December 21, 2007 - January 17, 2008
Article Image FROZEN ROADS, DRIVING WOES. Although the official first day of winter is Dec. 22, the weather in recent weeks has blanketed the region with snow and made for treacherous driving. Seen here is a car that was badly damaged in a Seabury Road crash. According to witnesses at the scene, there were no serious injuries.
Courtesy photo

Historic loss: After 251 years, York home reduced to rubble
For two and a half centuries, a Georgian Colonial house overlooked a patchwork of fields and forest, nestled from view in recent years just off Cider Hill Road.

The chance to preserve Highland Farm
It is a property of 150 acres of field and forest, wetlands, wildlife corridors and watershed, and the town now has the opportunity to help preserve it forever.

After 14 years, Old York curator bids farewell
Thomas B. Johnson, curator at the Museums of Old York since 1994, has announced he will be leaving that post to accept a position as curator at Canterbury Shaker Village, in Canterbury, N.H.

Residents planning meeting to demand change
Kenny Churchill is tired of fighting the town's zoning to simply maintain a farm on his property while major retailers are developing complexes right around the corner.

Dollar sale days continue at YCSA Thrift Shop through Dec. 22
The York Community Service Association Thrift Shop's famous week-long dollar sale is continuing through Dec. 22.

York welcomes two new Maine Criminal Justice Academy graduates
Maine's 49 newest police officers have graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy, including two members of the York Police Department.


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