Police are still searching for the driver of a stolen SUV after a high-speed chase in Windham turned into an extensive manhunt last Friday. K-9 units and four police departments canvassed an area near the Windham/Westbrook border where the driver crashed a Jeep Grand Cherokee and then fled on foot, but the manhunt proved unsuccessful. […]

Bridgton police now believe that Buxton resident Darell Twitty is the man responsible for the armed robbery of a Bridgton pharmacy on Nov. 2. The robbery took place only a few hours before Twitty allegedly robbed a home on Roosevelt Trail in Windham. In the Bridgton robbery, police say Twitty, 36, entered a RiteAid Pharmacy […]

It’s Thanksgiving weekend – for many, shopping reigns supreme. But for many, it’s also the traditional time to buy a Christmas tree. Since our son, David, will be home from college, I know we’ll once again go out as a family to hunt down the perfect tree. Of course, this year, some of you may […]

If you need a break from holiday music, come to USM for some very cool jazz. The University of Southern Maine Lab Jazz Ensemble, directed by Doug Owens, and the USM Jazz Ensemble, directed by Chris Oberholtzer, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005, in Corthell Concert Hall on the USM Gorham campus. […]

We need more info It seems letter writer and municipal watchdog Bill Orr has a good point this week in his letter about the Standish Community Center proposal. Orr is worried that the town has put the cart before the horse (the “cart” being spending money on community center-related land purchases and design fees, and […]

Should the U.S. set a deadline for pulling troops out of Iraq? Sharon Cox, 58, Raymond “Absolutely not. I can see no advantage pulling out before we accomplish the mission. I don’t think it’ll make America safer by doing that.” Peter Sullivan, 69, Bridgton “No, doing that is giving solace to the enemy. The minute […]

Should the U.S. set a deadline for pulling troops out of Iraq? Sharon Cox, 58, Raymond “Absolutely not. I can see no advantage pulling out before we accomplish the mission. I don’t think it’ll make America safer by doing that.” Peter Sullivan, 69, Bridgton “No, doing that is giving solace to the enemy. The minute […]

St. Ann’s Christmas Fair – Dec. 3 – St. Ann’s Church, corner of River Road and Windham Center Road, Windham from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Handmade candies, wreaths, special cheese, linens, jewelry, silent auction and much more. There will also be a lasagna lunch. For information call the church at 892-8447. Holiday Fair – […]

Senate President Beth Edmonds is co-sponsoring a bill in 2006 that will look at what the state can do with large employers like Wal-Mart that don’t provide adequate health insurance, forcing their employees to turn to the government for assistance. Edmonds said her bill would first call for a study of the problem and then […]

The preliminary numbers are in from this fall’s moose hunt, and this year, 2,226 hunters were successful in their quest for a moose. The department issued 2,895 permits, and the preliminary success rate for hunters in 2005 is 76 percent. Moose season ended on Oct. 15. “Moose hunting in Maine is the opportunity of a […]