Girl Scout Ambassador awarded scholarship Charlena LaVallee, a graduating Girl Scout Ambassador from Gray, is the recipient of the Inaugural Level Joanne Crepeau Future Leaders Scholarship from Girl Scouts of Maine. “Girl Scouts has made a difference in my life by teaching me what I believe (are) the most important skills I will ever need,” […]
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Cows make a comeback at Cherry Hill Farm in Gorham
The Red Angus are the first cattle on the property in 65 years.
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Upcoming silent auction will benefit Hawthorne House
The auction, with a buffet and live music, will be held June 3.
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Inside Bridgton: May 19
Farmers’ market back outdoors The Bridgton Farmers’ Market has moved back to its outdoor summer venue on the green along Depot Street (behind Renys). Right now, snappy radishes and sweet baby turnips are in season. Local farmers are also offering a range of fresh produce, pasture-raised meats, eggs, dairy products and baked goods. The market […]
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Inside New Gloucester: May 19
Select Board candidate forum Peter Bragdon and Colleen Strickler are vying for one open seat on the New Gloucester Select Board. Come hear directly from them at a candidate forum at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, at the Meeting House, 389 Intervale Road. The moderated forum, organized by the New Gloucester Candidate/Referendum Issues Committee, will […]
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It Happened in Windham: George Hall’s legacy will live on at company, in community
Windham lost a pillar of our community on May 4 when Hall Implement Company founder George Hall passed away at the age of 85. He was just 23 years old when he and his late wife Sandra opened his John Deere franchise at the Route 302/202 rotary in 1961. Since then, Hall Implement Company has […]
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Inside Windham: May 12
Day of Abundant Hope Join local churches for a “Day of Abundant Hope” on Sunday, May 14, to enjoy sermons with positive messages of hope and overcoming stigmas in regards to substance misuse. St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, 40 Windham Center Road, and Faith Lutheran Church, 988 Roosevelt Trail, will host the event during their […]
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Inside Gray: May 12
Candidates forum Meet the candidates running for office in Gray at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, at the Henry Pennell Municipal Complex. Candidates attending the forum include Daniel Maguire and Matthew Hight, running for town council; Lauren Meek, running for the SAD 15 board of directors; and Bruce Sawyer, running for reelection to the Gray […]
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Female directors take the lead at film festival
For the first time in Maine Mayhem’s 12-year history, all the directors are women.
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Windham teachers feel impact of heated book challenge controversy
Staff members are becoming reluctant to respond to harassment of LGBTQ+ students out of concern they will be targeted, and they have been on the receiving end of harassment themselves.