A local author who explored the history of the state’s gunpowder mills in a recent book will be speaking to the Windham Historical Society May 26. For almost 80 years, through most of the 19th century, one of the most thriving, yet dangerous local industries, shared by the towns of Windham and Gorham, was the […]

It’s been said that, “You are what you eat.” Your vegetables are what they grow in, literally. Soil building is fundamental to a healthy garden and healthy vegetables. In addition to sunlight and water, plants need three basic elements: nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Humus or decomposed plant matter provides a sponge that holds the nutrients […]

Vote School Administrative District 15 will hold its public budget meeting Thursday, May 28, at 6 p.m. at the Gray-New Gloucester High School Cafetorium in Gray. Voter check-in begins at 5:15 p.m. Questions can be directed at Superintendent Victoria Burns at 657-3335 or vburns@msad15.org. March Former Navy serviceman Bill Greene, who heads up New Gloucester’s […]

Vote School Administrative District 15 will hold its public budget meeting Thursday, May 28, at 6 p.m. at the Gray-New Gloucester High School Cafetorium in Gray. Voter check-in begins at 5:15 p.m. Questions can be directed at Superintendent Victoria Burns at 657-3335 or vburns@msad15.org. March Former Navy serviceman Bill Greene, who heads up New Gloucester’s […]

At the State House, signs of increased precautions against the H1N1 swine flu are everywhere – from new hand sanitizing stations set up in heavily trafficked public areas to posters instructing people to cover their coughs, and the almost daily e-mail updates I receive from the Maine Centers for Disease Control. However, when I started […]

Despite pleas from residents not to mess with a hallowed New England tradition, the Gray Town Council Tuesday night voted to work on a charter change that would eliminate the annual town meeting, Councilors voted 4-0, with Matt Sturgis absent, to explore abolishing the town meeting, a change that would have to be approved by […]

Residents of Casco and Naples voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to close Crooked River Elementary in Casco and send the students to Songo Locks Elementary in Naples, which will now be the K-5 school for both communities. Voters in School Administrative District 61, which includes Bridgton and Sebago, also validated the district’s $25.7 million budget by a […]

The town meeting, an annual occurrence in Gray for the past two centuries, may fade into history as the Town Council debates the best way to get residents involved in local government. At their meeting Tuesday, May 19, councilors will vote on authorizing Town Manager Deborah Cabana to work with legal counsel to draft an […]

The town meeting, an annual occurrence in Gray for the past two centuries, may fade into history as the Town Council debates the best way to get residents involved in local government. At their meeting Tuesday, May 19, councilors will vote on authorizing Town Manager Deborah Cabana to work with legal counsel to draft an […]

That most American of pastimes, baseball, is all around us now. The BoSox are doing well, so we hear daily of their comebacks, streaks, great plays and gaffes. High school baseball is also in full swing, and you can read about many local teams in the next section, merely pages away. Less covered by media […]