Every few years, it is such a treat to watch the Olympics. The athletes are in their prime. World peace seems a real possibility. And, maybe best of all, watching television seems like time well spent. When I was a kid, I thought that someday I’d compete for gold. I didn’t realize then that my […]

PetCare Television Network Inc., the leading provider of client educational programming to nearly 4,000 veterinary clinics nationwide, has launched a new and unique community-based Web site for pet owners and veterinary clinics at www.MyPetCareTV.com. MyPetCareTV.com provides full access to valuable educational resources on pet health and wellness, including veterinarian blogs and a virtual on-demand library […]

Committee members planning the merger between the Windham and Raymond school districts have decided the traditional policy of high school choice in Raymond is not an obstacle in combining the districts. When Windham residents cast votes on the proposed merger plan Nov. 2, they should agree with that assessment. While the situation is complicated because […]

“Gov. John Baldacci said Monday he would propose lowering Maine’s personal income taxes in the January session of the Maine Legislature, but how much depends on the state budget now being developed.” -Capitol News Service, Aug. 12, 2008 Some things are predictable: Each spring, the Maine tourism industry issues an optimistic forecast for the upcoming […]

“Gov. John Baldacci said Monday he would propose lowering Maine’s personal income taxes in the January session of the Maine Legislature, but how much depends on the state budget now being developed.” -Capitol News Service, Aug. 12, 2008 Some things are predictable: Each spring, the Maine tourism industry issues an optimistic forecast for the upcoming […]

I have been writing this article for just five months. But as I sit at the computer to compose my next commentary, I find myself experiencing writer’s block. But how could that be? Pets are my passion and I am never at a loss for words when it comes to them, much to the chagrin […]

While the discussion of how and when civic groups may use town properties continues in Sebago, it will do so without Selectman Abe Parker, who attended his last selectmen’s meeting Tuesday. Parker, 66, said Wednesday that he resigned Aug. 5 because of a personality conflict with Town Manager Robert Nicholson. “It wasn’t worth it,” Parker […]

Though John Manoush doesn’t personally like Nathaniel Hawthorne’s writing, he is dedicated to preserving Hawthorne’s boyhood home in Raymond. Manoush and other members of the Hawthorne Community Association are working especially hard this summer to raise the $10,000 needed to repair a rotted corner post on the house on Hawthorne Road. Maintaining old buildings is […]

The Raymond School District’s insistence on keeping high school choice even after school consolidation with the Windham School District is no longer a point of contention for the committee charged with planning the merger of the two school districts. Now, committee members said last week, they’ll just have to convince the public that the school […]

Susan Buzzell of Windham was in front of her Cottage Road home Monday, marveling at the work that had been done in just one morning. Her front steps were gone, replaced with two blue strings marking the path for a soon-to-be-built ramp. The trimmings around the front door had also been removed, to make way […]