windham, we spend hours debating the pros and cons of skateparks, selecting cutting edge technology sure to save time and improve communication, and other ways to make life better for citizens. While these debates are going on, our kids (not yours, not mine, but someone’s children) are vandalizing the Windham Veterans Center. Why should […]

What a busy week it has been. Between getting ready for Halloween and casting my absentee ballot early so I could avoid the mad rush on Election Day, it has been quite the social whirl in Bridgton this week. My ears are still ringing from the Shadows Of Knight show at the Town Hall Saturday, […]

1031engage.jpg Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Turner of New Gloucester are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathryn Danielle Turner, of Naples to Shawn Thomas Johnson of Naples, son of Larry Richard Johnson and the late Maureen Louise Thomas Johnson, and stepson of Johanna Johnson, all of Portland. Kathryn is a 2001 graduate […]

Members of a preservation group working to restore historic Scribner’s Mill in Harrison say they will find a way to power the mill despite a recent decision to deny the construction of a dam. Marilyn Hatch, a spokeswoman for Scribner’s Mill Preservation Inc., said members would contest the Department of Environmental Protection’s initial rejection of […]