The longtime Gray-based civil engineering firm Gorrill Palmer will move its corporate headquarters to South Portland early next year. After starting in Gray in 1998 and having remained there for 18 years, the 18-person firm is hoping to cater to Portland-area clients and attract younger workers from the Portland area, according to president Al Palmer, […]

A Bridgton man was found dead late Monday evening in Peabody Pond after being reported missing from a fishing trip. Mark H. Peters, 58, of Bridgton, who had left for a fishing trip at 10 a.m. Monday, was reported missing by his wife a little after 9 p.m. He was expected to return at dusk. […]

Coast Guard officials Monday morning said the El Faro – a container ship with 33 crew members aboard, one of whom lives in Windham – had sunk in the Bahamas. Michael Davidson, 54, of Windham, was the captain of the El Faro and one of four crew members from Maine. While the ship is believed […]

William J. Murphy, 75, of Gray, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to making false entries in credit union records. According to U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II, the defendant was the chief financial officer, a loan officer, the bookkeeper and an employee of the Portland Police Department Federal Credit Union, a federal credit […]

Here comes the rain, again We’ve had a remarkably dry summer, with the last two weeks of it being pretty much picture perfect. Maine certainly had this coming after the winter we had. But, alas, the rain is making a comeback, and there’s no fooling around. Rain, heavy at times, all week! I know we […]

Here comes the rain, again We’ve had a remarkably dry summer, with the last two weeks of it being pretty much picture perfect. Maine certainly had this coming after the winter we had. But, alas, the rain is making a comeback, and there’s no fooling around. Rain, heavy at times, all week! I know we […]

For the second year in a row, Cheryl Johnson, 60, of Bridgton, walked dozens of miles down Route 302 on Sunday, in an attempt to raise awareness about her mushrooming student loan debt. Dressed as “Mish the Mushroom,” the main character in her children’s book, “Mish the Mushroom Man,” Johnson walked 24 miles from Bridgton […]

For the second year in a row, Cheryl Johnson, 60, of Bridgton, walked dozens of miles down Route 302 on Sunday, in an attempt to raise awareness about her mushrooming student loan debt. Dressed as “Mish the Mushroom,” the main character in her children’s book, “Mish the Mushroom Man,” Johnson walked 24 miles from Bridgton […]

For the second year in a row, Cheryl Johnson, 60, of Bridgton, walked dozens of miles down Route 302 on Sunday, in an attempt to raise awareness about her mushrooming student loan debt. Dressed as “Mish the Mushroom,” the main character in her children’s book, “Mish the Mushroom Man,” Johnson walked 24 miles from Bridgton […]

Welcome fall What a difference two weeks makes. Not only did my calendar tell me that autumn has arrived, but the chilly mornings and that lovely, earthy smell in the air means that my favorite time of year is officially here. Lately, I am finding that I want to spend all my free time cooking […]