A citizen called 911 reporting a possible intoxicated driver driving a truck on Route 100 in Gray on Thursday at about 9:30 p.m. According to Capt. Don Goulet, a responding deputy, driving southbound, passed the oncoming truck in the area of Cole Farms Restaurant. The truck nearly struck the cruiser in the opposite lane, head […]

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office along with Casco firefighters responded to Route 11 in Casco Thursday for a single-vehicle rollover crash that closed the road for two hours. According to Capt. Don Goulet, a 2001 Audi AS4 sustained significant damage from going off the road at about 9:50 p.m., breaking a CMP pole, and then […]

Originally from an area near London, Samuel Webb came to Windham with his family in the mid-1700s where he built a house on one of his 100-acre lots in South Windham. He owned 300 acres. After staying here about 20 years, he moved to Deer Isle with his wife and son, Seth. He had 12 […]

Originally from an area near London, Samuel Webb came to Windham with his family in the mid-1700s where he built a house on one of his 100-acre lots in South Windham. He owned 300 acres. After staying here about 20 years, he moved to Deer Isle with his wife and son, Seth. He had 12 […]

U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, was set to discuss the impacts of global climate change on Maine’s ice fishing season Thursday at the Naples Town Hall. According to Maine-based scientists, the long-term increase in Maine’s average annual air temperatures since the late 19th century has caused the ice-out date on many of the state’s lakes […]

U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, was set to discuss the impacts of global climate change on Maine’s ice fishing season Thursday at the Naples Town Hall. According to Maine-based scientists, the long-term increase in Maine’s average annual air temperatures since the late 19th century has caused the ice-out date on many of the state’s lakes […]

Spring! The calendar doesn’t lie! Or does it? Officially, spring sprung on March 20, but as we all know, Mother Nature is stubbornly holding on as chilly temperatures and snow flurries persist. Easter weekend is looming, hopefully spring-like temperatures are on the horizon. Just don’t forget your mud boots, you know what else is inevitable! […]

Spring! The calendar doesn’t lie! Or does it? Officially, spring sprung on March 20, but as we all know, Mother Nature is stubbornly holding on as chilly temperatures and snow flurries persist. Easter weekend is looming, hopefully spring-like temperatures are on the horizon. Just don’t forget your mud boots, you know what else is inevitable! […]

By Ezra Silk esilk@keepmecurrent.com The Windham Town Council has reversed course, approving a 15-year extension of a development program funded by taxation of a natural gas pipeline property that runs through town. With the development program set to expire at the end of March, the council voted 3-2 on March 10 to reject the extension. […]

Sure signs of spring are all around us, as the snow melts and living things begin to stir. The incessant two-note “song” of the phoebe, which will drive me absolutely crazy by July, sounds like music to my ears in March. The mud on my boots reminds me that winter has lost her frigid grip, […]