NAPLES – SAD 61 voters overwhelmingly approved a $13.8 million school construction bond on Tuesday, with 64 percent of the voters in the district supporting the measure. The four towns comprising SAD 61 – Bridgton, Naples, Sebago and Casco – each gave strong support to the project, slated to begin next summer. “We feel absolutely […]

A Windham woman has been summonsed for animal cruelty after dozens of cats were found living in poor conditions at her Barnes Road home, according to Windham police. Officer Barry Kelly said Melissa Harmon, 41, of 49 Barnes Road in South Windham, was issued summonses Oct. 20 for harboring 60-75 cats, some of which have […]

Kaile Warren, Windham resident and founder of the national Rent-A-Husband handyman company, has thrived on national publicity to create a name for himself and his company. In recent months, however, the attention Warren is receiving is more scrutiny than praise. The manner in which Warren has sought investments in his company, originally covered in the […]

LAKES REGION – Voters in the SAD 61 towns of Bridgton, Naples, Casco and Harrison, will be asked Nov. 3 whether they support a $13.9 million bond to renovate the Lake Region High School. The project, $10 million of which would be bonded at 0 percent interest due to the federal stimulus package, would create […]

The Clark family farm, known as one of the biggest parcels of open space in southern Maine, is up for grabs. The only question is who will come away with the $2.6 million prized parcel: the taxpayers of Windham, who must decide Nov. 3 whether to approve a million-dollar bond, or a residential developer, who […]

A two-car accident in Standish last night left a man with life-threatening injuries, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said this morning. Gilbert Howard of Standish was heading west on Route 25 at around 10:30 Wednesday night when his 1995 Buick Sedan was struck head-on by a 1999 Ford station wagon driven by Roberta Robertshaw of […]

Sometimes, less isn’t more. According to some, that’s the case this fall on Sebago Lake. Marina owners on the lake are feeling not only the lingering pinch of a rainy summer and sagging economy, but also deep frustration caused by federal and state agencies who, they say, continue to impose an ineffective and unnatural lake […]

WINDHAM – Awakened from a nap by the sound of intruders, a Windham man last week scared off two men, then caught one of the men after a harrowing chase that ended with the help of police on Route 302. The incident began at 56 Woodland Road, off Anglers Road in North Windham, near noontime […]

WINDHAM – Awakened from a nap by the sound of intruders, a Windham man last week scared off two men, then caught one of the men after a harrowing chase that ended with the help of police on Route 302. The incident began at 56 Woodland Road, off Anglers Road in North Windham, near noontime […]

Thanks to the efforts of a local Boy Scout, Windham’s first property boundary marker should be set for another couple hundred years. David LeClaire, 17, son of Bruce and Irene LeClaire of Brookhaven Road in Windham and a member of Boy Scout Troop 51, recently restored Windham’s Lot No. 1 marker, situated on River Road […]