News

Teachers protest lack of contract

Gray--Protesting a lack of a contract after eight months of negotiations, Gray-New Gloucester teachers, waving picket signs and encouraging cars and trucks to honk, lined Shaker Road shoulder to shoulder in front of the Superintendent's Office Tuesday. ... more

Above, Winter Berries, Harold Bjork photo

News Briefs

-- USM College of Education Series on Poverty Continues
--Novaya Mortgage To Open Branch at One City Center in Portland
--Coastal Humane Society Receives Grant Awards
--2005 New England Schools for the Deaf (NESD) Tip-Off ... more

Community News:
--The Gift of Wildlife
--Head Start Receives SEARCH Donation ... more

Holiday Events:
--Trees for Sale
--Children's concert
--Maine Gay Men's Chorus Holiday Concert
--Christmas Party While You Shop!
--Annual Shaker Christmas Fair
--North Yarmouth Historical Society Annual Holiday Party
--Christmas Fairs
--Holiday Craft Fair
--Country Christmas Show ... more

"Believe In Me. … Maine"
By Rep. Susan Austin

While serving on the Business Research and Economic Development Committee I gain and gather "good news" just for YOU! The Legislature is out of session presently but there is plenty of information coming across my desk. ... more

Inside The First Amendment
The case against All Saints: Has the IRS gone too far?
Commentary By Charles C. Haynes, First Amendment Center

Taking pleasure in the pain of others isn't the Christian thing to do. But conservative churches may be forgiven for feeling a bit of schadenfreude after the revelation this month that the Internal Revenue Service is threatening to revoke the tax-exempt status of All Saints Episcopal Church ... more

Celestial Cycles
Readings by Moti
December 2005

HEY.....What's Up With The Heavens? ... more