New Gloucester Fire & Rescue were dispatched to 329 Bennett Road at 3 p.m. Thursday after a passerby noticed smoke coming from the eaves of the home. When the first engine arrived on scene, firefighters confronted a working structure fire. New Gloucester Capt. Ryan Mitchell summoned for the “All Hands” activating additional resources. No one […]

New Gloucester Fire & Rescue were dispatched to 329 Bennett Road at 3 p.m. Thursday after a passerby noticed smoke coming from the eaves of the home. When the first engine arrived on scene, firefighters confronted a working structure fire. New Gloucester Capt. Ryan Mitchell summoned for the “All Hands” activating additional resources. No one […]

Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at about 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday to West Gray Road in the town of Gray for a three-vehicle crash. No occupant was seriously injured. The incident involved a 2003 Toyota Corolla operated by Ryler Vayo, 20, of Gray, a 2004 Honda Accord operated by Lorraine Hodges, 81, of Windham. […]

The town of Sebago accepted a deed Jan. 15 of 130 acres of land on Swamp Road granted by Loon Echo Land Trust. Loon Echo, based in Bridgton, reserved a perpetual conservation easement to ensure the property remains undeveloped and available to the public for a variety of recreational uses including snowmobiling and hunting. The […]

The town of Sebago accepted a deed Jan. 15 of 130 acres of land on Swamp Road granted by Loon Echo Land Trust. Loon Echo, based in Bridgton, reserved a perpetual conservation easement to ensure the property remains undeveloped and available to the public for a variety of recreational uses including snowmobiling and hunting. The […]

If you like to sing and are free on Monday evenings the members of Lake Region Community Chorus would love to have you join them. The group is a fairly young choral organization and is looking forward to preparing for their fifth session of rehearsing and performing. The first rehearsal for the Spring Session will […]

If you like to sing and are free on Monday evenings the members of Lake Region Community Chorus would love to have you join them. The group is a fairly young choral organization and is looking forward to preparing for their fifth session of rehearsing and performing. The first rehearsal for the Spring Session will […]

Thanks to fluffy snow, widespread closures and motorists heeding warnings to stay off the road, public works directors in the Lakes Region say that plowing proceeded slowly but smoothly during Tuesday’s blizzard, which left 20 to 30 inches of snow across the region. In Standish, 17 plows deployed by the public works department cleared the […]

A Maine railroad startup that hopes to move freight on a state-owned portion of the Mountain Division line starting as early as this summer is awaiting the outcome of lease negotiations with the Maine Department of Transportation. “It’s up to the state and how they perceive our presentation,” said David Schwanke of Norridgewock, the president […]

A Maine railroad startup that hopes to move freight on a state-owned portion of the Mountain Division line starting as early as this summer is awaiting the outcome of lease negotiations with the Maine Department of Transportation. “It’s up to the state and how they perceive our presentation,” said David Schwanke of Norridgewock, the president […]