Apr. 7-23: “Dracula: The Musical?” will run April 7, 8, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m., and April 9 and 23 at 2 p.m. in Viola George Auditorium at Harold Alfond Hall at St. Joseph’s College in Standish. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students. For reservations, call 893-3030. Apr. 15: Baked […]

Steven Clark, former Arkansas attorney general, lost everything and was convicted as a felon. Now he’s back on his feet and sharing his perspective on the lack of ethics in our business and personal worlds. Clark’s story is of the rise of a young lawyer to powerful appointments and his fall through fraud, misappropriations, felony […]

The Windham Lions Club has announced its line-up of new officers for 2006-2007. They are as follows: President John Crisafi; Vice Presidents Marty Gavin, Ed Fortier, Gene Tanguay; Secretary Camille Swander; Treasurer Pat Tanguay; Assistant Secretary/Treasurer Cathy Fortier; Tail Twister Jan Soucy; Lion Tamer Shirley Banks; Past President Don Swander; Board of Directors Marty Gavin, […]

One look at these kids shows that the first annual Bunny Pageant at Blue Seal Feed and Needs in South Windham was a good time had by all. Twelve bunnies and their owners came to the store on Saturday, Apr. 1 to vie for prizes in seven categories ranging from best decorated pet carrier to […]

Editor, There has been enough animosity and vitriol in the news these days, so I hope to bring a well-reasoned point-of-view into play in this letter. We in the state of Maine cried out for property tax relief and increased school funding by the state. We got a piece of legislation known as LD1 that […]

You’d be surprised at all the spring cleaning I’ve got done this year. Before I get out of bed, while I’m “waiting to wake up,” plans go through my head as I think of all the things that need to be done. The kitchen cupboards are re-arranged, the closets are cleaned out, and boxes of […]

A bill that would exempt lobster traps from the personal property tax – only collected from lobstermen in a handful of towns including Camden, Boothbay and York – is getting strong support in the Legislature and could end up on the ballot as an amendment to the constitution. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Mary […]

As the early spring sun washes the night’s frost from the meadow at Shearbrooke Farm in Standish, residents of the weathered barn chatter earnestly in a hundred dissonant voices – bleats and blats, cackles and squawks. Startled by something, or maybe nothing, a chicken hops off her straw nest of adopted duck eggs and scuttles […]