Standish Fire/EMS Awards Saint Joseph’s College was the setting in June for the Standish Fire/EMS Annual Banquet, where the awards for the 2013 response year were given out. Brent Libby, chief of Standish Public Safety, emphasized how much time and dedication that the following people put into providing our community with emergency response coverage. Standish […]

Help the Troops A benefit Supper/Dance to help support the troops will be held on Friday, Aug. 15, at the American Legion Hall, Route 100, Gray. The supper will be from 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m., featuring spaghetti, salads and desserts. The dance with music by DJ Brian Poulin from WPOR starts around 7:30 p.m. and ends […]

NEW GLOUCESTER: The Maine Municipal Association’s Risk Management Services division will pay for New Gloucester Selectman Steve Libby’s defense in a civil suit recently filed by resident Frank Staton. Staton, the New Gloucester man who was placed under a restraining order after being accused of threatening town officials, has sued Libby for slander, libel, defamation […]

NEW GLOUCESTER: The Maine Municipal Association’s Risk Management Services division will pay for New Gloucester Selectman Steve Libby’s defense in a civil suit recently filed by resident Frank Staton. Staton, the New Gloucester man who was placed under a restraining order after being accused of threatening town officials, has sued Libby for slander, libel, defamation […]

Have you ever visited the Portland Observatory on Portland’s Munjoy Hill? Did it seem extremely tall to you? What many may not know is that the supporting timbers for this 86-foot-tall structure came from Windham, right at the corner of Nash Road and Route 302. Travel back in time to April of 1807 when a […]

Have you ever visited the Portland Observatory on Portland’s Munjoy Hill? Did it seem extremely tall to you? What many may not know is that the supporting timbers for this 86-foot-tall structure came from Windham, right at the corner of Nash Road and Route 302. Travel back in time to April of 1807 when a […]

Gov. Paul LePage has designated $10,000 from his contingency fund to support the building of the New Gloucester Veterans Monument. According to a press release issued Thursday, the memorial is a joint project of the New Gloucester, Maine Historical Society and Lunn-Hunnewell AMVETS Post No. 6. The finished work will especially honor all New Gloucester […]

Gov. Paul LePage has designated $10,000 from his contingency fund to support the building of the New Gloucester Veterans Monument. According to a press release issued Thursday, the memorial is a joint project of the New Gloucester, Maine Historical Society and Lunn-Hunnewell AMVETS Post No. 6. The finished work will especially honor all New Gloucester […]

Deertrees Theatre in Harrison can boast many connections to the “greats” of yesteryear and this week will acknowledge the birthday of Rudy Vallee, born July 28, 1901. He credited the theatre as being one of his favorite places to sing. So the theater will celebrate this week by staging all three of the plays in […]

During the early morning hours of Monday, July 21, Maine State Police say two suspects, a man and a woman, burglarized a home under construction at 52 Douglas Road in New Gloucester, stealing several thousand dollars worth of property. The male suspect and his vehicle were caught on a surveillance camera, seen above. State police […]