NAPLES – A bill aiming to add methadone to the list of banned substances for commercial truck drivers, spurred by a fatal accident last year in Naples, is gaining bipartisan support in Augusta. LD 966, “An Act Regarding the Use of Methadone by Operators of Commercial Motor Vehicles,” is sponsored by state Rep. Anne Graham, […]

NAPLES – A bill aiming to add methadone to the list of banned substances for commercial truck drivers, spurred by a fatal accident last year in Naples, is gaining bipartisan support in Augusta. LD 966, “An Act Regarding the Use of Methadone by Operators of Commercial Motor Vehicles,” is sponsored by state Rep. Anne Graham, […]

RAYMOND – Further details emerged this week regarding a proposed floating food vending operation that the proprietor hopes to open this summer at Raymond Beach. Jeffrey Pomeroy, a resident of Egypt Road, Raymond, spoke at the Raymond Board of Selectmen’s monthly meeting on Tuesday. Pomeroy is hoping to receive approvals prior to his planned opening […]

Help when it’s needed most Toward the end of March when the oil tank at my house was at 3/8 full, like lots of others, I had one of those famous choices to make. Should I take a chance on spring or spend around $350 for 100 gallons of oil? So far, the extra sweater […]

Construction update According to Resident Project Engineer, Craig Hurd, we’re in for long delays in coming weeks. Substantial wait times are expected, some as much as 20-30 minutes. The reason? April into May will be the time they will be tearing up the road and replacing it. Seek an alternate route is Hurd’s advice. I […]

Land Trust meets This month the Windham Land Trust will start holding its business meetings at the Windham Town Library on the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. At the April 6 meeting the agenda includes information about recent grants to the Trust, the Clark Farm easement and plans for volunteer activities during […]

WINDHAM – Harry Lang, who served as Santa Claus and the security guard at the Windham Mall for many years, died on St. Patrick’s Day after 94 years of living a good life, friends said this week. And Lang had a lot of friends. “He was a wonderful man,” said Maggie Garry, who along with […]

STANDISH – Just as the economic downturn hasn’t been kind to local businesses, nonprofits or residents, neither has it done any favors for community cultural centers such as the Schoolhouse Arts Center in Standish. Located at the corner of routes 114 and 35 in Sebago Lake Village in the former Standish High School, Schoolhouse has […]

RAYMOND – The Raymond Revitalization Committee wants to do what its name implies: Breathe new life into Raymond. The eight-member committee, which coalesced around group founder Wayne Holmquist’s vision of renewed community pride and progress, is hoping to solicit Raymond residents’ feedback with a new survey. The committee also hopes to bolster town pride by […]

WINDHAM – Data and rankings released last week are proving what many residents of the commercial hub of the Lakes Region say they already knew: Windham is growing fast, and it’s a great place to raise kids. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released Maine’s population figures last Thursday, Windham was second only to […]