Lodging Sales by Region Southern Maine – $182.5 million Cumberland – $122.5 million Eastern Maine – $85 million Midcoast – $77.2 million Penobscot – $44.4 million Androscoggin – $40.9 million Kennebec – $29.5 million Northern Maine – $10.6 million Based on Maine Revenue Service reports on taxable lodging sales for all of 2006. The sun’s […]

At about 1 p.m. Monday afternoon, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, the Maine Warden Service and the Standish Fire Department responded to a reported drowning of a 69-year-old man in the Wards Cove area of Sebago Lake. According to Chief Deputy Kevin Joyce, Charles Goy, a resident of Warwick, R.I. and seasonal resident of Standish, […]

Had contagious laughter and close relationship with Christ Marjorie Jane MacDougall, 64, of Standish, passed away to be with the Lord on Friday, June 29, 2007 with her family by her side. She was born on Sept. 15, 1942 in Portland, Maine to Leona and Robert Callahan. After graduating from Portland High School in 1960, […]

Had contagious laughter and close relationship with Christ Marjorie Jane MacDougall, 64, of Standish, passed away to be with the Lord on Friday, June 29, 2007 with her family by her side. She was born on Sept. 15, 1942 in Portland, Maine to Leona and Robert Callahan. After graduating from Portland High School in 1960, […]

Michael Woodbury, 31, of Windham, has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of three men at an army surplus store in Conway, N.H. Woodbury, who was adopted by Windham resident Edward Woodbury as a child, was wanted by Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee authorities after an alleged multi-state crime spree which included arson, burglary […]

When the temperature is in the 90s and muggy air begins with a capital “M,” we aren’t really thinking of winter storms that may confine us to our homes, sometimes without power. These hot summer days when we don’t have to worry about running out of fuel to heat our homes, are an ideal time […]

When the temperature is in the 90s and muggy air begins with a capital “M,” we aren’t really thinking of winter storms that may confine us to our homes, sometimes without power. These hot summer days when we don’t have to worry about running out of fuel to heat our homes, are an ideal time […]

Casco Village Church United Church of Christ will hold its Annual Flea Market on Route 121 in Casco Village Saturday, July 14 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., with a rain date of July 21. This is one of the largest lawn sales around and is eagerly awaited each year by the local residents and […]

Windham Historical Society ran this picture about a month ago, asking for comments from readers as to their best guess of its use. We’ve received at least 20 responses from many different areas and have narrowed it down to a tobacco cutter of some kind – more accurately, a plug tobacco cutter, or shaver. The […]

Summer landed without much preparation. One week I was digging out a pair of sweat pants and the next I was wondering where my shorts went. Such is life, the way it should be, here in the state of Maine. I’m thinking of designing a bumper sticker to answer that frequent comment from visitors: Aren’t […]