Alexis DiPietro, 8, was hooked on fishing after catching a nearly 18-inch brook trout at last year’s kid’s derby on Thomas Pond. “It’s fun to be outdoors,” said DiPietro, of Portland. “I’m not an indoors kid that watches TV.” She came back to the derby this year, and she saw success early on. She caught […]

A decision on who will oversee Regional School Unit 14, the new consolidated school district between Windham and Raymond, has been put off two weeks after technological problems ended early a meeting Wednesday. The new school unit’s board was set to act on a series of motions, including one to elect Sandy Prince, the superintendent […]

I get a kick out of reading about, and listening to, some Windham citizens’ constant berating of town councilors who, let’s face it, were elected by residents who voted. Unlike the usual criticism of previous administrations, it seems as though there are no holds barred this time around for picking out individuals to malign in […]

Like many teenagers, being in front of a video camera makes Tiana Carter nervous. She looked down while reading a story to the camera last week and stumbled slightly over a few of her words. “I get really self-conscious,” said Carter, 13, adding that talking in front of a camera for the first time made […]

The Windham Town Council will continue a public hearing on setting sewer rates for South Windham at their Feb. 24 meeting before making a decision later that night. The council is looking to update the rates in light of the debt created by the Little Falls Wastewater Conveyance, the $6.5 million project connecting South Windham […]

Though Casco selectmen approved a raise in the per-call stipend for volunteer firefighters and agreed to pay them for training, they tabled a request to double the amount fire department officers receive from the town. “I think they deserve an increase,” Selectman Barbara York said. “I know they’re deserving of it, but this isn’t the […]

Bridgton residents will be asked to allow selectmen to spend up to $150,000 on public works equipment that is needed and available. A special town meeting to consider the question will be held on Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. at the Bridgton Municipal Complex. Two pieces of equipment – a street sweeper and a one-ton […]

Bridgton residents will be asked to allow selectmen to spend up to $150,000 on public works equipment that is needed and available. A special town meeting to consider the question will be held on Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. at the Bridgton Municipal Complex. Two pieces of equipment – a street sweeper and a one-ton […]

Deputies from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office this week uncovered a suspected marijuana growing operation at a trailer park in Gray. On the morning of Sunday, Feb. 15, deputies investigated a suspected marijuana cultivation operation at 314 Shaker Road, the residence of Jay J. Poitras, 33. Tipped off by a concerned citizen, the deputies went […]

Deputies from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office this week uncovered a suspected marijuana growing operation at a trailer park in Gray. On the morning of Sunday, Feb. 15, deputies investigated a suspected marijuana cultivation operation at 314 Shaker Road, the residence of Jay J. Poitras, 33. Tipped off by a concerned citizen, the deputies went […]