RAYMOND – In the last decade, there have been four different restaurants in the bright, white, stand-alone building adjacent to the Raymond Shopping Center. None succeeded, but the newest iteration, A La Mexicana, which opened Jan. 5 to rave reviews, is hoping to break the streak of bad luck, a feat that would please owners […]

NEW GLOUCESTER – New Gloucester Selectman Mark Leighton has been indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury on a felony theft charge stemming from an incident that occurred in October. According to Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Naldo Gagnon, the 54-year-old Leighton, whose term on the board ends in 2012, was summonsed for class […]

NEW GLOUCESTER – New Gloucester Selectman Mark Leighton has been indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury on a felony theft charge stemming from an incident that occurred in October. According to Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Naldo Gagnon, the 54-year-old Leighton, whose term on the board ends in 2012, was summonsed for class […]

74 years ago Twenty-five Windham World War I veterans got together in 1938 and chartered the American Legion C.W.W. Field Post 148 in South Windham. The charter members were Roland Ward, Charles J. B. McSwigin, Frederick L. Loveitt, Harold W. Joy, Herman P. Haskell, Sherman T. Lord, Frederick H. Aikins, Maurice L. Rogers, Robert A. […]

74 years ago Twenty-five Windham World War I veterans got together in 1938 and chartered the American Legion C.W.W. Field Post 148 in South Windham. The charter members were Roland Ward, Charles J. B. McSwigin, Frederick L. Loveitt, Harold W. Joy, Herman P. Haskell, Sherman T. Lord, Frederick H. Aikins, Maurice L. Rogers, Robert A. […]

WINDHAM – A week before the Windham Town Council is scheduled to vote on the appointment of a seventh councilor who would break the 3-3 split made evident in recent meetings, one of the three applicants has withdrawn. Kaile Warren, a resident of Gin Mill Lane who represented the North District on the council in […]

BRIDGTON – Organizers have postponed the sled dog racing portion of this weekend’s Maine Lakes Musher’s Bowl/Winter Carnival in Bridgton. Poor snow conditions led to the postponement. However, other events at the winter carnival – including a nature hike, trail rides, ice fishing, dodgeball and the Freezin’ for a Reason Polar Dip – will go […]

GRAY – Like its name implies, Fiddlehead Art & Science Center in Gray has grown both in size and scope through the years. That growth was celebrated last Saturday night during Fiddlehead’s 10th anniversary celebration at the Ramada Inn in Lewiston. Opened Jan. 14, 2002, in an 800-square-foot space in Gray Center as an after-school […]

GRAY – Like its name implies, Fiddlehead Art & Science Center in Gray has grown both in size and scope through the years. That growth was celebrated last Saturday night during Fiddlehead’s 10th anniversary celebration at the Ramada Inn in Lewiston. Opened Jan. 14, 2002, in an 800-square-foot space in Gray Center as an after-school […]

Thank you, Peter I am always boasting about Raymond and our many dedicated groups of people, and I have another story. Raymond Recreation Association has been keeping kids active for years by offering a variety of programs from soccer to swimming to skiing and all in between for longer than I have been alive, and […]