Valentine Tea Standish Recreation hosted a Valentine’s Day Tea Party on Saturday for the town’s littlest members; toddlers. Close to 20 toddlers attended the tea and were treated to swizzle sticks, cupcakes, chocolate hearts and other tasty treats. “It’s really fun,” said Emma Noonan, 5, who was accompanied by her grandparents. Noonan was dressed to […]

A Big Move The Gray Historical Society is celebrating the move of their research material from the second to the first floor of Pennell Institute. Volunteer support in facilitating the move has been inspiring. The historical society invites the community to join them at their open houses scheduled for Friday, Feb. 22, from noon to […]

Carnival Cancelled Yes, it was another in a weeklong series of nuisance type snowstorms. I actually overheard someone saying that it was nice to get a new blanket of white every few days because the snow was starting to look tired. I guess that is a positive spin on something I am starting to find […]

Carnival Cancelled Yes, it was another in a weeklong series of nuisance type snowstorms. I actually overheard someone saying that it was nice to get a new blanket of white every few days because the snow was starting to look tired. I guess that is a positive spin on something I am starting to find […]

Editor, I am writing this as a private citizen. When I noticed that your newspaper was doing town-by-town columns and beefing up your coverage, I thought you had a real place in the community, until last week when I saw your article “Sebago selectman taken to mental hospital.” What purpose did this bit of “news” […]

Crowded Caucus The Congregational Church vestry was jam-packed with enthusiastic Democrats at their biennial caucus. Maine became the national focus of presidential politics when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama came out Super Tuesday virtually deadlocked. New Gloucester Democratic Chair Penny Hilton took over the reins as caucus chair and ran a well-organized event in which […]

Editor, I find it interesting that Windham has a Councilor, Kaile Warren, who is adorned with a big red cape with a large “S” on it. It makes me glad to live in Raymond, where selectman such as Joe Bruno quietly go about their work, asking the hard fiscal questions, without the self focus. I […]

Editor, I find it interesting that Windham has a Councilor, Kaile Warren, who is adorned with a big red cape with a large “S” on it. It makes me glad to live in Raymond, where selectman such as Joe Bruno quietly go about their work, asking the hard fiscal questions, without the self focus. I […]

0208memories.jpg Known in the historical archives as the Joseph Legrow house, this Gray Road (Route 202) structure was built before 1800. Legrow, born in 1769 married Hannah Fields of Falmouth and had 11 children. He had a brickyard at Baker’s Corner (corner of Falmouth Rd. and Route 202). Brick buildings in the neighborhood were made […]

Survey Responses Wanted The town of Sebago mailed out surveys to the residents of Sebago this past week. This survey is made possible by a federal Community Development Block Grant distributed by Cumberland County. No local tax dollars are being used to conduct the survey. Every senior or disabled adult is encouraged to complete their […]