04/05/07 - Maybe it's the piquant bouquet of the sauce. The firm texture of the pasta. The ambience.

04/05/07 - Each year Kennebunk High School students wait for the first half of the school year to end. You might think that this is because it's the halfway point of the year.

04/05/07 - An initiative by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to rein in costs associated with mental and behavioral health services in the Maine Care Program has elicited outcries from the provider community.

04/05/07 - OGUNQUIT -- There's a move afoot in town to have voters reject Warrant Article 25, the police department's budget.

04/05/07 - OGUNQUIT -- Not that they need it, but visitors to Ogunquit will have an added reason to come to town starting on April 15.

04/05/07 - When Lyman's Denise Dupuis arrived in Ecuador on a recent humanitarian trip with the Saco Bay Rotary, she was unprepared for what she saw: terrible poverty, streets filled with roaming dogs, and the odor of despair.

04/05/07 - WELLS -- If you want to shop from the comfort of your home, the Wells Rotary's 13th annual auction on Thursday, April 12 is the place for you.

04/05/07 - OGUNQUIT -- The Ogunquit Chamber of Commerce announced a new Executive Director on March 29, and it's someone with roots in the area. Karen Marie Arel, who spent 11 years as the Executive Director of the Kennebunk Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce, accepted the Ogunquit position.

04/05/07 - If this were a movie, you would title it, "Honey, I Shrunk the School District." That's because for the past several years, SAD 71 has been experiencing a decline in student enrollment.

04/05/07 - WELLS -- Selectwoman Joan Mooney thought she had a garden variety appeal of the Planning Board's approval of the Cottages at Mill Farm seasonal cottage development proposed to be built near her Route 1 home and business.

04/05/07 - Earth Day 2007 is on April 22, and here are a few tips I've researched and compiled on how to make a positive change in our lives in order to lessen our impact on our precious planet. If everyone in our country adopted just one or two of these simple changes the results would be monumental. Really!

04/05/07 - I have written in the past about my own experiences with clothes lines "" using them, having one at every placed I have lived, and growing up in a neighborhood where virtually every home had a clothesline and used the lines almost exclusively in favorable weather.

04/05/07 - April is National Poetry Month and for all of us who love to write or read poetry, this is the perfect time of year to celebrate the magic of words.

04/05/07 - Did you know the Ogunquit Chamber of Commerce will introduce another "something new" for Ogunquit "" A Red, White, and Blue Decorating Contest for Patriots Day?

04/05/07 - Welcome spring and a healthy start to the season at the YMCA of Sanford-Springvale's 16th annual Healthy Kids Day, Saturday, April 14.

04/05/07 - I am so tired that it's difficult to write. I have had a rough time with a sick kitty emergency run to the vet, and the scare of this blossoming new year due to the pet food recall. Yes, my babies were on the Nutro Nature's Choice cuts and slices in gravy along with Nutro dry. When Zephy became ill and showed some symptoms of renal function problems, I wasted no time getting him checked and Neellah too.

04/05/07 - Enjoy the following entertaining offerings to meet the interests of York residents.