After 44 years serving the communities of Cumberland County and the Lakes Region, Lt. Richard “Dick” Elliott rode off into the sunset last Friday under a full police escort from Portland to his hometown of Standish. When the caravan carrying Elliott got to downtown Standish on Feb. 12, dozens of police vehicles lined Route 35 […]

They did it again! At the Feb. 2 Southern Maine Math League meet for grades seven and eight, the Gray-New Gloucester Middle School eighth-grade team earned yet another trophy! This time, the team brought home the third-place trophy for their efforts in the highly competitive league. Casey Myhaver earned a second-place ribbon for his individual […]

There’s good news this week for those in the Lakes Region who use Windham’s famously potholed, cracked and rutted River Road to access Westbrook and Portland: The project has received preliminary engineering funding from the Maine Department of Transportation and may be headed for a complete reconstruction. In recent years, the project has been discussed […]

WINDHAM – Maine relatives of a Los Angeles woman described as very sociable and outgoing are struggling to come to terms with her murder at the hands of her ex-husband. Jennifer Darling-Wade, 33, who was born in Westbrook and grew up in Windham, was killed Jan. 25 by her former husband in a double murder-suicide […]

RAYMOND – A Raymond selectman who admitted to erasing official e-mail prior to returning a town-issued laptop computer in early January now is the subject of new charges and revelations this week. Dana Desjardins, well known and well liked in Raymond for his plain-spoken demeanor and fiscally conservative tack on local governance, refused to repay […]

RAYMOND – A Raymond selectman who admitted to erasing official e-mail prior to returning a town-issued laptop computer in early January now is the subject of new charges and revelations this week. Dana Desjardins, well known and well liked in Raymond for his plain-spoken demeanor and fiscally conservative tack on local governance, refused to repay […]

RAYMOND – A Raymond selectman who admitted to erasing official e-mail prior to returning a town-issued laptop computer in early January now is the subject of new charges and revelations this week. Dana Desjardins, well known and well liked in Raymond for his plain-spoken demeanor and fiscally conservative tack on local governance, refused to repay […]

I love February Yes, I do. Sure, it’s the dead of winter, but it is a short month, with the promise of spring waiting just around the corner. Sure it’s cold, but that’s what hot chocolate, hot toddies and hot tubs are for. And there are so many special events in February…Valentine’s Day is wonderful […]

Songo Locks Sports Day What better day to hold a Sports Appreciation Day than the day after the Super Bowl? Songo Locks Elementary asked all students to wear the colors, logos, or sports shirts of their favorite teams. Even teachers got in on the act. No doubt it was an interesting day for Red Sox […]

Alan Manoian, Bridgton’s economic development director, has one goal and one goal only: to make Bridgton prosper. Prosperity doesn’t come easy, however, and it requires a foundation of savvy employees, quality companies and good-paying jobs, something Bridgton isn’t exactly known for, despite having some high-tech sector employers such as Howell Labs and Downeast, Inc. It’s […]