Lane: I guess it’s time I step forward to rent some place for a battle of the bands to decide if Windham should expand the area around the Windham Skate Park into a community park. It should be an interesting affair to hear and watch as Tony’s Cronies takes on Slashes Taxes. Of course, that […]

Jeff Mullin, guidance counselor at Bonny Eagle High School, will be running on Oct. 14 in the the Mount Desert Island Marathon and is looking for people to sponsor the run. All the money raised will be donated to the Bonny Eagle High School Aspirations Endowment, which will help students visit colleges, take college courses […]

The SAD 6 Board of Directors has confirmed the appointment of Douglas Parker to serve as area assistant principal for the Standish schools. Parker graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcast Production from the University of Maine at Orono. He attended the University of Southern Maine in 1989 and 1990 as a special […]

Packets now available to newcomers As a product of several months effort, the “Welcome, Neighbor” group is pleased to announce the availability of complimentary packets for the town’s newcomers. These packets include business cards, special-offer coupons, pamphlets and mementos donated by area business owners, artisans, civic groups and others. Additionally, a newcomers’ guide compiled by […]

An army of 60 utility workers in about 30 Central Maine Power Company bucket trucks will be working in Maine’s Lakes Region through the pre-dawn hours Sunday, Sept. 23 to complete power-grid enhancements in the area. To complete the work, CMP needs to disrupt power to about 4,870 customers in Casco, Harrison, Naples, Otisfield, and […]

There will be a Baked Bean Supper Fundraiser/Movers & Shakers Dance Troupe on Sept. 29 from 4:30-6 p.m. at Sebago Lake Congregational Church, 410 Northeast Road, Standish. Tickets are $6 for adults, $3 for children 10 and under. Come and enjoy a good meal and help these amazing dancers raise money for their competition fees […]

It lacks a taste and smell and can take years to adversely affect a drinker’s health, but uranium has proved to be quite good at punching small holes into budgets. The naturally occurring element, which can concentrate in water supplies through the dissolution of other minerals, has been found in high concentrations in the water […]

On the ballfields of Raymond, the chatter these days centers around the fate of school choice with consolidation on the horizon. “It’s been a hot topic of conservation for several months now,” said Wendy Trask, Raymond school board member. “We have heard many parents become vocal in telling the school board members or sending us […]

On the ballfields of Raymond, the chatter these days centers around the fate of school choice with consolidation on the horizon. “It’s been a hot topic of conservation for several months now,” said Wendy Trask, Raymond school board member. “We have heard many parents become vocal in telling the school board members or sending us […]

I had intended, and in fact had written, a very different first column. But as events seem to unfold what had been intended to be a subsequent column now has new pertinence. Hopefully my introduction will soon follow. Currently, the town of Windham is considering the creation of a central town park next to its […]