Even with trouble walking and no vehicle to drive, Alvida Fogg of Standish plans to be a regular volunteer at the new food pantry in Steep Falls area of Standish. “There’s so many people that need help in that location,” said Fogg, 89, about adding the new Catherine’s Cupboard Food Pantry at the Steep Falls […]

Owners of restaurants and businesses that sell beverages are furious about a new, 40 percent tax on syrup used to make soda and a doubling of taxes on beer and wine – passed by the Legislature last week in the waning hours of the session. The taxes, owners say, will mean price hikes on some […]

Two teens from the Lakes Region area faces multiple charges after being arrested in Harrison last week while seated in a stolen truck. Sean O’Brien, 18, of Windham, and Bryan Wood, 18, of Cumberland, have been charged with arson, theft and stealing a firearm. O’Brien is currently in the Cumberland County Jail in Portland after […]

Two teens from the Lakes Region area faces multiple charges after being arrested in Harrison last week while seated in a stolen truck. Sean O’Brien, 18, of Windham, and Bryan Wood, 18, of Cumberland, have been charged with arson, theft and stealing a firearm. O’Brien is currently in the Cumberland County Jail in Portland after […]

0418memories.jpg Windham Historical Society has dozens, perhaps hundreds, of photos with no identification or very little information. Here is a photo identified as East Windham Fire Department. It would be appreciated if any reader who can name the people in this photo would contact the society by writing (P.O. Box 1475, Windham, 04062) or e-mailing […]

0418memories.jpg Windham Historical Society has dozens, perhaps hundreds, of photos with no identification or very little information. Here is a photo identified as East Windham Fire Department. It would be appreciated if any reader who can name the people in this photo would contact the society by writing (P.O. Box 1475, Windham, 04062) or e-mailing […]

Since joining the Casco Parks and Recreation Department more than two years ago, director Beth Latsey said she has struggled to keep the program alive, with no center at which to hold activities. Now, with almost half a dozen options available to Casco voters as to what to do with the community center in Casco […]

News that the Windham Town Council is being asked by developer Peter Busque to consider a revised plan to open a quarry has left some residents near the proposed site wondering whether he understands what “no” means. It should also be a reminder to readers about what “due process” means. In January 2007, the Town […]

I have been volunteering at Harvest Hills Animal Shelter for six years, and somewhere along the way I decided I could do more. Founding Western Maine Pet Project Inc. was the answer. Out of five pets, Roo, an extraordinarily light-footed black cat, knowledgeable in the game of fetch, is the only one not acquired by […]

The late political columnist Davis Rawson once infuriated then-Speaker of the House John Martin to the point that Maine’s most powerful politician told reporters, “Davis Rawson is a drunk and a has-been.” To which, Rawson replied, “The speaker, as usual, is only half-right.” If Rawson were still with us, he might be applying that quip […]