A group of five Middle Jam Road property owners met with officials of a local firm to exchange views regarding proposed expansion of a Gorham gravel pit. The pit, owned by R.J. Grondin & Sons, is located in the Middle Jam Road area of the towns of Standish and Gorham. Recent plans to expand the […]

Dear editor, For 24 years I had the same doctor and then he retired. It took me four years to find another medical facility that I was happy with and that was Martin’s Point. I finally settled on a Dr. Bartlett, who was excellent. Two years later there was a mass exodus of doctors and […]

Dear editor, How sad for the community of Raymond. Loudly and clearly, concerns were voiced by the Raymond School staff and community to reconsider eliminating two critical positions in the school budget, the social worker and the home school coordinator. Other solutions were recommended to no avail. And the limited feedback and weakly communicated support […]

Buried in the state’s $5.7 billion budget that passed at the end of March was a wage contract approved by Gov. John Baldacci requiring non-union state employees to pay union dues. The contract itself came as a surprise to many legislators, who were caught unaware that a 3 percent salary increase for this coming year […]

Buried in the state’s $5.7 billion budget that passed at the end of March was a wage contract approved by Gov. John Baldacci requiring non-union state employees to pay union dues. The contract itself came as a surprise to many legislators, who were caught unaware that a 3 percent salary increase for this coming year […]

Two Scarborough teens and two from Portland were arrested following a raucous party held at a Sebago millionaire’s vacation home over the weekend. Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies were the first to arrive on scene early Saturday morning after receiving calls from a concerned parent and a caretaker living close to the home on Terra Laine […]

Annually, the Portland Water District flushes its water mains. This practice, which flows water through water mains at a high velocity in the opposite direction of the natural flow, helps ensure the water that is delivered to your tap is clean and fresh. During flushing, any sediment that may be in the mains is released […]

Saint Joseph’s College continues its Distinguished Lecture Series on Tuesday, May 3 with “Dead Man Walking: The Journey Continues,” a talk by Sister Helen Prejean at 7 p.m. in the Harold Alfond Center. Sister Prejean is the author of “Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the U.S.,” which was listed […]

Saint Joseph’s College continues its Distinguished Lecture Series on Tuesday, May 3 with “Dead Man Walking: The Journey Continues,” a talk by Sister Helen Prejean at 7 p.m. in the Harold Alfond Center. Sister Prejean is the author of “Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the U.S.,” which was listed […]

Saint Joseph’s College continues its Distinguished Lecture Series on Tuesday, May 3 with “Dead Man Walking: The Journey Continues,” a talk by Sister Helen Prejean at 7 p.m. in the Harold Alfond Center. Sister Prejean is the author of “Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the U.S.,” which was listed […]