Gymnastics and Cheering From Wednesday, Sept. 25, to late March, Diamonds Cheering will be conducted for children ages 4 through eighth grade at the Memorial School Gym, 86 Intervale Road, New Gloucester. The cost is $150 for the season. Gymnastics and Cheer Tumbling, occurring from Thursday, Sept. 26, to early November, will be held at […]

RAYMOND – On Sept. 22, animal welfare advocates will discuss their concerns about fireworks and potentially draft a bill to regulate the distance they can be set off from farm animals, at a meeting in Woolwich at the Taste of Maine Restaurant. Since consumer-grade fireworks became legal in Maine last year, no laws have been […]

My daughter told me there was one week left until fall is here, but she didn’t have to tell me. I could tell by the cooler days and nights, the fewer bugs and fewer tourists. I’ve said it before, but September is really the very best month of the year in Maine. Last week, we […]

Pack Meets Windham Cub Scout Pack 805 will be holding their first Pack meeting of the Scouting season Monday, Sept. 23, at the Windham Middle School at 6:30 p.m. The Pack is in the midst of fall recruitment and welcomes boys in grades 1-5 who are interested in joining Scouting. For information, attend Monday or […]

WINDHAM – Saturday, Sept. 14, was one of the best days of Florence Evelyn Emerson’s life. At age 92, her dream of attending a Red Sox game came true. Sitting above home plate at Fenway Park in Boston for a classic match-up between the Red Sox and New York Yankees last weekend was by far […]

WINDHAM – Saturday, Sept. 14, was one of the best days of Florence Evelyn Emerson’s life. At age 92, her dream of attending a Red Sox game came true. Sitting above home plate at Fenway Park in Boston for a classic match-up between the Red Sox and New York Yankees last weekend was by far […]

RAYMOND – Raymond Town Manager Don Willard and Selectman Mike Reynolds filed separate motions last week requesting a judge dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against them in August by former Selectman Dana Desjardins. In their motions to dismiss, Willard and Reynolds argue that they had the public’s safety in mind when, in January, they recruited […]

WINDHAM – About 40 staff members who once taught at Manchester Elementary School in North Windham made an appearance at the school’s 40th anniversary reunion last Saturday, sharing memories and old photos from when the school was first built. “It’s like the old family is back together again,” said Bill Diamond, the first principal of […]

The president memorializes Navy Yard shooting victims with a call to action on gun control measures.

The senator, who is up for re-election next year, voted against Obamacare in 2009 and has voted several times to repeal the law.