Dr. Steven Bridge considers his service projects a way of life. “It’s a natural extension of my faith and my belief system,” he said. So it was nothing new for the Saint Joseph’s College theology professor to take a group of students on a weeklong missions trip to help a desperately needy village. The group […]

Style goes out the window in the winter. Not that style is something with which I have been concerned. The magic word for me is comfort. That’s now – there was a time, of course, when I ran around bare legged and as my mother used to say, “half dressed.” I was a teenager like […]

The Portland Water District continued its quest to buy up land around Sebago Lake with the acquisition of a garage and filling station in Standish. Hunt’s Service Station, on Route 114 in Sebago Lake Village, is under contract to the district for $350,000, according to the district’s spokeswoman Michelle Clements. “He approached us, and we […]

Con Fullam, the man behind the animated children’s series “the Wompkees,” has been blessed with success in a way he never imagined when starting out as a folk musician in the 1960s. His first animated feature, “A Very Wompkee Christmas,” is selling well both nationwide and in 38 different countries. A second movie, “The Hidden […]

Home Mary Bouchard has returned home after spending a week in Barefoot Bay, Florida which is located on the East Coast of the state. She visited her friend Joan Hully and had a great time. Meeting A reminder that the Rebekahs will hold their February meeting on Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the Odd […]

Roger Mosley, director of Standish Public Works and Ginny Day, Edna Libby School principal, pose with honor student winners of the “Recycle Standish 2006 Calendar” contest at a Jan. 18 school assembly at Edna Libby Elementary School. This calendar includes artwork from the Standish Recycles Week 2005 Poster Contest. From left are Eric Christianson (Grade […]

Have you heard of them? With more than 3,000 species of bromeliads, you can find at least some of these exotic tropicals anywhere from South America to Canada, from the finest nursery to your common grocery store. One of them, the pineapple, is even edible. These most adaptable of houseplants demand little care but offer […]

Following are the menus for the month of February, 2006. Reservations need to be made 48 hours in advance; please call 892-3891 to make Reservation, and for more details. Wednesday, Feb. 1: Meat loaf/gravy, hash brown potatoes, baby whole carrots, wheat bread, fruit cocktail. ALT: Chicken legs. Thursday, Feb. 2: Sliced turkey w/gravy, mashed potatoes, […]

Following are the menus for the month of February, 2006. Reservations need to be made 48 hours in advance; please call 892-3891 to make Reservation, and for more details. Wednesday, Feb. 1: Meat loaf/gravy, hash brown potatoes, baby whole carrots, wheat bread, fruit cocktail. ALT: Chicken legs. Thursday, Feb. 2: Sliced turkey w/gravy, mashed potatoes, […]

Following are the menus for the month of February, 2006. Reservations need to be made 48 hours in advance; please call 892-3891 to make Reservation, and for more details. Wednesday, Feb. 1: Meat loaf/gravy, hash brown potatoes, baby whole carrots, wheat bread, fruit cocktail. ALT: Chicken legs. Thursday, Feb. 2: Sliced turkey w/gravy, mashed potatoes, […]