When the late Toby Pennels became president of the Windham Veterans Association, the Casco-based financial adviser set out to resurrect the group’s flagging finances. Key to the effort was Pennels’ plan to pave the Windham Veterans Center’s bumpy dirt access road and parking lot behind the Windham Mall. Once the road and parking lot were […]

When the late Toby Pennels became president of the Windham Veterans Association, the Casco-based financial adviser set out to resurrect the group’s flagging finances. Key to the effort was Pennels’ plan to pave the Windham Veterans Center’s bumpy dirt access road and parking lot behind the Windham Mall. Once the road and parking lot were […]

Neighborhood anger regarding a shooting range in Steep Falls could lead to a townwide firearms ordinance. Responding to neighbors’ concerns about shooting in a Steep Falls gravel pit, the Standish Town Council will consider a firearms ordinance Tuesday that would ban the use of firearms on third-party properties in the periods between official hunting seasons. […]

The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Windham business owner Timothy Seavey, charging that he illegally withheld more than $16,000 in employee contributions from his store’s employee pension benefit plan. The civil action, filed by trial attorney Celeste Moran at U.S. District Court in Portland on Dec. 17, argues that Seavey, the co-owner of Seavey’s […]

The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Windham business owner Timothy Seavey, charging that he illegally withheld more than $16,000 in employee contributions from his store’s employee pension benefit plan. The civil action, filed by trial attorney Celeste Moran at U.S. District Court in Portland on Dec. 17, argues that Seavey, the co-owner of Seavey’s […]

Following nearly eight years of delays, Windham’s first large-scale, brand-name hotel is scheduled to open in mid-February – that is, pending one final delay. Wells-based Heyland Development is preparing to open a 58-room, three-story Microtel Inn & Suites on a 7-acre property across Route 302 from Seacoast Adventure in North Windham. When construction began last […]

Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies responded to 606 Middle Road in the Steep Falls section of Standish at about 12:30 Wednesday afternoon for a reported domestic violence incident. As a result of the investigation, Capt. Don Goulet said the home’s occupant 54-year-old Jay W. Bush, was arrested for domestic violence assault and criminal threatening with a […]

The Denmark Arts Center is partnering with the Red Cross and Hairy Business to host Denmark’s Community Blood Drive at the arts center (50 West Main St.) from 1-6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 29. You may simply show up, or you may make an appointment online at www.redcrossblood.org (enter Denmark’s zip code, 04022).

SEBAGO – When November arrives, and the deer hunt is on, the orders typically start trickling in for Lakes Region-based taxidermists Gene Bahr, of Sebago, and Mark Dufresne, of Gray. By mid-December, Bahr and Dufresne have a fair grasp on whether it’s going to be a good season or not. This year has not been […]