Weather words of the week: Isolated showers: Isolated showers occur when one area experiences a small amount of rainfall while others experience dry weather as a front or upper level disturbance passes through. Friday: Mostly sunny with no chance of precipitation. High: 74 Low: 54 Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. […]

Weather words of the week: Isolated showers: Isolated showers occur when one area experiences a small amount of rainfall while others experience dry weather as a front or upper level disturbance passes through. Friday: Mostly sunny with no chance of precipitation. High: 74 Low: 54 Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. […]

For Tony Oberley, the best part of next week’s Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, the part that will make him feel like he is witnessing tradition in action, is the roll call. One by one, representatives will step forward to pronounce each state’s choice for the party’s presidential nominee. “It’s part of our country. It’s […]

Town officials and fire and rescue chiefs in Casco, Raymond and Naples will move ahead with preliminary plans to merge public safety departments by compiling an inventory of assets and looking for an outside consultant. With this information, selectmen, town managers and fire and rescue personnel will come together again on Sept. 30 at 7 […]

Town officials and fire and rescue chiefs in Casco, Raymond and Naples will move ahead with preliminary plans to merge public safety departments by compiling an inventory of assets and looking for an outside consultant. With this information, selectmen, town managers and fire and rescue personnel will come together again on Sept. 30 at 7 […]

Ethusiasts of all things auto will find heaven Sunday, Sept. 7, at Windham High School when it hosts the 15th annual Windham Auto Show. The show, which attracts over 300 automobiles in 28 different classes, has moved this year to the high school from its traditional spot behind Wal-Mart. The show has outgrown the old […]

Ethusiasts of all things auto will find heaven Sunday, Sept. 7, at Windham High School when it hosts the 15th annual Windham Auto Show. The show, which attracts over 300 automobiles in 28 different classes, has moved this year to the high school from its traditional spot behind Wal-Mart. The show has outgrown the old […]

Penny wise? Casco voters rejecting a bond to renovate the community center and Casco Memorial School shows how wariness to spend can be as damaging to a community as the grandiose plans for the Standish Community Center are. In Casco, voters rejected spending $1.2 million (including interest) over 10 years to convert Casco Memorial School […]

Penny wise? Casco voters rejecting a bond to renovate the community center and Casco Memorial School shows how wariness to spend can be as damaging to a community as the grandiose plans for the Standish Community Center are. In Casco, voters rejected spending $1.2 million (including interest) over 10 years to convert Casco Memorial School […]

Ultimately, Standish officials did not have to look far to find a new fire chief and director of public safety. Standish resident and Deputy Chief Brent Libby, 26, was chosen by a search committee that received almost 50 applications for the positions, according to Town Manager Gordon Billington. Billington will ask for town council approval […]