Windham voters ratified the school budget by a vote of 244 to 78 June 19 in a state-mandated special election marked by low turnout. The election was the final step in settling the $14.47 million budget, which was approved at the annual town meeting June 14. Due to changes in the state law, education budgets […]

Windham voters ratified the school budget by a vote of 244 to 78 June 19 in a state-mandated special election marked by low turnout. The election was the final step in settling the $14.47 million budget, which was approved at the annual town meeting June 14. Due to changes in the state law, education budgets […]

One guest left a party in Windham last week with more than fond memories, and now finds himself in trouble with police. Ryan Cruz, 21, of Westbrook, was charged June 21 with theft by unauthorized taking or transfer after allegedly leaving a party at 172 Roosevelt Trail with a handful of DVDs that belonged to […]

One guest left a party in Windham last week with more than fond memories, and now finds himself in trouble with police. Ryan Cruz, 21, of Westbrook, was charged June 21 with theft by unauthorized taking or transfer after allegedly leaving a party at 172 Roosevelt Trail with a handful of DVDs that belonged to […]

Naples residents decided to pitch in $2,931 to fund a proposed bus service from Portland to Bridgton while finishing off town debt at the annual town meeting June 18. Approving the town’s $2.32 million budget in just an hour, residents went with the Selectboard’s recommendations over the Budget Committee on several contested items. Residents also […]

Patrick Moening lives in Poland, Maine. His occupation is a database analyst, but his true calling is political cartoonist. You can e-mail him at patm@mainecartoons.com.

When Allen Crabtree accompanied Veronica Johnson to her mother’s home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the first time since devastating flooding, he said Johnson was shocked by the destruction left by waste-deep floodwaters and mud. A volunteer with the Red Cross national advanced public affairs team, Sebago Selectman Crabtree, 67, was called to Iowa last […]

A crime spree in Standish during the early morning hours of June 23 has the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department on the lookout for a break-in artist while checking out connections to similar crimes in nearby communities. The crimes occurred Sunday night into Monday morning and were concentrated in the Pine Tree Trailer Park off Route […]

0627Pheasant.jpg Windham resident Kristen Rickett, 10, releases a baby pheasant June 18 in Gorham where the Windham-Gorham Rod and Gun Club will raise 2,200 of the birds. Once the pheasants mature this fall, they will be released into the wild at selected sites in Cumberland and York counties.

On Sunday, June 22, a group of walkers took a walk from the Eagles Club in New Gloucester, bound for the American Legion in Gray. Their cause was a fundraiser for breast cancer research. Their goal was to not only reach their physical destination, but to raise awareness and have some fun at the same […]