Bonny Eagle High School welcomed more than 300 new students on the first day of school, Thursday, Aug. 31. The first day is reserved for incoming freshman who participate in activities, go through schedules, have a picnic lunch, and visit classrooms. The class of 2010 worked on team-building activities, reviewed the rules of the high […]

Welcome fishermen Here in the Lakes Region, we should never forget our economic bread and butter – Sebago Lake. In case we didn’t know that already, another crop of outdoor enthusiasts is coming to test our waters next week, and we couldn’t be happier to welcome them to our home. From Sept. 15 to 17, […]

Victoria James, a local singer and songwriter, will be presenting her latest CD, Art of Love, in concert on Saturday, Sept. 16 at Windham Baptist Church on River Road in Windham. The concert begins at 7 p.m. and tickets ($6 each) are available at the church or by calling 892-3652. Victoria James has written, played, […]

Point Sebago in Casco is hosting the state’s largest fishing tournament. The grand prize is $25,000. “This is the biggest tournament ever to hit the Northeast,” said Wayne Hooper, a Ranger Boat dealer and co-sponsor of the tournament. “It’s going to be a lot of fun.” The New England Bass Championship will be held Sept. […]

Hippo 2, Little Sebago Lake’s milfoil suction dredge, will be working in the middle and lower lake in the month of September. So far, dredge operators have collected more than 500 bags of milfoil from the upper lake. Residents are asked to place markers, preferably yellow in color, over milfoil patches in front of their […]

Celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary are Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Sawyer of Standish. Donald Sawyer and the former Eleanor Mae Holmes were married on June 23, 1956 at the Standish Congregational Church on Oak Hill Road in Standish. A celebration hosted by their children was held at the recently rebuilt Standish Congregational Church on […]

Aeron Hurley, of Windham, is a college student who’s passionate about the future of New England’s energy needs. A senior at Hobart and William Smith College in New York, 21-year-old Hurley spent the beginning half of this summer studying wind power on mountain ranges in upstate New York. The purpose of his independent study was […]

In the month of August alone, Standish Animal Control Officer Jack Frietas responded to three separate calls of suspicious behavior by possibly rabid animals. All three animals were caught, euthanized and tested for rabies. Tests showed positive results for rabies in two foxes and one domestic cat. A human, who was bitten by the cat, […]

The personal property tax exemption given to L.L. Bean and being used as a political cudgel by its national rival Cabela’s to get a sales tax break here was agreed to by both Democrats and Republicans and largely seen as a minor compromise to get rid of the state’s tax on business equipment. “I mean, […]

In a sobriety checkpoint set up by the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department, five people were arrested between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. Saturday night at the junction of routes 302 and 85 in Raymond. “We stopped over 600 vehicles,” said Chief Deputy Kevin Joyce. “Out of those 600 vehicles we arrested five people, four for […]