Members of the Rangeley Lakes Regional High School class of 2010 include: Zachary Abbott, Crystal Bennett, Jackson Blythe, Christa Bonney, Nicholas Bridges, Katrina Carignan, Katia Carter, Nadia Carter, Emily Christensen, David Dutile, Alyssa Ferguson, Ross Gordon, Nicholas Hadfield, Michael Hazen, Mallory O’Neil, Alexander Rodway, Jacob Simonds, Britt Stone, Michael Walton, Aurora Wetherill, Lauren White. Graduation […]

Spend some time with Laura Davis and you’ll discover a woman who packs an hour into every minute of her day. Arriving to interview her at Rinck Advertising in Auburn, which she owns and operates with husband, Peter Rinck, she was standing front and center speaking to about eight staffers of the agency intently describing […]

Women’s role in beer and brewing is as ancient as civilization itself. The Sumerians worshiped the goddess brewer Ninkasi, a woman who they believed created the first beer, a porridge-like substance called Kash. In pharaonic Egypt, the goddess Hathor was called the “queen of drunkenness and dance, the inventress of beer.” The ancient Finns believed […]

Even if you drive a hybrid car, you probably don’t know some basic facts about your car and what makes it work. Hybrid cars use two separate engines for propulsion, usually an electric motor and a gasoline-powered engine. And while auto companies usually act as if hybrids are all the same, they come in three […]

Are you doing your best to save for your future? It can be very challenging to begin a savings program. After necessities such as food, clothing and housing, there can be little left to put aside for future goals. Unfortunately, failing to save could mean the difference between enjoying a comfortable retirement and giving up […]

“I certainly never saw myself in this role,” said Julie Shackley, president and CEO of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice. “I didn’t aspire to it. The opportunity came along at just the right time.” As leader of the agency which is the largest provider of home healthcare and of hospice services in Maine, Shackley oversees […]

Community partners team up, encourage homeownership Eva Degen grew up in Auburn; her husband of 19 years grew up in Lewiston. They wanted to raise their two children (ages 9 and 15) in this area. They assumed they would be life long renters; for their family, homeownership was not necessarily in their plans. “It was […]

COLLABORATION Jacqueline Katz and Patricia Weidler are attorneys who, while deeply committed to the legal process, also believe that the best and most lasting solutions to conflict are based on prevention, mediation, problem solving and collaborative reconciliation in order to avoid need for sometimes onerous litigation or court proceedings. Earlier this year, Katz and Weidler […]

VEIN HOPES? YOU BET! Here in Maine, summer’s just around the corner. But for some of us, the season is a mixed blessing. Along with rising temperatures come rising hemlines—on women’s shorts, skirts, bathing suits, and more. And these are hard to carry off if you’re not feeling good about the appearance of your legs. […]

The recent news reports of the earthquake in Haiti are all too close for Jill Hurd, a registered nurse and single mother from Lewiston. She first traveled to Haiti on a work retreat from St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, where she witnessed first-hand the poverty and struggles encountered by the Haitian people. And while the […]