0620Braley, 0620Hancock Holly Braley of Gorham has joined Saint Joseph’s College as the new controller. She is a certified public accountant with more than 20 years of experience in accounting and finance, most recently as a vice president at TD Banknorth. Previously, she was director of finance at Lincoln Financial Group. She holds a business […]

Weather phrase of the week: Absolutely unstable atmosphere – An atmospheric condition that exists when the environmental lapse rate is greater than the dry adiabatic rate. This results in an unstable atmosphere and weather. Friday: Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. H: 70 L: 52 Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent […]

Spanning a life There can be no more fitting tribute to the late Bridgton activist, teacher and craftsman Bob Dunning than building a bridge in his honor over Stevens Brook. Dunning, who died suddenly last November, was a rare man of education, civility, compassion and cheer who spent his life enriching the lives of others. […]

FairPoint Communications has been issued a $25,000 penalty by the state for failing to fulfill its contractual obligations following recent disruptions in the 911 dispatch system at the Cumberland County Regional Communication Center in Windham. The cause of the disruptions has been located and fixed, a FairPoint spokesman Jeff Nevins said Monday, and the company […]

Casco residents decided to renovate the Casco Community Center and convert the Casco Memorial School into new town offices at the June 11 town meeting – but not after some contentious debate. Residents discussed at length two of the three building project proposals placed on the ballot by citizens groups. The more than $2.76 million […]

Much of the last week was spent worrying about two Windham friends who are both in Portland hospitals. Our fellow correspondent for this paper, Marcia Blanchard, is at Mercy Hospital and Pat Riley, local artist and retired bus driver, is at Maine Medical Center. Both women went through the Windham schools with many of us, […]

Blood drives will be held at these area locations: June 20 St. Hyacinth’s Church 295 Brown St., Westbrook 2-7 p.m. June 25 Bob’s Discount 333 Clarks Pond Parkway, South Portland 2-8 p.m. June 26 Jordan Small Middle School 423 Webb Mills Road, Raymond 2-7 p.m. June 28 Bill Dodge Auto Group 2 Saunders Way, Westbrook […]

The nation’s second oldest band will kick off the ninth year of the Standish Family Festival. The 175-year-old Chandler’s Band will play at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 27, at Standish Memorial Park on Route 25. Activities will continue into the weekend, ending with fireworks at dusk Saturday. Chandler’s Band was founded in 1833 and members […]

Senior Meals Menu Senior meals are available at Unity Gardens on Route 115 in North Windham. For reservations or information, call Southern Maine Agency on Aging at 396-6500. Monday, June 2 Chicken tetrazzini, steamed cabbage, chuckwagon corn, whole wheat roll, chocolate oatmeal bar. Alternate entrae – sliced ham Tuesday, June 3 Sweet and sour pork, […]

Friday, June 27 Standish Memorial Park, Route 25 Gates open at 6 p.m. The Snack Shack will be selling food 6:30 p.m. Cow patty bingo sponsored by the Standish Public Safety Committee 6:30 p.m. Chandler’s Band Following Chandler’s Band, the Schoolhouse Arts Center will perform three songs from “Into the Woods” and the “Three Aliens […]