Memorial Day This past weekend, Naples Downtown came alive with the Memorial Day parade. A small service honoring our countrymen who sacrifice so much began the festivities at the memorial at the Village Green. Then young and old alike marched to show their thanks to our servicemen. The weather, for once, was cooperating, bright and […]

WINDHAM – Moving won’t take long for the new principal of Windham Middle School. Charlie Haddock, who has taught at the middle school since 1992 and served as the assistant principal since 2004, has been hired to take the school’s top job, replacing Hal Shortsleeve, who is retiring later this month after more than 30 […]

Music festival ?at Shaker Village The Maine Festival of American Music in its sixth season will be held at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, off Route 26, New Gloucester from July 6-9. Presented by the United Society of Shakers, Sabbathday Lake and in collaboration with the Portland String Quartet, America’s Musics: A Rich Tapestry for the […]

There are many cherished highlights of June in Bridgton. The Farmer’s Market opens, the lilacs bloom, the black flies leave and our summer friends return. Welcome back, friends! I hope we all have a safe, sunny, hot and happy summer… Town hall vote One of our oldest landmark buildings faces a structural crisis, and registered […]

WINDHAM – Four Windham students and a parent were involved in a head-on collision on Pope Road Tuesday morning. The collision occurred shortly after 7 a.m. when a vehicle carrying three students was traveling north on Pope Road and struck a car traveling south. According to Lt. David DeGruchy of the Windham Police Department, the […]

WINDHAM – A motorcyclist was killed in North Windham on Monday afternoon after colliding with a car on Route 302. According to Lt. David DeGruchy of the Windham Police Department, Michael Kozel, 60, of Denmark, was killed Monday at around 4:10 p.m. after the motorcycle he was operating struck a 2012 Honda Civic driven by […]

CASCO – One of the best viewing spots in southern Maine – 753-foot-high Hacker’s Hill in Casco, which has been on the market for almost two years – may soon be protected for generations to come if a local nonprofit can raise the $700,000 asking price. Conrad Hall, whose father, Hacker Hall, cleared a hilltop […]

CASCO – One of the best viewing spots in southern Maine – 753-foot-high Hacker’s Hill in Casco, which has been on the market for almost two years – may soon be protected for generations to come if a local nonprofit can raise the $700,000 asking price. Conrad Hall, whose father, Hacker Hall, cleared a hilltop […]

WINDHAM – Peter Busque had an answer Tuesday for critics of his attire at recent Windham Town Council meeting. Busque, a councilor and local businessman, has received flak from some council watchers for wearing a T-shirt with logos of his new concrete business to several meetings. So at Tuesday night’s meeting, Busque donned a tuxedo […]

WINDHAM – The Windham Town Council Thursday night approved a $13.78 million municipal budget for next year, which represents a zero increase over this year’s budget. After about four hours of debate and a series of amendments proposed by councilors Matthew Noel and John MacKinnon, the board cut another $140,000 from what the town’s finance […]