Derby Volunteers Needed On Saturday, Jan. 26, from 5 a.m.-2 p.m. at Crystal Lake, Gray, the Crystal Lake Ice Fishing Derby is in need of volunteers. Please consider donating your time to help Maine military families and the local schools. For more information and to sign up, visit the derby’s website at www.crystallakederby.com. Look for […]
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Inside Gray – 1/17
Derby Volunteers Needed On Saturday, Jan. 26, from 5 a.m.-2 p.m. at Crystal Lake, Gray, the Crystal Lake Ice Fishing Derby is in need of volunteers. Please consider donating your time to help Maine military families and the local schools. For more information and to sign up, visit the derby’s website at www.crystallakederby.com. Look for […]
Inside Raymond – 1/18
25 on the 25th Team Raymond has raised over $25,000 since it began dipping in 2008, $4,000 of which was raised this year at the 25th Annual Special Olympics of Maine Lobster Dip held on New Year’s Day at Old Orchard Beach. It was a sunny but windy 34-degree day, and they were among a […]
Space to stretch
GRAY – When Hannaford opened its Gray store in 2009, not only did shoppers have a new place to buy groceries, but it also signaled the start of a new commercial sector. Downtown Gray, where routes 100, 115, and 26 collide in what is often a traffic snarl, has long been the heart of commercial […]
Space to stretch
GRAY – When Hannaford opened its Gray store in 2009, not only did shoppers have a new place to buy groceries, but it also signaled the start of a new commercial sector. Downtown Gray, where routes 100, 115, and 26 collide in what is often a traffic snarl, has long been the heart of commercial […]
New Gloucester voters nix water system project
NEW GLOUCESTER – New Gloucester residents narrowly defeated a measure that would have constructed a $2.4 million water distribution system in the Upper Village along Route 202. By a vote of 116 to 101, residents at a special town meeting held Monday night at the Memorial School voted against erecting a well and pump station […]
Windham, Bonny Eagle set to deal with curtailment
Windham and Bonny Eagle school systems will be able to weather the recent curtailment of state subsidy without cutting programs or services, officials in both districts said this week. Windham-Raymond schools, known as Regional School Unit 14, were hit with a decrease in state aid of $198,891, out of an expected $14.2 million in a […]
Windham, Bonny Eagle set to deal with curtailment
Windham and Bonny Eagle school systems will be able to weather the recent curtailment of state subsidy without cutting programs or services, officials in both districts said this week. Windham-Raymond schools, known as Regional School Unit 14, were hit with a decrease in state aid of $198,891, out of an expected $14.2 million in a […]
Summit to tackle spread of milfoil
BRIDGTON – In an attempt to corral the efforts of disparate groups concerned with the spread of milfoil on Sebago Lake, the Bridgton-based Lakes Environmental Association is holding a Sebago Lake Milfoil Summit on Friday, Jan. 25, at Saint Joseph’s College. The Sebago summit is a chance for interested parties to band together and devise […]
Casco passes tar sands resolution
CASCO – Casco residents voted Saturday to pass a municipal resolution stating opposition to sending tar sands oil through Exxon Mobil’s Portland-Montreal Pipeline, making it the first Maine town to publicly and officially oppose the proposal, said Judy Berk, spokeswoman for the Natural Resources Council of Maine. The environmental group says the 62-year-old pipeline, which […]