CASCO – At its annual town meeting last Wednesday, the town of Casco voted overwhelmingly to donate $75,000 to Loon Echo Land Trust’s fundraising effort to purchase the 27 acres atop Hacker’s Hill off Quaker Ridge Road in Casco. Loon Echo, based in Bridgton but which owns or manages more than 3,000 acres throughout the […]

RAYMOND – In a three-way race for two open seats on the Raymond Board of Selectmen, Raymond voters stuck with the incumbents, Sam Gifford and Lonnie Taylor. Former Selectman Dana Desjardins, who served for nearly nine years, received 132 votes to Taylor’s 296 and Gifford’s 342. Gifford and Taylor will each serve three-year terms. Desjardins […]

Speakout Sen. Bill Diamond will bring viewers a timely topic, Legislative Round Up, on the live Speakout program on Windham’s local Channel 7, Thursday, June 23 at 7 p.m. Bill and his guests will discuss events from the year. You may call with your questions during the show at 892-0546. You are also welcome to […]

Causeway update Project Resident Engineer Craig Hurd e-mailed me with a long list of the work that was accomplished just this week, including the installation of that wonderful boardwalk colored concrete and architectural concrete wall sections. It looks awesome so far. The crew is hoping to install some more of the sidewalks and possibly some […]

I hope you all are celebrating this Summer Solstice week “Bridgton-style”, with a Saturday visit to the Depot St. Farmer’s Market, a fresh lobster roll from Ken’s Kove or a dip in one of our 11 pristine lakes and ponds. Did you know that the highest temperature in the state of Maine was recorded in […]

Strawberry festival The 2011 annual New Gloucester Strawberry Festival will be held on Thursday, June 23 from 6-8 p.m. at the First Congregational Church community room, 19 Gloucester Hill Road. The festival features native New Gloucester berries with homemade biscuits and Hodgman’s Frozen Custard. The Berry, Berry Good Band will play musical favorites. Baked goods […]

WINDHAM – The announcement last December that Bushmaster Firearms would be closing its Windham plants was seen as a major blow to the town, as it came at a time when several local businesses had recently shuttered. But more than six months later, those bad memories are just that, with former Bushmaster owner Dick Dyke […]

WINDHAM – Windham and Raymond voters head to the polls Tuesday, June 14, to determine the fate of the $37.96 million RSU 14 school budget. While school officials say the proposed budget is about the same as 2008-2009 school budget, due to further decreases in state and federal subsidies, local taxpayers will see a total […]

WINDHAM – Windham and Raymond voters head to the polls Tuesday, June 14, to determine the fate of the $37.96 million RSU 14 school budget. While school officials say the proposed budget is about the same as 2008-2009 school budget, due to further decreases in state and federal subsidies, local taxpayers will see a total […]

NAPLES – While the pages of a high school yearbook can spark memories decades after graduation, the front cover of the typical yearbook is rarely memorable. Not so for this year’s class of graduating seniors at Lake Region High School in Naples. Thanks to the skills and imagination of their classmate, Emma Rickert, graduates will […]