Motorists in Gray have complained about the private piece of the road for years. GRAY—The Town Council unanimously agreed Tuesday night that a troublesome, short, private portion of Gore Road should become the town’s responsibility. The councilors will work with residents to make that happen, they said. Gore Road is largely a public road located […]

RAYMOND—The owner of a new day care for dogs says he wants the business to be a place where dogs come first. Chris Jordan, of Raymond, opened Jordan Bay Dog Daycare on Route 302 to provide a safe, welcoming place for dogs to spend a day or an afternoon. “Our philosophy is to make the […]

WINDHAM—In a split vote, the Regional School Unit 14 Board of Directors defeated a measure Wednesday night to ask voters next June to entirely fund a new $42.5 million middle school. The School Board had planned to bring the referendum to voters next year, to start construction in 2018 and open the new middle school […]

Levels of nitrate in the groundwater in North Windham are high and will likely continue to increase, Windham officials say. While the higher level doesn’t pose a threat to residents’ health or safety, it does present a “long-term concern for the conservation of natural resources,” says Town Manager Tony Plante. Several wells for water-monitoring have […]

Jarrod Maxfield, 37, is the newest member of Windham’s Town Council, having joined mid-November after running unopposed in the Nov. 8 election. He moved to Windham from Portland six years ago, and lives on Oxford Road with his wife and young daughter. Maxfield is the owner of the Necessary Technology in Portland, a tech service […]

A Naples man connected with a shooting at a Casco camp and a suspicious death in Naples during the weekend was shot and killed during an exchange of gunfire with Cumberland County Sheriff Deputies Sunday. Norman J. Strobel, 59, was shot by deputies around 5 a.m. Sunday at a mobile home on Songo School Road […]