The following changes have been made to the scheduled senior citizen trips. If you have any questions, please call Sherri Holtan, 892-1905. The Sunday, Feb. 17 trip to the play, Prelude, will feature lunch at the Great Wall Chinese Restaurant – not the Maine Super Buffet, which has closed. This trip is full. Trip to […]

Those who yearned for the good old days, with snow piled up to the eaves, have gotten their wish this winter; however, the “rest of the story” is that in the good old days, the wood-burning stoves were fueled by stacks of cordwood cut on the back 40 – no need to buy fuel. And […]

0118memories.tif Take a look back in history at the town of Bridgton. This photo from the book, “Bridgton, Maine, 1768-1968,” and published by the Bridgton Historical Society shows the Post Office, W. M. Staples Block erected in 1885, burned in 1898, rebuilt, burned again in 1924 and the March Block built in 1924, later Allen’s […]

Saint Joseph’s College announces “A Night in Italy” on Wednesday, Jan. 23, featuring an Italian dinner, a lecture about Italian culture by business professor and Rome native, Dr. Antony Girlando, and a multimedia presentation on Rome by communications professor John Hufstader. The presentation is free of charge and open to the public. Dinner starts at […]

Saint Joseph’s College announces “A Night in Italy” on Wednesday, Jan. 23, featuring an Italian dinner, a lecture about Italian culture by business professor and Rome native, Dr. Antony Girlando, and a multimedia presentation on Rome by communications professor John Hufstader. The presentation is free of charge and open to the public. Dinner starts at […]

I needed to get this column spiffed up, so I headed for the metaphor closet. But that space was so clogged with outdated figures of speech, overused cliches, tired euphemisms and the transcript of Roger Clemens’ last press conference that I couldn’t find a decent pair of puns, let alone a suit of similes, a […]

A positive attitude has brought George Carman far beyond the expectations for a person born with cystic fibrosis. But he needs something more to keep going. That is why a group of friends and family have rallied around the 41-year-old New Gloucester firefighter, forming a group called “New Lungs for George.” The organization has worked […]

The St. Joseph’s College Athletics Department is pleased to offer its Kids Night Out program on Saturday, Jan. 19, at the Alfond Recreation Center on campus. The event, open to children ages 7-13, sponsors games, movies, swimming, arts & crafts and sports. The program goes from 5:30-9 p.m. (or until 11 p.m. for an extra […]

A single-car accident on Route 107 in North Baldwin sent four people to Maine Medical Center with minor injuries. The female driver lost control of her Ford Taurus around 8 p.m. Tuesday night, according to Baldwin volunteer firefighter Tara Greene. The car crossed the centerline, hit a snow bank on the opposite side of the […]

A single-car accident on Route 107 in North Baldwin sent four people to Maine Medical Center with minor injuries. The female driver lost control of her Ford Taurus around 8 p.m. Tuesday night, according to Baldwin volunteer firefighter Tara Greene. The car crossed the centerline, hit a snow bank on the opposite side of the […]