WINDHAM – A decision is expected early next week in the sexual harassment claim by Officer Danielle Cyr, who has been on leave from the Windham Police Department for more than two years. Cyr’s case alleges sexual harassment by a junior officer, lack of action by supervisors to address her claims and retaliation by members […]

WINDHAM – A decision is expected early next week in the sexual harassment claim by Officer Danielle Cyr, who has been on leave from the Windham Police Department for more than two years. Cyr’s case alleges sexual harassment by a junior officer, lack of action by supervisors to address her claims and retaliation by members […]

STANDISH – Patty Hildreth has always been a fighter. Growing up in Roxbury, Mass., gave her no other choice. Hildreth, a Standish resident, didn’t always have it easy; there were times she lived in her car and on the streets. She fought hardships and moved to Standish in the 1990s, raising three successful children. Just […]

RAYMOND – A Raymond resident has paid $25,500 in fines for violating shoreland zoning law by gradually extending his property into Sebago Lake. According to the town of Raymond, during a period of 12 to 15 years, Paul Borriello, of 78 Deep Cove Road, filled in his Sebago Lake frontage by creating two peninsulas jutting […]

RAYMOND – A Raymond resident has paid $25,500 in fines for violating shoreland zoning law by gradually extending his property into Sebago Lake. According to the town of Raymond, during a period of 12 to 15 years, Paul Borriello, of 78 Deep Cove Road, filled in his Sebago Lake frontage by creating two peninsulas jutting […]

WINDHAM – Stanley Hall, who recovered from early tragedy to become a Windham town leader and one of the state’s top agriculture advocates, was remembered this week as a man whose straight talk guided him in all walks of life. “People realized right up front that he was very honest, that if he had something […]

GRAY – Almost all large-scale public events are only possible through the generosity of major donors. But it is special when that generosity is homegrown. Such is the case with Saturday’s Crystal Lake Ice Fishing Derby in Gray, where the main sponsor is the Liberty Family Foundation, a Gray-based charity established last year that funnels […]

Attractive new sign for History Barn On Feb. 4, Stephen and Natalie Chandler erected a new sign at the History Barn that Steve had handcrafted and lettered. The sign’s face board was derived from a 190-year-old tree that had grown in New Gloucester off the Snow Hill Road. The trim came from a stash of […]

Are these late days of February giving you a case of spring fever? The balmy weather has brought flocks of robins to Bennett Street, bouquets of crocus to sunny back yards, and hordes of skiers to Shawnee Peak. If you are starting to feel the rumblings of cabin fever, I suggest a ramble through Pondicherry […]

Here Today… This cliche? applies, unfortunately, to our own Youth Librarian, Syntha Green, who is moving to Alaska in June. Syntha gave her all to her position, and will be truly missed. Make sure you get down to the Naples Public Library while she is still here and take advantage of one of the fabulous […]