WINDHAM – The Windham Town Council, unwilling to impose a ban on plastic shopping bags for fear of potential legal and economic ramifications, will instead draft a resolution to lobby the state Legislature to impose the ban statewide. The plastic bag ban, proposed last month by Windham Middle School eighth-grader Sierra Yost, would prohibit stores […]

NAPLES – While simply witnessing next Friday’s opening of the new Bay of Naples Bridge will be memorable enough, five dollars and some good luck could yield something worth telling the grandchildren about: You were the first person to drive over the new bridge. Or, the last person to drive across the old bridge, which, […]

NAPLES – While simply witnessing next Friday’s opening of the new Bay of Naples Bridge will be memorable enough, five dollars and some good luck could yield something worth telling the grandchildren about: You were the first person to drive over the new bridge. Or, the last person to drive across the old bridge, which, […]

WINDHAM – The Windham Town Council Tuesday night hired a Maine-based public relations firm to create educational material surrounding the proposed sewer project that will appear on the November ballot. Barton & Gingold of Portland will receive $18,500 to analyze the pros and cons of the proposed sewer system and communicate to voters how the […]

WINDHAM – Windham police arrested two Windham residents in the act of stealing tools and a gas grill from a storage building at the town-owned Dundee Park close to midnight on April 24. Nancy Heath, 29, and Mark Axelsen, both of 14 Reba Lane, Windham, were charged with burglary and theft by unauthorized taking. The […]

WINDHAM – Windham police arrested two Windham residents in the act of stealing tools and a gas grill from a storage building at the town-owned Dundee Park close to midnight on April 24. Nancy Heath, 29, and Mark Axelsen, both of 14 Reba Lane, Windham, were charged with burglary and theft by unauthorized taking. The […]

Open house Gray Fire-Rescue will hold their annual EMS Open House on Monday, May 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Central Station, 125 Shaker Road in Gray. Join the staff for free food, demonstrations and free giveaways. There will be informational booths about CPR and child safety seats, opportunity for child fingerprinting and photo […]

Open house Gray Fire-Rescue will hold their annual EMS Open House on Monday, May 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Central Station, 125 Shaker Road in Gray. Join the staff for free food, demonstrations and free giveaways. There will be informational booths about CPR and child safety seats, opportunity for child fingerprinting and photo […]

WINDHAM – Sen. Bill Diamond of Windham has had an inside look at Maine’s war on child sex abuse. But what he’s seen in the last eight years in the Maine Legislature, much of it spent as a member of the criminal justice and public safety committee, has left him disenchanted. He believes Maine’s sex […]

CASCO – In an era where access to outdoor recreation areas is limited and towns deal with encroaching suburban growth, the 5,000 wooded acres on private lumber company land in Casco is seen as a boon for outdoors enthusiasts. Now, new trail signs and kiosks being unveiled this week will make using the trails a […]