A new variety store and restaurant-nightclub have opened in Standish. Lakeside Variety, which is located at 661 Whites Bridge Road on the Standish-Windham border, is operated by Lyn Carter, of Casco. The store, which opened May 20 and will close after Labor Day, is open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. daily. “It’s a variety of summer needs,” […]

A new variety store and restaurant-nightclub have opened in Standish. Lakeside Variety, which is located at 661 Whites Bridge Road on the Standish-Windham border, is operated by Lyn Carter, of Casco. The store, which opened May 20 and will close after Labor Day, is open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. daily. “It’s a variety of summer needs,” […]

New Gloucester Planning Board member Mark Leighton, 58, was arrested by the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office on May 27 after firing multiple shots at a neighbor riding an ATV on Leighton’s property. Sgt. James Ambrose and Deputy George Bernier arrested Leighton on the evening of Wednesday, May 27, and charged him with reckless conduct with […]

New Gloucester Planning Board member Mark Leighton, 58, was arrested by the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office on May 27 after firing multiple shots at a neighbor riding an ATV on Leighton’s property. Sgt. James Ambrose and Deputy George Bernier arrested Leighton on the evening of Wednesday, May 27, and charged him with reckless conduct with […]

More than 60 people, including three state legislators, dedicated the new Saco River Bridge connecting Standish and Limington as the “Veterans Memorial Bridge” Saturday. The bridge, installed last year by the Maine Department of Transportation, replaced an unnamed and structurally deficient bridge that was built over the Saco River in 1935, according to Standish Town […]

People who want to know about lawyers in the old days need only to go to the Internet and visit the website for Windham Historical Society, where one can find the legal dealings from the early days of the town. The links provided include a collection called Moses Little Papers. Moses Little was a Justice […]

People who want to know about lawyers in the old days need only to go to the Internet and visit the website for Windham Historical Society, where one can find the legal dealings from the early days of the town. The links provided include a collection called Moses Little Papers. Moses Little was a Justice […]

Finally, we can look out the windows and not see snow! In fact, I think one of my friends is right when she said one day we were looking at snow drifts and a couple days later it was 85 degrees – no spring to speak of this year. The “seasons” in Maine over the […]

Project Sticker Shock Students from the Gray-New Gloucester High School collaborated with the Cumberland County Sheriffs Office and Casco Bay CAN (Create Awareness Now) to visit local businesses and promote Project Sticker Shock, a national and statewide program. The students volunteered to be a part of the project and bring awareness to the ramifications of […]

Thanks to All Don Swander, project director for Toby’s Dream (paving at the Windham Veterans Center) sends a big thank-you to all who contributed to the cause. Swander says the goal has been met and a date will be selected so the hall can be closed for 10 days so the work can be done. […]