NORTH WINDHAM – Within a week, the Maine Department of Transportation may have the answer for what is causing the reappearance of ruts along the newly reconstructed portion of Route 302 in North Windham, said transportation department project manager Denis Lovely Wednesday. State crews spent two hours Wednesday morning working in a turning lane at […]

All Creatures Invited The 11th Annual Blessing of the Animals, in honor of St. Francis’ Feast, will be held at 9 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Sacred Heart’s Church Yard, 326 Main St., Yarmouth. The event is sponsored by the Parish’s Church and Family Life Commission, which includes Sacred Heart Church as well as […]

Find your Inner Moose Raymond Village Library will host Susan Poulin on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Mark your calendars and plan to attend this free program, which begins at 6 p.m. This hilarious experience will perk up your whole week and maybe month. You will have the pleasure of seeing, hearing and meeting “the funniest woman […]

WINDHAM – Officials from the Maine Department of Corrections have started a feasibility study on construction of a new and more efficient Maine Correctional Center in Windham. A modernized facility would bring local jobs to the area and be better designed to meet the overall needs of the facility, said Scott Fish, director of special […]

WINDHAM – Windham councilors are searching for a replacement for Brooks More, the former planning director whose last day on the job was Sept. 19. According to those he worked with, More’s commitment to his duties as town planner will not be forgotten. More was an asset to the community, said assistant planner Ben Smith, […]

CUMBERLAND – All week long at the Cumberland Fair, a group of volunteers serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. But it’s not “fair food” that attracts customers. “All the food is homemade,” said Carol West, volunteer cook and member of the First Congregational Church in Gray, who wakes up at 4:30 a.m. to bake muffins, pies […]

An arrest notice is issued at the request of Kenya, though no mention is made of the attack on a Nairobi shopping mall.

State prosecutors are appealing the sentence, saying Stacey Rambold, 54, should have received a minimum of two years.

Metro-North, the nation’s second-largest commuter railroad, said it could accommodate about 33 percent of its regular ridership and urged customers to stay at home or find alternative transportation.

Metro-North, the nation’s second-largest commuter railroad, said it could accommodate about 33 percent of its regular ridership and urged customers to stay at home or find alternative transportation.