WINDHAM – The owner of the polluted Keddy Mill in South Windham has been granted an extension to develop a plan to clean up the former steel-making site, state officials told the Windham Town Council Tuesday night. The extension will allow the mill’s owner to complete a search for past owners of the property who […]

October in Raymond The month arrived perfectly by treating us to warm sunny days and colors bursting from the trees. October in Raymond; does it get any better? I love all seasons, but this time of year is definitely my favorite as it engages all my senses. I have been thoroughly enjoying the colorful foliage, […]

October in Raymond The month arrived perfectly by treating us to warm sunny days and colors bursting from the trees. October in Raymond; does it get any better? I love all seasons, but this time of year is definitely my favorite as it engages all my senses. I have been thoroughly enjoying the colorful foliage, […]

WINDHAM – In the Windham Town Council’s first meeting since Vice Chairman Peter Busque died Sept. 28, a moment of silence was held to start the meeting. “Let’s take a minute, a moment of silence, for our friend and colleague, Mr. Peter Busque, and his passing,” requested Council Chairman Scott Hayman. “I know that I […]

CASCO – Thanks to a new collaboration among Casco, Naples and Cumberland County, volunteers for food pantries in the northern Lakes Region no longer have to spend their own time and money hauling food from urban distribution centers. Instead, a truck will do it for them. The program, known as The Cupboard Collective, is spearheaded […]

CASCO – Thanks to a new collaboration among Casco, Naples and Cumberland County, volunteers for food pantries in the northern Lakes Region no longer have to spend their own time and money hauling food from urban distribution centers. Instead, a truck will do it for them. The program, known as The Cupboard Collective, is spearheaded […]

WINDHAM – With budgets tight, the town of Windham is contemplating a move that could net the town thousands of dollars from an unlikely source of revenue: forest timber. In 1999, the town was given a 308-acre parcel from Virginia Lowell, who, along with her father, the late Roscoe Lowell, farmed the acreage in back […]

The Standish woman accused of setting multiple fires around southern Maine in recent years is still behind bars after a York County Superior Court judge upheld bail of $100,000 during a hearing Tuesday morning. The arrest of 65-year-old Carol Field, of Standish Glen off Route 35, has baffled area residents, neighbors and those affected by […]

STANDISH – Andrew Colvin, a Standish native and Bonny Eagle High School graduate, has made a living learning about people, places and things and conveying their importance to the general public. As a journalist in the Windam area, Colvin, 30, now a resident of Portland, wrote about local politics, personalities, and events as a newsman, […]

Thank you A few winters ago, when I was still driving to an office each day, I awoke to find about three feet of snow filling the driveway. This was beyond shoveling and I had to go to work. I had just moved into the apartment and didn’t know anyone around who plowed driveways. Who […]