There will be fewer dancers and performances than in past years.
2021
Posted inTimes Record
Wiscasset weighing high school’s future, which could range from expanding to eliminating 9-12 education
A committee may be formed to study the future of Wiscasset High School including all options for expansion, consolidation, or continuing the status quo.
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Posted inGirls Hockey, Sports, Varsity Maine
Girls’ hockey: Semifinalists announced for Becky Schaffer Award
The award is given given annually to Maine’s top high school senior in girls’ hockey.
Posted inTimes Record
Lisbon council puts pause on solar projects
The emergency 90-day moratorium does not impact a proposed solar project on Frost Hill Avenue opposed by neighbors.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Bridgton manager clarifies budget proposal
The town manager’s $8.1 million budget proposal accounts for the town’s net budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022 but when balanced with the expected revenues, the town’s gross expenditures are $4,405,957, a $1,154 increase from the 2020-2021 budget, or 0.03%, according to Town Manager Bob Peabody. Though his proposal did not include a projected property […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
New Gloucester Public Works closed due to virus
The New Gloucester Public Works building will remain closed until at least Monday, March 22, due to a positive COVID-19 case among employees, according to Town Manager Brenda Fox-Howard. Fox-Howard announced the closure on the town’s website March 15 and said during that night’s select board meeting that she has been in contact with the […]
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Block a bill? Biden wants old-school Senate filibusters
Requiring a ‘talking filibuster’ would force senators opposing a bill to make their case, rather than simply signal objections, but it could also grind the chamber to a halt.
Posted inNation & World, News
The Latest: Virus surge in Europe a cautionary tale for U.S., experts say
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Letter: Balentine suffers from political party syndrome
As a biomedical scientist who wrote the letter “Balentine no health expert, reader is,” Dec. 4, and having been exposed to John Balentine’s opinion for many years, I believe he suffers from an all-too-common malady, i.e., the political party syndrome, a component of which is “selective forgetfulness” (PPS-SF). Persons presenting with PPS-SF have difficulty in […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Obituary: James H. Leary
SACO — James H. Leary of Saco died at his home on Tuesday, March 16 after a short illness. Jim was born Feb. 2, 1930, the son of Millard and Mabelle (Gay) Leary. The family moved from Scarborough to Flag Pond Road in Saco in 1943 when his parents bought the family farm after the […]