Mums for mom? The Gray-New Gloucester Optimist Club will be holding its sixth annual Spring Plant Sale at the Key Bank parking lot in Gray Saturday May 10 from 9 a.m.-1 pm. – just in time for Mother’s Day gifts and all your spring planting needs. They will be selling a variety of gorgeous 12-inch […]

Mums for mom? The Gray-New Gloucester Optimist Club will be holding its sixth annual Spring Plant Sale at the Key Bank parking lot in Gray Saturday May 10 from 9 a.m.-1 pm. – just in time for Mother’s Day gifts and all your spring planting needs. They will be selling a variety of gorgeous 12-inch […]

Drive safely The New Suncook School and Maine Department of Public Safety are offering a defensive driving course, Saturday, May 17, from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Lunch will be included, participants will have points deducted off their driver’s licenses and 10 percent discounts on insurance policies from participating insurance companies. The school is located at […]

Drive safely The New Suncook School and Maine Department of Public Safety are offering a defensive driving course, Saturday, May 17, from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Lunch will be included, participants will have points deducted off their driver’s licenses and 10 percent discounts on insurance policies from participating insurance companies. The school is located at […]

The April 25 article “‘Cupboard’ opens doors in Steep Falls” should have noted that the Standish Connection Food Pantry has been open in town at the rebuilt Standish Congregational Church on Oak Hill Road. The pantry is open the third Saturday of each month from 9 -10 a.m.

John Carrigan hoped to spend his retirement at his home on Sebago Lake in Casco, but with skyrocketing property taxes he is worried he might have to sell. Carrigan and his wife Beverly live on a fixed income. When their property tax bill rose from more than $2,800 to more than $5,000, Carrigan had to […]

0418Hamel.jpg Dr. Lois Withey Hamel of Auburn has been named the director of online nursing programs at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish. A certified adult nurse practitioner, she holds a bachelor of science and a master of science in nursing from the University of Southern Maine and a doctorate in Adult Health Education from the […]

Songs and sketches The Windham School District Art Show, featuring work by students from kindergarten through 12th-grade, runs May 12-16 at Windham High School. During the opening Monday, May 12, from 5:30-8 pm., there will be exhibitions of student art work, demonstrations and the Windham Chamber Singers will be joined by the third-grade chorus from […]

Weather words of the week: Cirrostratus clouds: High, thin, sheet-like clouds composed of ice crystals. Friday: Partly cloudy, showers likely, 70 percent chance of precipitation. High: 59 Low: 41 Saturday: Partly cloudy, showers likely, 40 percent chance of precipitation. High: 64 Low: 40 Sunday: Partly cloudy, showers likely, 70 percent chance of precipitation. High: 62 […]

Last week I read something about the police being placed on alert in case a fistfight broke out at the next Windham Town Council meeting so I figured I would make an effort to see what all this fuss was about. I was told there was a classic example of the problem posted on You […]