Despite the cold, wet weather, summer is officially here and there is so much to do in the Lakes Region. There are summer festivals, blues festivals, road races, parades, fireworks and so many other activities to keep you entertained all summer. You can find all the information you will need each week here in the […]

Nancy Brant of New Gloucester said she doesn’t usually go to farmers markets to find produce and other goodies. But now that one has come to Gray, not far down the road from her home, she’s willing to give it a try. “I thought if there was going to be one in Gray, I was […]

The Windham Daisy Troop marches in Saturday’s Summerfest parade. The troop was just one of many local groups and organizations that took part in Saturday’s Summerfest parade. Cyndy Bell photo Summer(fest) Daisies

In 2008, Sean Faircloth, then a state representative from Bangor, lost his bid to become Maine’s attorney general, mostly because lots of legislators questioned his credibility. When your credibility is so shaky that even politicians notice, you have a serious problem. It’s sort of like if atheists complained about your ungodliness. Faircloth was the Democratic […]

Fishy friends Betty Haymon’s kindergarten class at Memorial School took the lead on a Fish Friends project earlier this year. They raised Atlantic salmon from eggs to the fry stage, and released those young fish into the Royal River on June 12. Parent volunteers Keri Duffy and Laura Dorsey helped supervise. Patrick Keliher, director of […]

A sense of loss hung tight over Saturday’s Gray-New Gloucester High School graduation, where students were mourning the recent death of a classmate, and remembering two other students lost before their time. But so was a sense of hope and accomplishment, and an understanding of the complexities of life, with its highs and lows, its […]

A sense of loss hung tight over Saturday’s Gray-New Gloucester High School graduation, where students were mourning the recent death of a classmate, and remembering two other students lost before their time. But so was a sense of hope and accomplishment, and an understanding of the complexities of life, with its highs and lows, its […]

If ever this incessant wet weather ends and the ground finally dries out, then this would make the perfect time for a walk in the woods. And for a really superb place to wander, look no further than Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. I had the fortune recently to discover a few of the trails […]

A Standish woman is facing attempted murder and other charges stemming from an incident in April that left her husband with serious head injuries and her with a gunshot wound to the stomach. Linda Dolloff, 47, was arrested this afternoon and charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of elevated aggravated assault and […]

A Standish woman is facing attempted murder and other charges stemming from an incident in April that left her husband with serious head injuries and her with a gunshot wound to the stomach. Linda Dolloff, 47, was arrested this afternoon and charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of elevated aggravated assault and […]