Construction on a $3.5 million project to improve a section of Route 35 in Standish is expected to begin next summer. Details of that project, as well as information on plans to construct a roundabout on Route 25, were reviewed Tuesday at a meeting of the Standish Town Council. At the public hearing led by […]

After years of patchwork repairs to damage from vandalism and car accidents, the Maine Department of Transportation is making major renovations to the historic Babb’s Bridge in South Windham. The repairs, which started Sept. 19 and are expected to continue through the end of October, have completely closed the bridge, which connects Covered Bridge Road […]

New Gloucester basketweaver Carolyn Kemp will join artists statewide when she opens the doors of her home studio to the public this Saturday, Oct. 1 and Sunday, Oct. 2. With more than three decades of experience in the craft, Kemp weaves baskets of all different sizes, and even weaves bracelets and delicate earrings from bark. […]

Gray taxpayers will have the opportunity to vote to support the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad on Nov. 8. At a meeting Tuesday, the Gray Town Council agreed 3-1 to put on the ballot the question of appropriating nearly $500,000 from the town to help support the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad. Councilor Lynn Gallagher opposed the […]

The Windham Town Council will consider restricting the days fireworks can be set off in town after hearing from residents who said they were fed up with the disruption they cause. Julie Moore, a resident of Pope Road, said at a council meeting Tuesday that she was presenting the council with a letter signed by […]

The Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce is branching out with a new tech adventure race. Modeled after “The Amazing Race,” the chamber’s “Amazing Chase,” set for Saturday, Sept. 24, is an adventure scavenger hunt that uses smart technology to guide and instruct the participants. The use of smart technology and Go-Pro cameras makes the […]

The archaeological dig at the Province Fort in front of the Parson Smith House has stimulated interest in the history of Windham’s oldest neighborhoods. Now, members of the Windham Historical Society want to encourage more interest in the town’s history by designating the area of River Road a historic section. The historical society presented the […]

A Bates College professor is studying a blue-green algae, and volunteers who live on Raymond’s Panther Pond have joined her. To the untrained eye, the algae looks like banal grains of sand floating in the water. But for scientists and citizen scientists around the state, including Professor Holly Ewing of Bates College and two Raymond […]

A Gray-New Gloucester high school senior is looking to leave his mark on neighbors and peers with a community service project. Adam Dale of New Gloucester is raising money to purchase meat for the New Gloucester Food Pantry, supported and housed by the First Congregational Church in New Gloucester, and the Gray Community Food Pantry, […]

The Windham Police Department reported Monday that an ongoing investigation has led to grand jury indictments of a Standish couple, who owned and operated a Windham business. Charges include theft by deception and negotiating worthless instruments. According to court documents, the business wrote more than $140,000 in bad checks, the largest being for $100,000, WMTW […]