Liberty Elm takes root The image of majestic elm trees arching over the streets of our hometowns changed significantly in the 1930s when Dutch elm disease decimated the elm  population. Because of efforts by the nonprofit Elm Research Institute, disease-resistant trees have been developed. They have been given the moniker of the American Liberty Elm — […]

AUGUSTA — The president of the Maine Board of Pharmacy expects new rules aimed at increasing access to the opioid overdose-reversing drug naloxone to be finalized by the middle of the month. “The rules are actually finalized, pretty much,” Joe Bruno said May 4. Bruno, who also serves on the town of Raymond Selectboard, said the […]

NAPLES — Three candidates are competing for two seats on the Naples Planning Board in the town’s only contested race on the May 22 ballot. Current Chairman Lawrence Anton, Robert Fogg and Stephen P. Smith are vying for the two Planning Board seats. Selectboard incumbents Rich Cebra and Jim Turpin are the only two candidates on the […]

GRAY — A proposal to limit the use of fireworks in town has sparked debate in Gray. The Town Council held a May 1 first reading on a proposed ordinance, which Gray Community Development Director Doug Webster said he drafted based on council direction and similar ordinances in neighboring towns. “I leaned on Cumberland and Windham,” […]