Girl Scout Award As a community service project for their Bronze Award, Gray–New Gloucester Girl Scout Troop 1214 chose to update the playroom of the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center. Drawing upon their personal experiences of having had family members hospitalized there, the Scouts identified this project as a need in the […]

Organizers are hoping the Toby’s Dream 5K road race at Windham High School on Memorial Day weekend will “pave” the way to the campaign’s success. The campaign, meant to honor the late Toby Pennels, a Casco-based financial adviser, and benefit the Windham Veterans Association, is running about $15,000 short of its $50,000 fundraising target. The […]

The June 9 Standish ballot will include a $441,565 bond question that town officials say will facilitate the conversion of the Cargill lot on the western shore of Sebago Lake into a public beach. The proposed bond – $397,386 in principal and $44,179 in interest payments – would fund the construction of a 1,200-foot access […]

In response to a student posting on Facebook, School Administrative District 61 administrators temporarily locked down Lake Region High School and middle school in Naples Tuesday morning. The schools were locked from roughly 7:15 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., according to Superintendent Al Smith, who declined to characterize the Facebook post that provoked the lockdown. At […]

A Raymond man died early Friday morning in a traffic accident in Hollis. According to Lt. David W. Tripp of the Maine State Police, at approximately 3 a.m. state troopers responded to a crash on Route 202 and determined that a tractor-trailer driven by Marc Bowland, 35, of Rhode Island, was heading west when it […]

Many of us have memories of a teacher who was our favorite. Some of us have more than one favorite, but that’s another story. An unsigned article in a publication called “Windham 1976: Bicentennial Issue” describes the writer’s favorite teacher. She was tall, thin, had a long nose, keen eyes, and shiny brown hair piled […]

Memorial Day The Annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 25, in Gray will start at 11 a.m. at Russell School. It will proceed to the monument, the Pennell Memorial, and then to the Legion Hall. At 11:30 a.m. a chaplain will share the blessing, followed by speeches, ceremony, and a special presentation to a […]

‘DownEast Dickering’ Whatever “DownEast Dickering,” had, people want it back. Since new episodes stopped airing in January, Mainers have started a “Bring Back DownEast Dickering” campaign that includes a Facebook page with more than 6,600 “likes,” as well as public events designed to bring attention the show. The next public event is a meet-and-greet with […]

‘DownEast Dickering’ Whatever “DownEast Dickering,” had, people want it back. Since new episodes stopped airing in January, Mainers have started a “Bring Back DownEast Dickering” campaign that includes a Facebook page with more than 6,600 “likes,” as well as public events designed to bring attention the show. The next public event is a meet-and-greet with […]

By Ezra Silk esilk@keepmecurrent.com Arnold Graton, a covered-bridge rehabilitation and construction expert from New Hampshire, will speak concerning the rehabilitation of Babb’s Bridge at the United Church of Christ in North Gorham on Monday, May 11. Graton, who is based in Holderness, N.H., has repaired 64 covered bridges since 1958. He is the proprietor of […]