2015 ‘Welcome to Raymond’ Brochure in Production The Raymond Revitalization Committee is again heading the “Welcome to Raymond” brochure project for its fourth year. The previous editions have been well received. The 2015 project is now in production and will be complete and delivered this spring. The many Raymond businesses which continue to support the […]

Downeasters Entertain On Saturday, Feb. 28, Downeasters Barbershop Chorus will present a lively concert at 7 p.m. at the North Windham Union Church. This is another in the series offered by Music with a Mission, a wonderful organization that helps support community organizations. Tickets at the door; $12 for adults, $10 for students, seniors. For […]

On Wednesday, March 4, Dr. Marilyn Sunderman, associate professor of theology at Saint Joseph’s College, will present a Lenten lecture, “Catherine McAuley: Woman of God,” discussing the various aspects of McAuley’s spirituality. McAuley was the founder of the Sisters of Mercy, an international community of Roman Catholic women who dedicate their lives to the Gospel […]

Windham’s legislative delegation is openly criticizing the Maine Department of Corrections for not seeking community feedback on its new proposal to construct a 72-bed women’s re-entry facility on River Road. On Feb. 9, the department’s civil engineer, Tony Panciocco, presented the Windham Planning Board a sketch plan for the $10 million, 24,000-square-foot building to be […]

The Raymond Board of Selectmen will examine a proposal to build a recreational complex on 20 acres of town-owned land at 77 Patricia Ave. in downtown Raymond. The complex, which would cost the town about $2 million, would feature a volleyball court, tennis courts, basketball courts, a playground area, two multi-purpose fields, a 125-space parking […]

U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced Thursday that Theodore “Ted” Thomes, 56, and his wife, Renee Thomes, 52, both formerly of Windham, and now of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, were sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby on firearms charges. Ted Thomes was sentenced to 27 months in prison […]

A vehicle carrying three people crashed into the frozen Crooked River Monday afternoon, as a result of a road rage incident, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. The crash occurred around 1 p.m. on a bridge on Route 302 at the Casco-Naples line, according to Capt. Don Goulet. “The vehicle actually crossed the road […]

Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies responded to Gray-New Gloucester High School Monday afternoon after staff discovered a handwritten bomb threat in the girl’s bathroom. According to Capt. Don Goulet, the school was evacuated at about 1:50 p.m. Bomb detection dogs from the Maine State Police and Portland Police Department were called in as a precaution to […]

Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies responded to a call of erratic driving/road rage between two vehicles traveling westbound on Route 302 in Casco on Monday at 1:10 p.m. According to Capt. Don Goulet, one of the two vehicles crashed into the Crooked River at the Casco/Naples line prior to deputies’ arrival. The three occupants that were […]

Good Neighbors The first 10 or so snowstorms were all fun and games, but I can’t be the only one who has had it with old man winter’s trickery. Between the endless snow and bitter winds, I was thrilled to fly down to Nashville for my brother’s wedding last weekend. Ready to soak up some […]