At $5 million, the budget Gray voters will consider at the annual town meeting Saturday, May 3, is an increase over last year. It is the increased use of town surplus funds that has divided some town councilors. The budget, broken into 24 warrant articles, will be voted on beginning at 9 a.m. at the […]

0502spud.jpg The annual potato planting day held April 26 at Rippling Waters Farm, an organic vegetable farm in Standish, drew more than 40 volunteers. An acre of potatoes, peas and tender greens were planted. The bounty from the garden will be shared throughout the area with local food banks. Photo by courtesy.

The Skyline Farm Carriage Museum will be open to the public for the grand opening of “Summer Fair,” its third annual carriage exhibit, Sunday, May 4. The display, open from 12-3 p.m., portrays a snapshot of a typical day at the fair in the early 1900s. Carriages of every description crowd the infield, so people […]

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Elizabeth Maher of Sebago said it was five years ago when she first noticed the difference between her twin boys. “He couldn’t hold eye contact,” Elizabeth Maher said of Liam, who is now 6 and has been diagnosed with severe autism. While his brother Jarrod progressed normally, Liam slid back into an earlier stage of […]

Bill Shelley, 60, has been collecting railroad artifacts for 45 years. The Bridgton resident and rail historian is especially fascinated by the Bridgton and Saco River line, a narrow gauge railroad which ran from Harrison through Bridgton to Hiram. Shelley may have the opportunity to share his enthusiasm and knowledge with others as Bridgton residents […]

Got Coffee? For those of you who have missed your cappuccino, latte, or mocha drip over the winter, fear not, the return of spring means the return of the Standish Coffee Capp. Located at Standish Corner at routes 25 and 35, in the same parking lot as All About You Tanning, the Coffee Capp has […]

A memorable visit John Branson, son of Windham’s popular and long time country doctor, Sydney R. Branson, visited the Windham Historical Society’s April 21, to see the new exhibit honoring his father’s long and distinguished medical practice in Windham and at Maine Medical Center, formerly Maine General Hospital. The display has been established in the […]

A Windham school bus driver this week gave his version of an incident at the bus garage that led to the end of his career as a bus driver and firefighter. The incident in December led to criticism of the way the Windham School Department handled the situation, in which the driver, John Worry, was […]

Raymond and Casco firefighters battled a blaze on a small Island //WOULD NOT BE CAPITALIZED// in Sebago lake //WOULD BE CAPITALIZED// Saturday. The Raymond fire department had stopped giving out burn permits around a week beforehand due to high fire danger. An unattended campfire caused the blaze, said Bruce Tupper, Raymond’s assistant fire chief. //THE […]