SOUTH PORTLAND – The 5th annual Bug Light Kite Festival in South Portland has been postponed to Saturday, May 24, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., according to the organizers. Since the forecast is predicting heavy rains for this weekend, the South Portland Historical Society has decided to postpone the kite fest, which was originally scheduled to take […]
May 2014
Posted inNation & World, News
Indian opposition party heads for landslide win
The victory would mean a crushing defeat for the long-dominant Congress party.
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Fiddlehead Center set to nearly double in size
GRAY – Fiddlehead Center for the Arts and Sciences, the after-school educational center and charter school, is expanding its footprint in downtown Gray. For seven years, the center has shared a 16,000-square-foot facility at 25 Shaker Road with health management company Patient Advocates LLC. But on May 1, Patient Advocates moved into a 10,000-square-foot building […]
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IT HAPPENED IN WINDHAM: Education evolution
By rights, the ancient Brown Cemetery on Windham’s Chute Road, probably should be called the “Andrew” Cemetery, for at the time it was created, it was on property that belonged to Jonathan Andrew, a prosperous resident of South Windham. He built a home (still standing) and also a small schoolhouse where his children were educated. […]
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Volunteers to build Living Stone church
STANDISH – After four and a half years occupying a warehouse rental across from Standish Town Hall on Route 35, the Living Stone Community Church is set to move into a new home on 711 Ossipee Trail in Standish. But first, somebody has to build it. That’s where the Southern Baptist Convention comes in. From […]
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LETTERS: Vote for Woods
As a businesswoman who’s been personally acquainted with him for the last 10 years, I know firsthand the character, hard work, dedication to family and commitment to creative problem solving that will make Steve Woods one of the best state senators in Maine. Steve is a successful businessman, which I admire. It isn’t easy running […]
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LETTERS: Thank you
Riding To The Top Therapeutic Riding Center (RTT) would like to acknowledge and thank the Poland Spring Co. in Hollis for their generous donation of 20 cases of bottled water for our clients, volunteers and guests attending RTT’s summer events. These events include: May 10’s RTT Rider Horse Show, June 15’s Day of Caring, June […]
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LETTERS: Vote for Timmons
I have known and worked with Mike Timmons for several years in his capacity as an agent/officer of the Cumberland Farmers Club and my capacity as the attorney for the club. From my perspective, it has been a very positive relationship. Mike has an abundance of leadership qualities especially his ability to relate to, understand […]
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ON THE RIGHT LANE: A fit full of dollars
“IRS: We’ve got what it takes to take what you’ve got.” Unknown. I was going to use a fist full of dollars in the column headline but I have a fit every time I see or read another news article where the government either creates a new tax or waives taxes for one group or […]
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Longtime clerk Louise Lester to call it quits
RAYMOND – Initially hired as a Raymond town secretary on Jan. 16, 1989, Louise Lester became deputy clerk in 1996, and town clerk in 2001. Now, Lester plans to relax. On June 30, she will retire, and that same day, fly to Montana for 10 days of sightseeing, as well as some time on a […]