It’s not like we don’t have enough contentiousness in this country already, we can’t be happy unless we’re starting another war on something, anything. Fifty years ago, we had a War on Poverty ...

CASCO — The Town of Casco has approached the half-way mark of its fiscal year. The excise tax from vehicle sales took a surprising upward turn. Meanwhile, the State of Maine’s revenue sharing has also ...

Despite an anticipated hot morning, the race turnout was solid with a total of 469 finishers. There were 134 camp finishers. Breakdown by camp: Arcadia in Casco 37, Agawam in Raymond 35, Timanous in ...

FRYEBURG — A quick glance of the stat sheet, it would appear the Raider defense had a productive season opener. Linebacker Tucker Buzzell scooped up a loose ball and galloped 73 yards for a ...

Peter Lewis wants to put a smile on people’s faces. As a columnist for The News for many years, Lewis brought smiles to many readers’ faces with his witty, off the cuff and articulate pieces “Views ...

CASCO — LED streetlights might be illuminating to some people. Yet, for other citizens, the bulbs are a blinding nuisance. One Casco resident, who brought her concerns to Central Maine Power (CMP) as ...

My wife Karen was away recently on a mission of higher education. A mission to try and cram even more wisdom and understanding into a brain that she will lament (even in the midst of understanding ...

The Tick Apocalypse is upon us, a disaster almost Biblical in scope. The creeping, crawling, biting invasion of the spring of ’23 reminds of Egypt’s plague of locusts. There ought to be a law against ...

The first weekend in September is often referred to as the “Last Hurrah.” The second weekend in September could be referred to as the ladies’ hurrah because of a decade-and-half-old retreat for women ...

“Want to go to a party tonight?’ asked my roommate Alan Zentmeyer. “There is going to be a curfew party at that club we like so much.” “I thought we weren’t supposed to be out after curfew,” I said.

REGION — Some people end up volunteering or working part-time after retirement. It seems such a work arrangement can be beneficial to both retiree and the company or the agency doing the hiring. In ...

The other Sunday my wife brought home from church a leaflet containing verses from 1 Kings 3:5-12. Her oral addition was that someone should present the message to President Trump. Here follows the ...