Dancing Dream Maine Dance Theatre will be presenting their annual fundraiser performance “The Dream and Duke Suite” on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 4 p.m. Maine Dance Theatre is part of CenterStage Performing Arts in Raymond. This year’s cast features 21 ballerinas dancing to classical music, the music of Duke Ellington and other upbeat tunes not […]

At the fair The Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals will have a booth at the Cumberland Fair, Sept. 21-27 in the Exhibition Hall, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. To help keep it staffed, volunteers are needed. Call Kathy at 892-3040 for more information. There is no selling – it’s an information booth. […]

At the fair The Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals will have a booth at the Cumberland Fair, Sept. 21-27 in the Exhibition Hall, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. To help keep it staffed, volunteers are needed. Call Kathy at 892-3040 for more information. There is no selling – it’s an information booth. […]

GRAY – Despite a sprinkler head leak that flooded the recently renovated Gray Public Library with several thousand gallons of water, the library’s collection has emerged from the damage nearly unscathed. At 4 p.m. on Sept. 9, library staff called in a repairman from the HiTech Fire Protection Co. in Poland to repair a minor […]

GRAY – Despite a sprinkler head leak that flooded the recently renovated Gray Public Library with several thousand gallons of water, the library’s collection has emerged from the damage nearly unscathed. At 4 p.m. on Sept. 9, library staff called in a repairman from the HiTech Fire Protection Co. in Poland to repair a minor […]

RAYMOND – Last fall, Raymond executive assistant Danielle Loring contacted Greg Cavanaugh, assistant director for the University of Southern Maine’s Campus Ventures engineering and entrepreneurship program, to discuss an upcoming conference on digital fabrication at the school. Loring told him that town officials were interested in investigating 3-D printing technology as a potential way to […]

STANDISH – Long-time Standish Town Councilor Phil Pomerleau has proposed a charter amendment that would impose term limits on a swath of elected town officials, including councilors, budget committee members and school board directors. Next Tuesday night, Pomerleau’s proposal, as well as a citizen-initiated charter amendment proposal that would impose term limits only on town […]

A popular farm-to-school program at School Administrative District 6 schools has been sustained for three years by the largesse of a national nonprofit devoted to fighting childhood obesity. But with the grant underwriting the initiative set to permanently expire at the end of the school year, it remains unclear whether the program, which has established […]

Order an apple pie The 2014 New Gloucester Historical Society Pie Sale will be held at the First Congregational Church, 19 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester, from 2-6 p.m., on Friday, Sept. 26. The cost is $9 per pie. Preordering pies by Thursday, Sept. 25 is required. Please specify baked or unbaked. Pies make great […]

Order an apple pie The 2014 New Gloucester Historical Society Pie Sale will be held at the First Congregational Church, 19 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester, from 2-6 p.m., on Friday, Sept. 26. The cost is $9 per pie. Preordering pies by Thursday, Sept. 25 is required. Please specify baked or unbaked. Pies make great […]