Ex-councilor’s bottom line includes Windham project’s debt service WINDHAM – One of the details emerging from Tuesday’s sparsely attended public hearing on the proposed Windham sewer project was the overall price tag for the project. Publicized as a $67.8 million project when councilors first rolled out the estimated cost at a meeting in early August, […]

WINDHAM – Heritage Metalcraft, the unsightly building across from the skate park on Route 202 in Windham, is on the verge of getting a new owner. The Windham Town Council Tuesday night approved 5-1 (Donna Chapman dissenting and John MacKinnon absent) to authorize a prospective developer to build at the polluted site. Enthusiastic that someone […]

WINDHAM – Heritage Metalcraft, the unsightly building across from the skate park on Route 202 in Windham, is on the verge of getting a new owner. The Windham Town Council Tuesday night approved 5-1 (Donna Chapman dissenting and John MacKinnon absent) to authorize a prospective developer to build at the polluted site. Enthusiastic that someone […]

Yannick Mulongo is sentenced to four years in prison in the death of Guy Kitoko, who was a senior at Deering High School.

Found in Hiddenite, N.C., the large stone is named the Carolina Emperor

For the past three weeks I have been drinking a lot of new beer — one of the advantages of writing this column. Some of it shows up at the office, for which I am grateful, and others people bring to me. Magic Hat, a craft brewer from Vermont, sent me three beers that are […]

Frank Pierobello straddles Portland’s nightlife and arts scenes — as the proprietor of a popular pub and a painter of local renown.

TOPSHAM – A lifelong educator, Albert “Jim” Haley was also a lifelong learner. “He always wanted to learn about something new,” said his daughter, Molly Haley. “He was a man in love with learning and never wanted to cease from learning his whole life.” Mr. Haley, who always seemed to have a book within reach, […]

GRANT FOR CYCLING The Community Bicycle Center in Biddeford received a grant from Patriot Subaru, Maine’s largest Subaru store, to assist with its purchase of Total Community Manager. The center works with youth populations who are not engaged in after-school activities, focusing on those between the ages of 10 and 14 who are considered “at-risk” […]

Regarding the latest venture by the Maine Turnpike Authority, we only need to look back at its track record over the last 30 years to decide if it has the best interests of the state at heart. We were told that once the turnpike was paid for, the tollbooths would be removed. That never happened. […]