Field Clean-Up Day Time to take out your shovels, rakes, and wheelbarrows and bring them to the Gray Little League Fields for Field Clean-Up Day on March 31, from 9 a.m.-noon. Donations of trash bags, cleaning supplies, or anything else you think they can use will be appreciated. Minor/Major/Junior Softball managers, coaches, players, and parents […]

WELLS – Creative thinking, out-of-the-box ideas and innovation were celebrated and rewarded when about 170 teams from all across Maine descended on schools in Wells Saturday to take part in the state Odyssey of the Mind tournament. There were some new winners, as well as returning champions among the teams chosen to go on to […]

Defying Gravity The Jordan-Small Middle School Drama Club is excited to announce a very different type of dramatic production than their traditional spring musical. This year, students will be presenting “Defying Gravity, An Evening of Song and Story,” which will be comprised of three musical numbers incorporating both singing and choreography, telling three stories in […]

GRAY – The Gray-New Gloucester Middle School community was grieving the loss of the school’s band instructor, who was killed in an auto accident Wednesday morning. Elizabeth Polletto, 26, of Portland, was on her way to school on slush-covered Route 100 in Gray when she lost control of her 1999 Ford Escort, crossed the centerline […]

WINDHAM – Citing higher enrollment at Windham High School, Sandy Prince, superintendent of Regional School Unit 14, has presented a budget proposal 3.1 percent higher than this year’s spending plan. The $1.18 million hike would bring Windham-Raymond’s school budget to $39.15 million. Prince unveiled the budget at the March 14 School Board meeting. Using enrollment […]

BRIDGTON – While it’s rare that an author would describe herself as an entrepreneur, Alice Anderson is a committed one, through and through. The Columbia School of Business graduate began her own magazine profiling women business leaders in Maine. Wanting to remain in the business world while pursuing her preferred vocation of writing, she started […]

NAPLES – Bridgton author Alice Anderson’s new book, “Richard E. Dyke: Just a Man from Wilton, Maine,” is a must-read for anyone wanting to know more about the owner of Windham’s best-known companies, both past and present: Bushmaster Firearms and Windham Weaponry. And Anderson gets right to point on the first page of the book […]

WINDHAM – The Webelos of Den 1, Cub Scout Pack 805 in Windham have had a busy year. Most of the eight Scouts have risen through the ranks of Tiger, Wolf and Bear Scouts to become Webelos 1 Scouts. In February, most earned their Webelos badge rank advancement, and in May they will “cross over” […]

WINDHAM – The Webelos of Den 1, Cub Scout Pack 805 in Windham have had a busy year. Most of the eight Scouts have risen through the ranks of Tiger, Wolf and Bear Scouts to become Webelos 1 Scouts. In February, most earned their Webelos badge rank advancement, and in May they will “cross over” […]

Public meeting ?on Windham park A public meeting to review and discuss conceptual plans for the Donnabeth Lippman Park, will be held Thursday, March 29, at 6:30 p.m., at Town Hall Council Chambers. The three conceptual plans were developed with ideas from prior public meetings and an online park survey. The Donnabeth Lippman Park, formerly […]