Six months after his passing, Sally Dunning remembers her husband, Bob Dunning, as a brilliant, thoughtful and humble man. “He was an extraordinary man,” said Sally Dunning. “He was my life partner.” Sally Dunning is not alone in her estimation of her husband. As plans were made to name a Pondicherry Park bridge in memory […]

Just a couple of weeks after an April fire destroyed his Windham auto repair shop, after the smoke cleared and he started to cope with the loss of his longtime business, Frank Jimino sat down with his wife Theresa and started to discuss the future. “I thought I’d go and be a professional poker player,” […]

Raymond-Casco Historical Society welcomed Society of Local Volunteer Executives members to their new museum at Watkins Farm in Casco last week. The historical society has joined SOLVE, which consists of members of Cumberland, Oxford and Androscoggin County historical societies. Meetings are held every other month to exchange information and ideas, share data on organization, funding, […]

My husband and I are into our second thunderstorm season with a “fraidy cat”…uh make that dog. Rocky, as rough and tough as he can come across, is terrified of thunderstorms, shaking violently, pacing and drooling as soon as he can sense one in the air. Knowing just a little about his history, we think […]

My husband and I are into our second thunderstorm season with a “fraidy cat”…uh make that dog. Rocky, as rough and tough as he can come across, is terrified of thunderstorms, shaking violently, pacing and drooling as soon as he can sense one in the air. Knowing just a little about his history, we think […]

Graduation season is a wonderful time of celebration, but also of hope for the next chapter about to begin. As someone who earned his degree as a non-traditional student, I believe that education is one of the most critical priorities for our state in order to grow our economy over the long term. The recession […]

A motorcyclist who collided with an automobile on Route 302 in Naples Saturday remained in critical condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland Wednesday. Tony Shibles, 48, was traveling west on Route 302 between Naples and Bridgton Saturday morning. He was in the process of passing several vehicles when he struck a car driven by […]

0620memories Walter Lunt, educational liaison of Windham Historical Society, he stands on the edge of the remnant of a structure at the site of the gunpowder mill in the Newhall section of Windham, speaking to third-graders. He reports a record number of requests this year from the Windham Primary School for the Windham history presentation […]

High school choice will be likely be left up to residents in Raymond, where the School Board agreed last week to send the issue to a town vote after hearing from citizens at its June 5 meeting. Voters will likely be asked whether to continue the tradition of school choice, an issue being re-examined in […]

In her writing her speech for Saturday’s graduation, salutatorian Rachel Drew said she solicited help from her fellow classmates at Gray-New Gloucester High School, who suggested a variety of topics and offered pearls of wisdom. Drew, who is attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York next year, summed up the suggestions, telling the 146 graduates […]