Bakers concerned about their health can substitute healthy ingredients when recipes call for foods bakers would prefer to avoid. The following ingredients can make healthy additions to baked-good recipes without sacrificing flavor. • Whole wheat flour: Flour is at the heart of many baking recipes, including those for cakes, cookies and pies. Refined white flour […]

I f you have a child in college, you’re probably familiar with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, which must be completed to help ensure that students don’t miss out on federal and state grants, work study jobs and loans. But you might not know that some important changes will be coming […]

I had an interesting conversation with my parents over dinner the other day that started with a simple question … one that turned out to have a rather complicated answer. Generations are an odd way to mark time. Especially since no one seems to be able to make up their minds. Since my parents are […]

WELLS — The Wells High School Warriors Boys Basketball Varsity Team presented a check for $2,350 to the Outreach Program for Wells and Ogunquit during halftime at a varsity home game with Yarmouth on Feb. 4. This is the fourth year the team has raised funds for this local charity largely by selling calendars and […]

Meet the new arrivals: ACAR has partnered with a rescue in the southern part of the country to alleviate some of the extreme over crowding by accepting a large transport of kittens ranging in ages from 8 weeks to 11 months. The little charmers and some of their mothers have already arrived. Photos of a […]

WELLS — Wells author Mort Mather, known statewide as an environmentalist and columnist, will launch his new book, “A Stone’s Throw: Orvie’s Stories” Joshua’s Restaurant, 1637 Post Road, from p.m., Sunday, Feb. 21. “A Stone’s Throw” is told from the perspective of a young boy wading into life, sometimes literally, in the 1940s. His world […]