STANDISH — SAD 6 is considering closing Steep Falls Elementary School as a cost-cutting measure, a discussion that is ongoing and is “not finalized.” Superintendent Paul Penna said the district needs to cut $1.5 million from its budget and “consolidation saves districts money.” The idea of closing Steep Falls was first suggested at the Jan. 17 […]

BRIDGTON — The former executive director of the Loon Echo Land Trust will retire March 28 after three years in the position, leaving behind “a great staff, a great board and wonderful community support.” Thom Perkins has served as the executive director since June 2016 and was recently replaced by Matt Markot. Perkins is currently serving […]

Fire and rescue members and police officers from throughout the United States and Canada took part in a four-day ice rescue training at Wassamki Springs last week. The goal of the training, offered by Lifesavings Resources, of Kennebunkport, is to give the participants the knowledge and resources to pass on to members of their respective […]

A show of hands: Do you think former Gov. Paul LePage is lying when he says his administration shopped around for the lowest hotel rates in Washington, D.C., and then spent tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars camping out and eating filet mignon at Trump International? I’m just asking because lying seems to have become […]

If you don’t have kids in school, it can be difficult to know what’s happening within those taxpayer-funded walls. For example, until state Rep. Heidi Sampson, R-Alfred, submitted LD 387, “An Act To Require Cursive Handwriting Instruction in Grade 3 to Grade 5,” I had no clue Maine’s education system had formally abandoned the teaching […]

WESTBROOK — After hearing from parents about the need for better translation services, and with the amount budgeted for such services for this school year nearly spent already, the school board’s Finance Committee is looking at ways to better provide interpreter services. “We are researching all the different avenues,” including cost-sharing with other school districts,  said […]

I have a friend who thinks cursive writing means sending politicians emails full of swear words. If that were true, the world would be more fun. Unfortunately, cursive doesn’t necessarily involve curses. It’s that thing old people do when they hook all their letters together in an effort to make their handwriting indecipherable. Doctors are […]