April Showers If you see me lurking in the shadows at Paris Farmers Union, you’ll know I’m suffering from full-blown Spring Fever. I’ve been stocking up on Pro Mix, flower bulbs and Johnny’s seed packets, just waiting for that first warm day when I can dig my dry winter hands into the dirt and start […]

STANDISH – In 1988, Hank Beebe, a musical theater buff who had had a successful 26-year career in New York City before moving to Maine, was searching for a new outlet to show his newly written musical, “Hold On, Molly!” Beebe and his wife, Nancy, who had brought live theater back to the Biddeford City […]

RAYMOND – The Raymond Board of Selectmen on Tuesday night unanimously passed a resolution urging state and federal officials “to ensure the highest level of safety for the citizens of Raymond and the state of Maine” if a project to transport Canadian oil sands through a Maine pipeline moves forward. Citing a need to protect […]

WINDHAM – Ralph Johnston, a longtime Windham resident, politician and avid environmentalist, died last week at the age of 92. Johnston, who ran three times for the Maine Legislature, including a campaign last year, was active in the Windham Veterans Association and worked for decades on water quality issues on Highland Lake in Windham. For […]

Changes Abound Luckily for us all, Easter Sunday was a sunny day. Mind you, I did not say warm, especially in the morning. But it did warm up in the afternoon. Considering the following day was gray and rainy, I would say Easter was perfect just the way it was, weather wise. As many have […]