A Naples teacher is one of 25 in the country selected for a Teaching Ambassador Fellowship position with the U.S. Department of Education this year. The fellowship position will not take Anna Walker away from Songo Locks Elementary School, where she is a third-grade teacher, instead she will give input on national education policies while […]

Last week’s appointment of Matthew Sturgis to the Gray Town Council to fill the seat vacated by Deborah Mancini drew objections from Gray resident James Monroe about Sturgis’s qualifications and the process by which he was appointed. Monroe’s views about Sturgis are his own. His claim that Gray Town Council Chairman Peter Gellerson acted improperly […]

Last week’s appointment of Matthew Sturgis to the Gray Town Council to fill the seat vacated by Deborah Mancini drew objections from Gray resident James Monroe about Sturgis’s qualifications and the process by which he was appointed. Monroe’s views about Sturgis are his own. His claim that Gray Town Council Chairman Peter Gellerson acted improperly […]

Last week’s appointment of Matthew Sturgis to the Gray Town Council to fill the seat vacated by Deborah Mancini drew objections from Gray resident James Monroe about Sturgis’s qualifications and the process by which he was appointed. Monroe’s views about Sturgis are his own. His claim that Gray Town Council Chairman Peter Gellerson acted improperly […]

The Gray Town Council last night unanimously appointed Matt Sturgis, a former councilor, to fill the open seat vacated by the departure of Deborah Mancini, who resigned June 14. Sturgis, of Glen Cove Road, who served on the council from 2003-05, was the only resident to submit an application before the July 1 deadline. He […]

A big day This is one of the busiest weekends of the summer in Bridgton. Many of you might be spending camp parent weekend here visiting your kids at one of the dozens of summer camps in the area, or maybe you are lucky enough to have a camp of your own where you spend […]

Do you or someone you know have a great old piece of local history stashed away in the barn or basement? If so, members of the Raymond-Casco Historical Society would like to talk with you about donating and preserving pieces of our collective past. Their goal is to gather a wide variety of items of […]

It has been almost 20 months since Christine Candelmo was killed in a Windham car accident caused by a drunk driver, and the hole she left in the hearts of her loved ones has not closed at all. “As far as closure goes, I don’t understand. There is not going to be any closure because […]

0718memories.jpg The Interurban Electric Railroad connected Portland to Lewiston/Auburn and served the towns in between, from 1914 to 1933. The town of Gray was one of the stops of the Interurban. On Monday, July 28, the Windham Historical Society will present a program on this service, which would surely be of value today. Louise Knapp, […]

An increase in protected open space, recreation opportunities and a working farm are in the future for Lakes Region residents as four projects were chosen to receive funding through the Land for Maine’s Future program. Grant money was given to projects on Pleasant Mountain in Denmark and Bridgton, Clark Farm and Forest in Windham, Pisgah […]