New Ventures Maine awards marketing mini-grant to local bakery

AREA — The issue of lead in school drinking water has received a lot of attention in recent years. This is because school-age children are among those particularly vulnerable to health and developmental problems after exposure to high levels of lead. With the passage of LD 153 (An Act to Strengthen Testing for Lead in […]

STATE — Sam Hunkler, a physician and independent candidate from Beals, has qualified for the 2022 Maine governor’s race. He submitted more than 4,900 signatures to the Secretary of State’s office on May 27, of which 4,239 were verified as valid registered voter signatures.  His place on the ballot became official on June 8. About […]

BETHEL — Before the Pomp and Circumstance, before the graduates processed into the gymnasium in their royal blue regalia through an arch of blue and white balloons, Principal Mark Kenney asked parents to stand so that their graduates could present them with carnations. Seniors scouted the rows of chairs and bleachers, finding their families and […]

BETHEL — “The [Vietnam Veterans] on their arrival home were told to change into civilian clothes before getting off the plane … people spit in the face of these soldiers calling them killers. So many names on the Vietnam panel are names I know” said Jane Ryerson, pausing to compose herself. “Welcome Home” she told […]