As we slide and glide into a new year, most of us yearn for something – anything – better than the year passing into history. Personally, I want to thoughtfully prepare for a better 2014. But where to turn for guidance? I began my exploration by asking myself if I should seek an answer from […]
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EARTH SPEAKS: Preparing for a better 2014
As we slide and glide into a new year, most of us yearn for something – anything – better than the year passing into history. Personally, I want to thoughtfully prepare for a better 2014. But where to turn for guidance? I began my exploration by asking myself if I should seek an answer from […]
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EARTH SPEAKS: Preparing for a better 2014
As we slide and glide into a new year, most of us yearn for something – anything – better than the year passing into history. Personally, I want to thoughtfully prepare for a better 2014. But where to turn for guidance? I began my exploration by asking myself if I should seek an answer from […]
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ON THE RIGHT LANE: Taking life’s bangs and bumps
I had to really think hard about what I wanted to write about in this first column of 2014. There were so many things I could have chosen to write so at least I know I have plenty of fodder for the future. That is, if I survive the first normal Maine winter we have […]
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Council: Lowell Preserve logging mismanaged
WINDHAM – The second phase of a 10-year logging project at Lowell Preserve off Falmouth Road in East Windham has been endangered by charges of forestry mismanagement. At a Dec. 19 Windham Town Council meeting, residents of Cottage Road lambasted last year’s timber harvest, arguing that the logger’s unnecessarily large staging ground and skidder roads […]
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Shooting victim had Raymond ties
RAYMOND – Family members of Timothy “Asti” Davison portrayed the Poland man shot to death along a Pennsylvania highway last weekend as a spontaneous, self-sufficient and peaceful spirit, perpetually caught up in an eclectic and ever-evolving mix of adventures with the ones he loved. “He just seemed so tough on the outside, but if you […]
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Shooting victim had Raymond ties
RAYMOND – Family members of Timothy “Asti” Davison portrayed the Poland man shot to death along a Pennsylvania highway last weekend as a spontaneous, self-sufficient and peaceful spirit, perpetually caught up in an eclectic and ever-evolving mix of adventures with the ones he loved. “He just seemed so tough on the outside, but if you […]
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Superintendent to leave SAD 61
BRIDGTON – School Administrative District 61 Superintendent Kathleen Beecher will step down on June 30 after three years on the job. According to Janice Barter, chairwoman of the SAD 61 Board of Directors, Beecher has developed an acute case of arthritis, and believes she can no longer effectively execute her duties as superintendent. “She just […]
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LETTERS: An open letter to Standish residents
Are you a taxpayer in Standish, a parent, a teacher or a student? If you are, then you need to attend the Jan. 14 Standish town meeting. It is very important that you come to this meeting and raise your hand to vote on the $25,000 that the council is seeking for a study that […]
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LETTERS: Come join the fun
The Windham Community Garden finished a very successful season. We constructed our greenhouse, which will allow us to extend the growing season. We donated over 1,800 pounds of produce to the Windham Food Pantry as well as having many gardeners harvest a lot of good organic food. We are looking forward to another successful season […]