Clynk, the Scarborough bottle and can redemption system, has just opened its 10th return center at the Buxton Hannaford supermarket, and to celebrate, has launched a $3,000 contest. The Magic Bag $3,000 Giveaway is a series of four weekly drawings that began Monday. The four weekly winners will be entered into the final drawing for […]
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IFW ice fishing report-Brook trout are biting
Over the last two weeks, Jim Pellerin and Brian Lewis have prepared weekly fishing reports featuring waters they have been surveying under the Catchable Brook Trout Study. This week’s report will focus on Crystal Lake (Gray) and Sabbathday Lake (New Gloucester), the two waters that I am surveying during the month of January. For those […]
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Puppy love
When Diana Locke adopted Tulip, a 1-year-old Papillon, the dog was missing a toe, a leg and half her tail. “She’s kind of three-quarters of a dog,” said Locke, who owns Paws Applause, a pet supply store and grooming salon in Scarborough. Tulip was one of some 250 dogs seized in August by the state […]
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Penalty threat upsets residents
Residents in Village Square senior housing in Gorham have been served notice by their landlord: If they open a window, they can be hit with a $50 fine. “They’ll be telling us what to eat for breakfast next,” said Mary Emmans, 85, a resident of the School Street housing. Village Square’s landlord is Avesta Housing, […]
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Home show exhibits to fill civic center
The annual Maine Home, Remodeling and Garden Show will be held at the Cumberland County Civic Center on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 16 and 17. On hand at this year’s show will be nearly 175 vendors and displays offering the latest products and innovative techniques for the home and for the garden. The show will […]
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Track cuts
Jake Waterman Bonny Eagle junior Jake Waterman gets ready to throw in the shot put competition at the Portland Expo on Saturday. The Scots finished second to Deering in the four-team meet. Staff photo by Harmony Motter Joel Chadbourne Westrbook’s Joel Chadbourne stretches out before the shot put competiton during a meet at the Portland […]
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Especially for seniors – Old-fashioned advice still rings true
This is for all you seniors out there who remember thinking your parents didn’t know as much as you did. I knew everything when I was 15 or so. (I must have been almost unbearable.) And by the time I was about 21 or 22, and living on my own in Boston, I would have […]
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Infobox – The Windham School Department responds
In response to the media accounts regarding an incident in December involving a bus driver, we feel compelled to correct the record. Since this is clearly a personnel matter, state law forbids the School Department from releasing information about investigation and discipline of individual employees. We can, however, provide the following information. In early December, […]
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Benefits denied, patients ignored
Imagine yourself ill. Then imagine you are caught up in a tangled web of bureaucracy. Imagination became reality for me 18 months ago when I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. My employment ended in August 2006 and my nightmares began. Already feeling confused and insecure about myself, I was given the arduous task of completing […]
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Inside Naples
Sight for the Season? Well, another week over and a new one just begun. I hope we all enjoyed the 50 plus degree temperatures this past week, as I am not sure we are going to see them again for a long while. I was driving up Route 302 from Bridgton to Harrison on Thursday […]