Saint Joseph’s College in Standish offers two lists of distinguished scholars each semester: the Honors List and the Dean’s List. The Honors List includes students with a 3.0 to 3.49 grade point average, while the Dean’s List includes students with averages between 3.5 and 4.0. The following students from the Lakes Region were named to […]

The University of Southern Maine will be the place for debate and discussion about free speech in university classrooms at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 31, in the Moot Court Room, University of Maine School of Law, Deering Ave., and Portland. The free panel discussion, “Controversies in the Classroom: The Academic Bill of Rights, Advocacy Teaching, […]

The University of Southern Maine will be the place for debate and discussion about free speech in university classrooms at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 31, in the Moot Court Room, University of Maine School of Law, Deering Ave., and Portland. The free panel discussion, “Controversies in the Classroom: The Academic Bill of Rights, Advocacy Teaching, […]

As gardeners, about this time of year, we’re all asking ourselves, “What do I do in this weather?” It’s not easy being a gardener in winter. I spend a lot of my time thinking about how I’ll garden better next summer. But there are things we can be doing now, or dreams we can be […]

As part of its effort to bring the vision of “One Raymond” closer to reality, the Raymond Board of Selectmen Tuesday discussed ways to consolidate services between the town and its schools. After Raymond Schools Superintendent Sandra Caldwell presented her department’s process for developing a school budget, she and the board brainstormed ways to cut […]

A glaze of ice on River Road resulted in a four-car accident Sunday when a southbound motorist slid into the northbound lane near the intersection with Windham Center Road. Two drivers involved in the accident were transported to Maine Medical Center, one of whom remains in critical condition. Just before 3 p.m. on Jan. 15, […]

A report released in December by the National Governor’s Association (NGA) and the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) ranks Maine as having the eighth-lowest state spending growth rate in the country. The Fiscal Survey of States, published twice annually by the two organizations since 1979, presents aggregate and individual data on the states’ […]