The office manager at the Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce had an unusual – and terrifying – Friday morning last week, encountering a young male fugitive hiding from law enforcement in the chamber’s break room. On the morning of Friday, Oct. 23, Angie Cook entered the chamber’s employee break room to put food […]

The federal Environmental Protection Agency initiated a comprehensive investigation of environmental and human health risks at the Keddy Mill complex in South Windham this week, pushing the contaminated site another step closer to a federal cleanup effort. The remedial investigation will involve the collection and analysis of samples from soil, surface water, sediments, groundwater and […]

The Lakes Region’s two members on the Maine Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee are not of one mind on the committee’s recent vote to subpoena two key gubernatorial staffers in an ongoing probe of Gov. Paul LePage. On Oct. 15, the motion to subpoena the staffers – senior aid Aaron Chadbourne and attorney Cynthia Montgomery – […]

State police arrested a Standish man Saturday afternoon on a charge of murdering his 3 1/2-month-old son. According to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland, Eugene “Charlie” Martineau, 24, was taken to the Cumberland County Jail after his arrest in Portland at about 3:30 p.m. He is charged with the death of Leo […]

State police arrested a Standish man Saturday afternoon on a charge of murdering his 3 1/2-month-old son. According to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland, Eugene “Charlie” Martineau, 24, was taken to the Cumberland County Jail after his arrest in Portland at about 3:30 p.m. He is charged with the death of Leo […]

Bridgton police arrested six people on Kansas Road Thursday night on drug-related charges. Officers seized more than 25 grams of heroin with scales, baggies, hypodermic needles and cell phones, all consistent with a significant trafficking operation. Also seized were pills, cash and marijuana. According to a press release issued by Bridgton police Friday, during an […]

Bridgton police arrested six people on Kansas Road Thursday night on drug-related charges. Officers seized more than 25 grams of heroin with scales, baggies, hypodermic needles and cell phones, all consistent with a significant trafficking operation. Also seized were pills, cash and marijuana. According to a press release issued by Bridgton police Friday, during an […]

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a Portland man, Aaron L. Tanguay, 23, of 54 Maple St., who eluded two deputies early Friday morning along Route 302 in Naples and Bridgton and then broke into a chamber of commerce office. According to Capt. Don Goulet, a sheriff’s deputy was traveling south on Route 302 […]

Haunted Woods Walk Two nights of scare are being offered to mature audiences on Friday, Oct. 23, and Saturday, Oct. 24, at Pineland Farms. Make your way through a spooky corn maize to the haunted woods. Flashlights are required. Departure times for both nights are 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Purchase […]

North Windham Union Church’s Music with a Mission concert series presents Heather Masse of The Wailin’ Jennys with pianist Jed Wilson in concert Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. A New York-based singer-songwriter, Masse grew up in rural Maine and began singing at an early age. Trained at the New England Conservatory of Music as […]