As Windham and Gorham continue to grow, the demands on local wastewater systems intensify. The Little Falls Wastewater Treatment Facility is nearing its maximum capacity and cannot accommodate continued development. It was built in the mid-1980s and treats an average of 30,000 gallons of wastewater per day. To address the wastewater needs of the Little […]

The debate over letting 100,000-pound trucks on Maine’s interstate highways – 95, 295 and 395 – arguably to get them off local roads is heating up again as proponents use the death of a pedestrian in downtown Bangor earlier this year to push an exemption through Congress. Those who support the existing federal ban on […]

The attorney for Diane Roney, a Standish woman engaged in a lawsuit against Wendy’s restaurant, said a verdict was expected on Thursday, Aug. 3, after this newspaper’s deadline. “I think we’ll have a successful verdict,” Attorney Michael Maxwell, said Tuesday. Roney, 58, took her case to U.S. District Court on Monday after being hospitalized in […]

10 a.m. Parade begins at Honeywell parking lot on Route 35 10 to 1 p.m. Wildridge Garden Club offers home baked blueberry goods along with free tours of Marrett House and garden 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Local businesses and organizations will be gathered at the Standish Memorial Park for activities and raffles 3 p.m. […]

Wanted: Florida car Towns in Maine using liquid calcium chloride to melt road salt after winter snowstorms should discuss the issue of corrosion at their next annual town meeting so residents can decide whether they want to trade clean roads for longer lasting vehicles. Most residents don’t think too much about the relationship between cleared […]

Peter Bailey, of Pete’s Auto Sales & Service in Windham, is baffled. The corrosion and rust on cars coming into his shop this summer is something he’s never witnessed in his 30 years in the business. Brake lines are completely corroded. Undercarriages are rusted brown. Rotors, gas tanks, chassis and trailer hitches are all ruined […]

Peter Bailey, of Pete’s Auto Sales & Service in Windham, is baffled. The corrosion and rust on cars coming into his shop this summer is something he’s never witnessed in his 30 years in the business. Brake lines are completely corroded. Undercarriages are rusted brown. Rotors, gas tanks, chassis and trailer hitches are all ruined […]

The owner of a local ice cream parlor is the latest victim in a rash of robberies in the Lakes Region, the victim of an early morning burglary. The burglary occurred July 17, exactly three years after the store’s first day of operation. Troy Locke, owner of the Ice Cream Dugout on Route 302 in […]

Children from the Standish Recreation Department summer camps gathered last Friday to clean up the town and raise money for another children’s recreation program in Slidell, Louisiana, a town that was devastated in the wake of Hurricane Katrina last year. “I thought it would be a good thing to give back to our community as […]

A Naples man now faces a series of sexual abuse charges for allegedly molesting several young children while babysitting the victims. In Cumberland County Superior Court on Tuesday, Thomas Hale, 27, of Chaplin Mills Road, pleaded not guilty to a series of charges in regard to four separate cases of alleged sexual abuse. Most of […]