By Ezra Silk esilk@keepmecurrent.com Joshua Dall-Leighton, the Windham man who received national attention after Maine Medical Center delayed his kidney donation, completed the operation at the hospital on Tuesday. Christine Royles of South Portland left a sign on her car last year indicating that she was in search of a matching kidney donor. Dall-Leighton saw […]

Although voters across the Lakes Region approved funding for the Lakes Region Bus at town meetings this month, it won’t be clear until next month whether the new funding will be enough to allow the shuttle to continue operations, according to officials at Regional Transportation Program, the nonprofit that runs the service. Depending on how […]

Although voters across the Lakes Region approved funding for the Lakes Region Bus at town meetings this month, it won’t be clear until next month whether the new funding will be enough to allow the shuttle to continue operations, according to officials at Regional Transportation Program, the nonprofit that runs the service. Depending on how […]

Beverly Blake, 72, of Gray, recently received a set of hearing aids at no cost through a donation from the Beltone Hearing Care Foundation. “Beltone has always had the mission of helping the world hear better through our products and professional hearing care services, said Beltone President Todd Murray. “This foundation gives us a new […]

The developers of a proposed 9,100-square-foot Dollar General store in a meadow along Route 302 have returned to the drawing board, following concerns that the proposed building design would spread North Windham-style development south along the artery. Following an informal rejection of the design at the June 8 Windham Planning Board meeting, Dollar General’s contracted […]

A Bridgton couple says they’re not going to let a June 3 fire derail their plans of opening a restaurant. After purchasing a seasonal home in Bridgton 11 years ago, moving permanently to town in January, renovating a 115-year-old red barn on Depot Street and hiring an 18-person staff, well-known Massachusetts restaurateurs Jimmy Burke and […]

Joshua Dall-Leighton, the Windham man who received national attention after Maine Medical Center delayed his kidney donation, completed the operation at the hospital on Tuesday. Christine Royles of South Portland left a sign on her car last year indicating that she was in search of a matching kidney donor. Dall-Leighton saw the message in December, […]

Despite weak turnouts, the $46.5 million School Administrative District 6 budget unofficially passed overall, as of Wednesday. Voters in Buxton, Hollis and Standish supported it while voters in Limington and Frye Island defeated it. In a squeaker, Buxton voters narrowly passed the school budget by 50 votes, 362-312, while nine other ballots were left blank. […]

Standish voters elected Isabel Higgins, Kimberly Pomerleau and Lester Ordway to the Town Council Tuesday, while also approving a bond question to fund the creation of a public beach on the western shore of Sebago Lake. Town Council term limits imposed by voters last summer forced Councilors Phil Pomerleau and Margaret Spencer from office Tuesday. […]