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The little library that could

STANDISH – Improvements sought for Richville building. STANDISH – Lisa Moody and her son Caleb, of Cole Hill Road in Standish, are the kinds of folks the board of directors at the Richville Library want to help. The Moody family, which walks to the library on a regular basis to pick up books and movies, […]

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The little library that could

STANDISH – Improvements sought for Richville building. STANDISH – Lisa Moody and her son Caleb, of Cole Hill Road in Standish, are the kinds of folks the board of directors at the Richville Library want to help. The Moody family, which walks to the library on a regular basis to pick up books and movies, […]

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Posted inLakes Region Weekly

The little library that could

STANDISH – Improvements sought for Richville building. STANDISH – Lisa Moody and her son Caleb, of Cole Hill Road in Standish, are the kinds of folks the board of directors at the Richville Library want to help. The Moody family, which walks to the library on a regular basis to pick up books and movies, […]

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Pickin' taters for charity

STEEP FALLS – At 10 a.m. on Saturday, pitchforks in hand, volunteers from all over the Southern Maine community will be in Steep Falls for Potato Diggin’ Day at Rippling Waters Farm located at 55 River Road. The annual event consists of volunteers spending the morning digging hundreds of potatoes out of the ground on […]

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Bust nets drugs, guns

STANDISH – Three Standish men were apprehended by a Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office tactical team as well as Maine Drug Enforcement Agency agents in a “no-knock” drug bust early Monday morning on Route 114 in Standish. The three men arrested include 50-year-old Dale Porter, his 18-year-old son Jesse Porter, and 25-year-old Dale Swasey. A fourth […]

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Bust nets drugs, guns

STANDISH – Three Standish men were apprehended by a Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office tactical team as well as Maine Drug Enforcement Agency agents in a “no-knock” drug bust early Monday morning on Route 114 in Standish. The three men arrested include 50-year-old Dale Porter, his 18-year-old son Jesse Porter, and 25-year-old Dale Swasey. A fourth […]

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Quarry gets year-round approval

WINDHAM – Windham Councilor Peter Busque’s quarry at the corner of Nash Road and Route 302, originally approved in 2008 as a May-through-October enterprise, has received Windham Planning Board approval to operate year-round. The seven-member board, which is the final arbiter in matters of mineral extraction in town, last week approved the year-round operation as […]

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Officer secretly taped councilor in rogue investigation

WINDHAM – While Windham police Sgt. Michael Denbow’s employment status with the town remains unresolved following his unapproved investigation of Town Council Chairman Bill Tracy, a new detail in the case has come to light this week: Denbow secretly taped a conversation between himself and Councilor Donna Chapman. Chapman, town officials, and Denbow’s attorney, John […]