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Raymond motorcycle crash injures two

RAYMOND – Two men were injured in a motorcycle accident Saturday night in Raymond. According to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, Cintron Obed, 64, of Providence, R.I., was making a left turn onto Webbs Mill Road along with a group of several motorcycles. At the same time, Harold Blaney, 40, of Raymond, was traveling east […]

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Raymond motorcycle crash injures two

RAYMOND – Two men were injured in a motorcycle accident Saturday night in Raymond. According to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, Cintron Obed, 64, of Providence, R.I., was making a left turn onto Webbs Mill Road along with a group of several motorcycles. At the same time, Harold Blaney, 40, of Raymond, was traveling east […]

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Redistricting plan would send some Windham students to Raymond

WINDHAM – Some Windham students would attend school in Raymond under a proposal being considered to alleviate school overcrowding in Regional School Unit 14. The school district will hold public forums early next month on the plan, which would send the fifth grade at Raymond’s Jordan-Small Middle School to the town’s elementary school while placing […]

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Windham garden freshens food pantry

WINDHAM – Thanks to the efforts of many, not to mention Mother Nature, the Windham Community Garden on Route 202 has had a banner harvest in only its second year of operation. In total, 45 community gardeners have raised plump and juicy veggies in 62 different 10-foot-square beds spread across a 1-acre lot of publicly […]

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Windham garden freshens food pantry

WINDHAM – Thanks to the efforts of many, not to mention Mother Nature, the Windham Community Garden on Route 202 has had a banner harvest in only its second year of operation. In total, 45 community gardeners have raised plump and juicy veggies in 62 different 10-foot-square beds spread across a 1-acre lot of publicly […]

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Windham woman awarded Boston Post Cane

WINDHAM – Clista Loring, a 104-year-old resident of Ledgewood Manor in North Windham, was awarded the Boston Post Cane on Wednesday afternoon. Linda Morrell, Windham’s town clerk, presented the cane to Loring, who was surrounded by friends and family members, in the activities room of the North Windham nursing home. “I think it’s a wonderful […]

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Windham woman awarded Boston Post Cane

WINDHAM – Clista Loring, a 104-year-old resident of Ledgewood Manor in North Windham, was awarded the Boston Post Cane on Wednesday afternoon. Linda Morrell, Windham’s town clerk, presented the cane to Loring, who was surrounded by friends and family members, in the activities room of the North Windham nursing home. “I think it’s a wonderful […]

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Windham woman awarded Boston Post Cane

WINDHAM – Clista Loring, a 104-year-old resident of Ledgewood Manor in North Windham, was awarded the Boston Post Cane on Wednesday afternoon. Linda Morrell, Windham’s town clerk, presented the cane to Loring, who was surrounded by friends and family members, in the activities room of the North Windham nursing home. “I think it’s a wonderful […]

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Inside New Gloucester – 9/21

Win a Classic Shaker Dry Sink The weekly farmers’ market at Connemara Farm in New Gloucester was bustling even more than usual on Tuesday, Sept. 11. The event launched a capital campaign to benefit the future New Gloucester Veterans’ Monument. One of the fundraisers is the raffling off of classic Shaker Dry Sink handcrafted and […]

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History revealed

STANDISH – Arrowheads found in a now-flooded area of Standish offer lessons on Native American inhabitants. STANDISH – When Gene Stuart was a teenager, the 81-year-old Standish native would often take long walks through his family’s 250-acre farm, which stretched from Route 35 to Whites Bridge Road. Growing up, Stuart often heard from his mother, […]