A $20,000 reward is now being offered in the case of Coreen Wiese, a 15-year-old Buxton girl missing for 60 days. A poster on a family’s Web site seeking help offers $10,000 for information that discloses her exact location and another $10,000 that leads to her safe return or a conviction of anyone responsible in […]

Alysa Avery, a Bonny Eagle High School senior, has been selected as the recipient of three Gold Keys in the Regional Program of the Scholastic Art Awards. All Gold Key recipients’ work will be forwarded to New York for consideration at the national level. Her winning entries were a drawing art portfolio, an untitled mixed […]

Here is Main Street, South Windham, in the early 1900s. Note that Main Street (Route 202) appears to be unpaved. A sign at the corner of Depot Street on the right, gives mileage to Duck Pond and Falmouth. The large building on the right in the center is Oriental Hall, once the main post office […]

Thanks to a community effort and some determined friends, the Bondeson family of Steep Falls received a belated Christmas gift to start the new year. The gift? A 2007 Polar Blue handicap-accessible van. “I can’t believe it,” said Wendy Bondeson. “It is more than we thought we could get for sure.” Mark and Wendy Bondeson […]

Rep. Gary Moore, entering his third term as Standish’s state representative, was sworn in as a member of Maine’s 123rd Legislature on Wednesday, Jan. 3 by Chief Justice Leigh Saufley, right, of the state’s Supreme Judicial Court. Moore was accompanied to the ceremony by Rep. Josh Tardy, leader of the House Republicans and Reps. Abbie […]

Rep. Gary Moore, entering his third term as Standish’s state representative, was sworn in as a member of Maine’s 123rd Legislature on Wednesday, Jan. 3 by Chief Justice Leigh Saufley, right, of the state’s Supreme Judicial Court. Moore was accompanied to the ceremony by Rep. Josh Tardy, leader of the House Republicans and Reps. Abbie […]

The Saint Joseph’s College Athletics Department is pleased to offer its Kids Night Out program on Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Alfond Recreation Center on campus. The event, open to children ages 7-13, sponsors games, movies, swimming, arts & crafts and sports. The program runs from 5 to 9 p.m. (or until 11 p.m. for […]

OOBLobsterDip0078: Members of the Walsh family of Windham and South Portland try different ways to prepare themselves for the cold water off Old Orchard Beach as they await the start of the 2007 Lobster Dip on New Year’s Day. The annual event, which began in 1989, draws hundreds of hearty souls to the Brunswick Hotel […]

Upon the conclusion of the 109th Congress, Maine Senator Susan Collins completed her 10th year in the U.S. Senate with a perfect voting record, extending the number of consecutive roll call votes that she has made to 3,237. Senator Collins has been present for every roll call vote that has occurred in the Senate since […]

At Bonny Eagle Middle School’s annual Geography Bee students went through several rounds to eliminate contestants to 10. The ten students then competed for the top three spots. Thirty students from the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades competed for the Geography Bee title. Students competing included Evan Spencer, Joey Collins, Harrison Stinson, Caleb Young, Mike […]