Federal agents joined Bridgton police for two raids Tuesday night, netting marijuana and cultivation equipment at each address, Chief David Lyons said. At the end of the night, William J. Boutin, 30, and Kristi L. (Lamotte) Boutin, 29, of 457 South High St., and Peter Lake, 57, of 619 Sweden Road, were in custody and […]

History lives behind us in the past and it surrounds us. If we live in an ‘old’ place we inherited some history and we can point to it in the layers of wallpaper or the split stone that supports the house. We look out at the landscape that surrounds the house and see remnants of […]

Whoever said summer was a time for rest and relaxation wasn’t from Maine, where we’re doing one of two things: enduring a long Maine winter or preparing for yet another one. While visiting my brother’s family in Massachusetts after one particularly harsh Maine winter a few years back, my sister-in-law asked how I was enjoying […]

A new class of volunteers The new class of the Volunteers in Police Service program had its first meeting May 12, at the Gorham Municipal Center. In attendance, to train and speak to the volunteers were Cumberland County Chief Deputy Kevin Joyce, Community Policing Officer and program leader Paul Pettengill, and Lt. Christopher Sanborn of […]

A new class of volunteers The new class of the Volunteers in Police Service program had its first meeting May 12, at the Gorham Municipal Center. In attendance, to train and speak to the volunteers were Cumberland County Chief Deputy Kevin Joyce, Community Policing Officer and program leader Paul Pettengill, and Lt. Christopher Sanborn of […]

You’ve seen those obnoxious TV ads for phony products promising “natural male enhancement.” Now, here’s something that does exactly the opposite. Introducing Legis-Limp, the wonder drug that gives your state House of Representatives a good excuse for its “failure to perform” by making it “too small” to “satisfy” its constituents. If you want to make […]

Keeping track of all the food he was eating as a project for his health class opened Windham High School senior Tim Soper’s eyes to the amount of junk he was consuming. When the class did it for a second week, he had seen enough. “I cut down on the amount I ate. I lost […]

A bus stop change in Windham has one parent worried about the safety of her kids and others as they wait before school along busy River Road. Jami Glicos was recently informed that her kids, ages 5 and 7, would not be able to catch the bus inside their neighborhood on Rocklinn Road, but instead […]

A bus stop change in Windham has one parent worried about the safety of her kids and others as they wait before school along busy River Road. Jami Glicos was recently informed that her kids, ages 5 and 7, would not be able to catch the bus inside their neighborhood on Rocklinn Road, but instead […]

One of Maine’s few low-power community radio stations may go silent this fall unless organizers can get help from local businesses and community members. David Patterson, program manager at WJZF 97.1 FM in Standish, said the station can no longer afford the roughly $500 a month it costs to keep airing its diverse group of […]