A Standish woman who received international attention last summer for her shark-tagging efforts as a volunteer for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was crowned Miss Maine USA 2016 on Sunday. Marisa Butler, 21, is a senior at Stonehill College in North Easton, Mass., where she majors in economics and minors in business. She topped […]

To alleviate overcrowding at an elementary school in Naples, School Administrative District 61 is proposing to renovate and expand the Crooked River School in Casco. In separate referendums Tuesday, Dec. 8, residents in all the school district’s four towns – Sebago, Naples, Casco and Bridgton – will decide whether to renovate the school, located on […]

Though not in danger of collapsing, Babb’s Bridge in Windham, one of few remaining wooden covered bridges in Maine, is undergoing stabilization work in a project led by the Maine Department of Transportation. In summer 2014, the 39-year-old structure suffered from vandalism – holes appeared in the cedar shingle roof, thought to be made by […]

Some Windham residents share a unique common thread: their ancestors were hanged more than 300 years ago. It is autumn in New England. Piles of pumpkins brighten the roadsides and markets, and the plentiful hardwood trees offer streaks of color unseen at any other time of year. In this cheery environment, the dark side appears. […]

Some Windham residents share a unique common thread: their ancestors were hanged more than 300 years ago. It is autumn in New England. Piles of pumpkins brighten the roadsides and markets, and the plentiful hardwood trees offer streaks of color unseen at any other time of year. In this cheery environment, the dark side appears. […]

Two Christmas tree lightings The Upper Village Christmas tree lighting ceremony, to be held beside the public works garage on Upper Village Street, New Gloucester, will occur at 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 28. The annual town Christmas tree lighting of Tiny Timber, the smallest municipal tree in the United States, will take place on Sunday, […]

Two Christmas tree lightings The Upper Village Christmas tree lighting ceremony, to be held beside the public works garage on Upper Village Street, New Gloucester, will occur at 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 28. The annual town Christmas tree lighting of Tiny Timber, the smallest municipal tree in the United States, will take place on Sunday, […]

North Windham businesses are expected to be busier than normal next Friday, when the town’s tree-lighting ceremony returns to the North Windham Shopping Center. “We used to host a tree lighting every year, but the past couple of years we haven’t done it, so we decided to bring it back,” said Aimee Senatore, executive director […]

North Windham businesses are expected to be busier than normal next Friday, when the town’s tree-lighting ceremony returns to the North Windham Shopping Center. “We used to host a tree lighting every year, but the past couple of years we haven’t done it, so we decided to bring it back,” said Aimee Senatore, executive director […]

Students at Bonny Eagle High School will no longer be taking final exams at the end of each trimester. Instead, as part of the district’s plan to roll out a proficiency-based education system this school year, teachers are giving more end-of-unit tests, known as summative assessments, to students throughout a course. In other words, teachers […]