The male named Rusty went missing from the National Zoo on Monday, and it wasn’t clear if he was taken by a human or somehow escaped on his own.

CASCO – A lightning strike injured a New Hampshire woman in Casco Sunday afternoon. Erin Ledoux, 25, of Nashua, N.H., was watching the storm with two friends at around 5:30 p.m. at Point Sebago Resort when a lightning bolt struck a nearby pine tree, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Ledoux was thrown into […]

CASCO – A lightning strike injured a New Hampshire woman in Casco Sunday afternoon. Erin Ledoux, 25, of Nashua, N.H., was watching the storm with two friends at around 5:30 p.m. at Point Sebago Resort when a lightning bolt struck a nearby pine tree, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Ledoux was thrown into […]

The inaugural event has drawn a larger than expected field of 800 runners to Lubec and Campobello.

Windham Summerfest Schedule (All events take place at Windham schools complex in Windham Center, except where noted. Entertainment occurs on main stage.) 7:30 a.m.Duane Clark Memorial Scholarship Car Show registration begins 9 a.m.5K Road race (track) 9-11 a.m.Lions Club Pancake breakfast (Windham High School cafeteria) 9 a.m.-3 p.m.Windham Historical Society’s Artisans on the Green (takes […]

WINDHAM – Among the 50-plus entries in this Saturday’s Windham Summerfest parade along Route 202 will be a bright red oil truck that played a significant role in one of Windham’s most successful businesses from yesteryear. The 1946 Dodge six-cylinder Esso oil truck with a 600-gallon tank once served as the first oil truck for […]

WINDHAM – About 60 Windham residents overwhelmingly approved the $14,346,348 municipal budget during annual town meeting Saturday, June 15. The first order of business was voting for and electing former state Sen. Bill Diamond to act as moderator. Over the next few minutes, the 50 or so attendees were led in the Pledge of Allegiance […]

WINDHAM – About 60 Windham residents overwhelmingly approved the $14,346,348 municipal budget during annual town meeting Saturday, June 15. The first order of business was voting for and electing former state Sen. Bill Diamond to act as moderator. Over the next few minutes, the 50 or so attendees were led in the Pledge of Allegiance […]

YARMOUTH – For her senior project, Holly Perkins, a 2013 graduate of New Gloucester’s Merriconeag Waldorf High School on the campus of Pineland, did something most teenagers wouldn’t conceive of doing: She brought the beauty of ballet to an orphanage in the wilds of Africa. Perkins, the daughter of David and Heidi Perkins of North […]

LAKE REGION – The debate over whether free condoms should be provided at Lake Region High School will continue. At Monday night’s meeting, School Administrative District 61 board members voted 9-3 to table the issue for the second time this year. With vocal advocates on both sides of the aisle making their opinions known, residents, […]