STANDISH – Standish residents soundly rejected, in a 142-32 vote, a proposed $25,000 appropriation for a study on the financial and logistical issues involving a possible withdrawal from School Administrative District 6 during a special town meeting held Tuesday. During the hour-long public comment period preceding the vote, residents expressed bewilderment regarding the proposed study […]

STANDISH – Standish residents soundly rejected, in a 142-32 vote, a proposed $25,000 appropriation for a study on the financial and logistical issues involving a possible withdrawal from School Administrative District 6 during a special town meeting held Tuesday. During the hour-long public comment period preceding the vote, residents expressed bewilderment regarding the proposed study […]

CUMBERLAND – Maine State Police Sgt. Michael Edes of Cumberland will challenge Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce of Standish, who plans to seek a second four-year term as sheriff, in the Democratic primary on June 10. In an interview, Edes, who is retiring, said that morale at the sheriff’s department has declined in recent years, […]

CUMBERLAND – Maine State Police Sgt. Michael Edes of Cumberland will challenge Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce of Standish, who plans to seek a second four-year term as sheriff, in the Democratic primary on June 10. In an interview, Edes, who is retiring, said that morale at the sheriff’s department has declined in recent years, […]

NEW GLOUCESTER – Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce said that his department will likely look into the case of a personnel file that went missing from a file cabinet in the New Gloucester town office, after selectmen voted Monday night to request a sheriff’s investigation. The personnel file belongs to the town’s former bookkeeper, Sandra […]

WINDHAM – On Saturday morning, Windham Highway Division Supervisor Mike Constantine sanded Keene Road, a dirt road off Route 202, frozen by another bout of cold, wet weather. Less than a half hour later, Constantine returned, only to find that Keene Road was, once again, totally covered in ice. “Ice storms use an extraordinary amount […]

WINDHAM – Teen Trendsetters, a Barbara Bush Foundation program, is in its second year at Windham Primary School. At 8:30 a.m. on a recent Thursday, Ariana Ray, 6, and Jordan Torelli, 16, sit side-by-side on a windowsill in the Windham Primary School library, flipping through “Heat Waves,” a picture book by Lydia Carlin. Ray, a […]

Winter Blood Drive A blood drive will be held at Saint Gregory, 24 North Raymond Road, in Gray, on Friday, Jan. 31, from 1-6 p.m. Please donate and help others. What’s New The Winter/Spring 2014 Gray and New Gloucester Adult and Community Education Brochure is out and available around town at the Gray library, Town […]

CASCO – Authorities have caught three suspects they say were involved with two home invasions in Casco early Tuesday morning. Shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday, Massachusetts State Police, acting on information from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, stopped a vehicle in Sturbridge on Interstate 90. In the vehicle was Dylan McPhee, 20, of Gray, and […]

Funds Set Up The tragic deaths last weekend of Limington residents Peter Reynolds and Cherrie DeMelle have impacted the entire Bonny Eagle community. The couple was huge supporters of the football team cheering on Peter’s sons at each game this season. Two funds have been set up to help with funeral expenses for the couple […]