NAPLES – After a rabid fox attacked his wife and then bit one of his campers at the Loon’s Haven Family Campground in Naples on June 11, Mike Mason figured it was time to deal with the diseased animal. Maine game warden Pete Herring, with a crew from “North Woods Law” television show in tow, […]

NEW GLOUCESTER – Overseers of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester are crying foul regarding state regulations that will remove their two signs on the Maine Turnpike within the next five years. According to Shaker Village director Michael Graham, the small brown-and-white signs, located under the larger Gray-New Gloucester exit 63 signs on […]

RAYMOND – The U.S. District Court in Portland has dismissed former Raymond Selectman Dana Desjardins’ complaint against Town Manager Don Willard and Selectman Mike Reynolds in its entirety. In an August 2013 complaint filed with Cumberland County Superior Court, Desjardins’ attorney, John Campbell, accused Willard and Reynolds of defamation of character, negligent infliction of emotional […]

RAYMOND – The U.S. District Court in Portland has dismissed former Raymond Selectman Dana Desjardins’ complaint against Town Manager Don Willard and Selectman Mike Reynolds in its entirety. In an August 2013 complaint filed with Cumberland County Superior Court, Desjardins’ attorney, John Campbell, accused Willard and Reynolds of defamation of character, negligent infliction of emotional […]

STANDISH – According to state statute, educators, medical and mental health professionals, day-care providers and municipal officials, among others, are mandated to report reasonable suspicions of child abuse to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. To Bill Diamond, the longtime Windham politician and child sex abuse prevention activist, it is clear that many […]

Saint Joseph’s College students Brandon Ward, 19, and Victor Santos, 19, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Cumberland County Unified Criminal Court to one count of criminal use of explosives. According to Tamara Getchell, a spokeswoman for the Cumberland County District Attorney’s office, Ward and Santos both pleaded guilty under the terms of a deferred disposition, which […]

The Fair is On! This year marks the 14th annual New Gloucester Fair, to be held Saturday, Aug. 23, from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. at the fairgrounds on 106 Bald Hill Road. There are exciting changes this year. At the annual town meeting, residents voted to provide some funding for 2014 with future years’ funding dependent […]

Was there ever a sweeter June? After a sluggish spring the weather has finally turned, bringing with it the heady scents of lilacs and roses, sunny days on the lake and nights illuminated by the lovely glow of fireflies. Main Street’s signature peonies are in full flower, and the amount of out-of-state license plates increases […]

Weather or Not The weather this year has been a hot topic, although most of the time, not literally. Cold was the theme for quite some time. Mother Nature, however, has finally decided to shine some sun and warmth down upon us. Having this stretch of nice weather after the winter and spring we’ve had […]

NAPLES – Ephrem Paraschak, 29, has served as Denmark’s town manager for the past six years. On July 1, with the departure of Derek Goodine, Paraschak is set to become the Naples town manager. Paraschak was born in Salt Lake City and moved to Naples at the age of 2. He attended Naples Elementary School, […]