NEW GLOUCESTER – A year ago, his lungs operating at 19 percent capacity due to cystic fibrosis, George Carman was rushed by ambulance, through a snowstorm, from Maine to New York City, where he underwent a life-saving double-lung transplant. Now, though he takes 50 pills a day to make sure his body is not rejecting […]

WINDHAM – A man brandishing a black handgun held up the Evergreen Credit Union in North Windham Tuesday afternoon, marking the first bank robbery in the area in about a decade. Windham police were on the scene about a minute after a bank employee sounded an alarm, but the suspect managed to elude capture, according […]

WINDHAM – A man brandishing a black handgun held up the Evergreen Credit Union in North Windham Tuesday afternoon, marking the first bank robbery in the area in about a decade. Windham police were on the scene about a minute after a bank employee sounded an alarm, but the suspect managed to elude capture, according […]

In a reversal from last year, when the three school districts serving the towns surrounding Sebago Lake received significant aid cuts from the state, this year things are looking better. Windham-Raymond, Lake Region and Bonny Eagle were among the winners in this week’s announcement from state education officials, as all three districts are set to […]

WINDHAM – A robber wearing heavy winter clothing and brandishing a gun robbed the Evergreen Credit Union in North Windham Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. Windham Officer Barry Kelly said the suspect managed to elude capture despite Windham police patrolling the North Windham area and being on scene within a few minutes of receiving the […]

WINDHAM – A robber wearing heavy winter clothing and brandishing a gun robbed the Evergreen Credit Union in North Windham Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. Windham Officer Barry Kelly said the suspect managed to elude capture despite Windham police patrolling the North Windham area and being on scene within a few minutes of receiving the […]

WINDHAM – Since introducing his Sebago Farms project to the Windham Planning Board Jan. 9, a proposal that drew stunned praise from many in the greater Windham area, John der Kinderen has been working mainly with state officials to bring the massive greenhouse project closer to fruition. As unveiled, the project would erect three large […]

STANDISH – Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is known for its bucolic campus, surrounded by picturesque rock walls set beside Sebago Lake. But the school is anything but walled off from the community. Through its 100-year history, which is being celebrated this year – and especially this weekend – with a host of events for […]

WINDHAM – Empty storefronts haven’t been staying that way for long in Windham, according to a report that shows the town has the best retail occupancy rate in the Greater Portland area. The survey of commercial centers in the Greater Portland region was released at last week’s conference of Maine’s real estate professionals. In it, […]

WINDHAM – Despite its near-inaccessible location down a long and narrow dirt road, Windham firefighters made quick work of a house fire off River Road near the Westbrook town line on Sunday night. According to Windham Fire Chief Charles Hammond, the call for the blaze at 20 Aroostook Drive came in at 8:22 p.m., after […]