Schedule of events (Festivities take place in or near the Casco Village Green at the intersection of Route 121 and Leach Hill Road.) Thursday, July 23 Midway opens, 6 p.m. Fireworks, 9:30 p.m. Thursday night grand prize drawing, 10 p.m. Friday, July 24 Chicken barbecue, 5 p.m. Midway opens, 6 p.m. Children’s parade, 7 p.m. […]

The Loon Echo Land Trust is is looking for volunteers to take part in summer trail maintenance on the Ledges Trail at Pleasant Mountain Preserve on Saturday, July 25, starting at 7:45 a.m. Ledges Trail adopters, including the Maine chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club, schedule three work days each year to keep trail infrastructure […]

Time to Recharge Last Tuesday, I took a little mid-week excursion to the Pleasant Mountain Camping Area. Summer is a hectic time of year for me, and I was definitely feeling the need for a break. So after work, I packed up my gear and headed to the woods. I ate, read and relaxed. The […]

Open Farm Day The following area farms are taking part in Open Farm Day on Sunday, July 26: • Acker’s Acres Angora, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 359 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester. This Angora Rabbit Farm, run by Beth Acker, features a yarn and gift shop, barn tour and spinning demonstrations. • Foggs Hill Farm, 9 […]

Free Movie Night and Cafe? On Friday, July 24, Cornerstone Assembly of God is hosting a movie night, featuring “Akeelah and the Bea,” at 6:15 p.m. The Snack Chat Cafe? will open at 5:30 p.m. with a variety of snacks and baked goods. All are invited to visit and enjoy a family movie – all […]

Schoolhouse Arts Center in Standish will hold auditions for roles in “The Butler Did It” on July 27 and 28 at 5 p.m. Show dates will be Sept. 18, 19, 25, 26 at 7 p.m., Oct. 2 and 3 at 7 p.m., and Sept. 20, 27 and Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. “The Butler Did […]

The performers in “A Night of Broadway,” the nine-season smash hit at Windham Hill United Church of Christ during the 2000s, say they cannot wait for their one-time reunion performance in Windham on Saturday – their first show together in six years. Music with a Mission will present “A Night of Broadway: The Reunion Concert” […]

Just weeks after setting a national long-jumping record, Kate Hall, 18, of Casco, testified in front of a U.S. Senate committee last Wednesday about what it was like to set the record without the glucose monitor she needs to track her blood sugar levels. On June 21, Hall, a Type 1 diabetic, jumped 22 feet […]

Officials from Standish, Portland Water District and Sebago Boating Club are close to an agreement that would allow residents lake access. The Standish Town Council will vote Aug. 11 on a management plan and two lease agreements that could collectively impose a cap of 400 people and 75 boats on the sandbar beach located on […]

A heated, multi-year dispute in the town of Cornish over the fate of a veterans monument has spread to Windham, following the decision of the Windham Veterans Association to allow the monument to be placed at its center in North Windham. In late 2011 and early 2012, a Cornish woman named Calista Cross established a […]