RAYMOND – As Boy Scout officials Eric Tarbox and Scott Martin rode in a golf cart toward the Camp Hinds entrance off Plains Road in Raymond last Friday morning, they were flagged down by four smiling National Guardsmen, one of whom held a small snake. “It’s a garden snake,” Martin informed the reservists, who laughed […]

RAYMOND – As Boy Scout officials Eric Tarbox and Scott Martin rode in a golf cart toward the Camp Hinds entrance off Plains Road in Raymond last Friday morning, they were flagged down by four smiling National Guardsmen, one of whom held a small snake. “It’s a garden snake,” Martin informed the reservists, who laughed […]

Four Lake Region High School seniors recently captured fifth place in WorldQuest, a national academic competition held by a prominent global issues education organization known as the World Affairs Council of America. The competition was held on Saturday, April 26, at the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center in Washington, D.C. While the winners, a […]

NEW GLOUCESTER – New Gloucester voters passed an ordinance on Monday that considerably broadens the public’s ability to recall elected officials. In a 135-59 vote held during the annual town meeting, New Gloucester residents approved an ordinance that grants the public the right to recall any elected official. Under the ordinance, recall petitioners are required […]

The temperatures conducive to robust maple syrup production have been elusive this year. The conditions, which have been alternately too cold and too hot, have left southern Maine syrup producers with a significantly reduced crop this season, according to Lyle Merrifield, the president of the Maine Maple Producers Association. “It was a poor season,” Merrifield […]

The temperatures conducive to robust maple syrup production have been elusive this year. The conditions, which have been alternately too cold and too hot, have left southern Maine syrup producers with a significantly reduced crop this season, according to Lyle Merrifield, the president of the Maine Maple Producers Association. “It was a poor season,” Merrifield […]

We’ve got a lot of people in Maine who came here from somewhere else – beyond New England, that is. I’m wondering if the old-fashioned cooks among them ever heard of baked beans. I’ve lived in several states outside New England and I do not recall seeing canned baked beans, so I doubt if there […]

We’ve got a lot of people in Maine who came here from somewhere else – beyond New England, that is. I’m wondering if the old-fashioned cooks among them ever heard of baked beans. I’ve lived in several states outside New England and I do not recall seeing canned baked beans, so I doubt if there […]