NEW GLOUCESTER — Construction on the new public works facility is underway after the Selectboard earlier this month approved adding an additional detention pond at the site to manage stormwater runoff. The original plan included only one detention pond, but the second was needed to earn a Department of Environmental Protection permit, said Town Manager Carrie […]

CASCO — Town Manager Dave Morton will retire in June after 41 years on the job, and residents say replacing him will be like “trying to replace Bill Belichick.” Morton was 22 when he became town manager. While in college at the University of Maine Portland/Gorham — now University of Southern Maine — he was […]

STANDISH — Construction of a roundabout at the “high-crash” intersection of route 25 and Manchester and Saco roads has been put on hold for the winter. Contractor RJ Grondin and Sons began work Nov. 7, clearing brush and removing logs. It will resume work, digging and excavating, in April, according to Ernie Martin, senior project […]

WINDHAM — Former Town Council Chairman David Nadeau resoundingly defeated Councilor Dennis Welch for his at-large seat Nov. 6. Nadeau received 51 percent of the vote in the three-way race with Welch receiving  28 percent and Charles Hawkins Jr. 22 percent. The three-way race for two seats on the RSU 14 School Board also ended in […]

Voters across the Lakes Region will head to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 6, to cast ballots for legislators, governor, U.S. senator and representative to Congress. There also are five statewide questions on the ballot. BRIDGTON Voting will take place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Town Hall at 26 North High St. The candidates […]

WINDHAM — The Town Council could be gaining a new member when voters head to the polls Nov. 6. Current Councilor Dennis Welch is being challenged for his at-large seat by medical marijuana business owner Charles Hawkins Jr. and former town councilor David Nadeau. Nadeau was on the council from 2011 to 2017 and lost re-election […]

WINDHAM — Three local women are spearheading a group of about 40 residents concerned about over-development in Windham. Karen Lougee, Michelle Allain-Newton and Sarah Bronson are the group’s de facto leadership team. They were motivated to action after being notified about a month ago of a proposed 35-unit development on Land of Nod Road, which […]

WINDHAM — Windham Town Manager Tony Plante’s last day on the job will be Wednesday, Oct. 10, according to Councilor Jarrod Maxfield. Maxfield said he doesn’t “have all the details yet,” and did not know late Friday afternoon whether Plante had resigned or been fired. “My assumption would be that some sort of offer was offered […]

RAYMOND — A forestry consultant and Raymond Planning Board member is running against incumbent Jessica Fay for House District 66, which covers parts of Raymond, Casco and Poland. Greg Foster has been active in the Republican Party since a young age when he helped with his father’s successful House campaigns in Gray. His own campaign […]

WINDHAM — Residents and town staff members defended longtime Town Manager Tony Plante Tuesday and tore into Town Council Chairwoman Donna Chapman, calling her “a detriment to the town” and saying she “should be ashamed.” Chapman told the Lakes Region Weekly last week that Plante, town manager since 1996, should either resign or be fired. […]