The projects receiving funding include new trail networks in Windham and New Gloucester.
2023
China school has a new well but concerns over water contamination linger
RSU 18 is working with the state to install a filtration system for the well that was dug over the summer for China Middle School, which contended last year with unacceptably high levels of PFAS and then more recently when the chemical antimony was detected.
What we know so far about Hurricane Lee and potential impacts in Maine
Here’s a close look at everything we know so far about Hurricane Lee and potential landfall in Maine and New England.
Hurricane watch lifted for Down East Maine
The state is still expected to experience tropical storm conditions, with coastal erosion, downed trees and power outages.
How hard will Hurricane Lee hit New England? The cold North Atlantic may decide
New England will feel some effects from Hurricane Lee but is usually protected from the worst of a hurricane’s wrath by the cold waters of the North Atlantic.
Executive director of Scarborough Public Library retires
Retiring library Executive Director Nancy Crowell was on the job for 45 years.
On the Market: got to love a gambrel
A simpler American cousin to the mansard roof, the gambrel has less flair at the edges and slopes on just two sides of the building.
Gordon L. Weil: Supreme Court has too much power
The U.S. Supreme Court will come back in a couple of weeks, and it will again be making politically charged decisions on whether laws passed by Congress are allowed by the Constitution. Such decisions are among the most controversial it makes. They give the Court a power greater than Congress, which makes the laws. This […]
LC Van Savage: Booze, plonk and moi
Being of the compulsive persuasion, I’ve long realized it’s only by the grace of something “out there” that controls such things, that I don’t drink booze. It is not that I am a crusader against alcohol or anyone who likes to have a nip now and again. It’s simply that I cannot abide the taste […]
Putting sustainable food on the menu
“Dad, I found another potato! Come look!” I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 4-year-old have so much fun in an organic garden before. His sister, wearing her best dress and fancy shoes, wasn’t as eager to dig in, but he was practically burrowing in the dirt. I had just shown him where potatoes come […]
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