A withdrawal panel is now looking for school to accept middle- and high schoolers. Members of the Sebago school withdrawal committee say they are intent on withdrawing from School Administrative District 61, despite their stated intentions earlier in the process to negotiate staying within the district. Lisa Johnson, a member of the Sebago withdrawal committee, […]

Windham High School seniors are going deep to study issues rather than relying on sound bites. Kelly-Anne Rush, a social studies teacher at Windham High School, recently had a letter that made her very happy. “I heard from a former student who is away at college,” Rush said. “She was filling out an absentee ballot, […]

The cost share committee for School Administrative District 6 last week rejected a proposal that would have provided fiscal “relief” to Frye Island, ending the cost-share negotiation process taken up a month ago in accordance with the state’s guidelines. At the second committee meeting, held Oct. 18, members voted 10-3 to reject a facilitator’s recommendation […]

Four Bridgton residents are running for a single seat on the town’s Board of Selectmen. Jeff Jones, Robert Murphy, Phil Tarr and Arthur Triglione are running for the one-year term, which expires in June 2017. The seat was previously held by Paul Hoyt, who moved from Bridgton. Jeff Jones Jones, 33, is an appliance repair […]

The Rufus Porter Museum is moving the Nathan Church House to the village center where the museum operates. It’s said that a journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step. In the case of a Bridgton home, a journey of one-quarter mile began with a major fundraising effort, years of preparation and the work […]

Paris Farmers Union will open in Raymond, possibly as early as February 2017. The home, farm and garden company is coming to 1243 Roosevelt Trail, the site of the former Aubuchon Hardware store. Paris Farmers will renovate the 20,000 square-foot building, said Mike Rogers, marketing director for the company. There will be 11,000 square-feet of […]

The effort to rezone Route 26 in Gray has been dropped, following a Town Council discussion and vote Tuesday. The council voted unanimously to suspend further discussion on the rezone plan, based on public comment at a three-hour public hearing held last week and a petition submitted at this week’s meeting that garnered nearly 400 […]

The new southbound off-ramp at Maine Turnpike Exit 63 in Gray will open to drivers Friday, Oct. 21. The southbound on-ramp, meanwhile, will close temporarily starting at 10 a.m. Friday so that that construction crews can complete the final steps needed to open the new southbound toll plaza in time for the Monday morning commute […]