Every spring, on the first rainy night above 40 degrees, frogs and salamanders migrate en masse from the woods to the wetlands in a phenomenon known as “Big Night.” This year, dozens of Lakes Region residents took to the streets and the vernal pools to the north and south of Sebago Lake to both witness […]

The town of Standish is set to host its first animal microchip injection clinic Monday, April 27. The microchips, which are slightly bigger than a grain of rice, will allow Jack Freitas, the Standish animal control officer, to quickly obtain contact information for a lost or injured animal’s owner. According to Freitas, about 20 percent […]

Spring Cleaning Gray Spring Clean Up Days are: Friday, April 24, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday, Sunday, April 25-26, 7 a.m.-3 p.m., at the Gray Transfer Station, Seagull Drive. You can bring: Carpeting – limited to the equivalent of one pickup load, mattresses and box springs, sofas, chairs, loveseats, televisions, computer monitors, refrigerators, freezers, air […]

It’s the Real Deal 5K Registration is open for the 2nd Annual Real Deal 5k Run/Walk to be held on Saturday, May 16, at 9:30 a.m. at the Standish Town Municipal Complex. The Real Deal 5K is a memorial run/walk honoring 1992 Bonny Eagle graduate Kenneth “Kenny” Coughlin, who passed away in April 2012 after […]

Attorney General Janet Mills announced Monday that she has filed a complaint in Portland Superior Court under the Maine Civil Rights Act against New Gloucester brothers Benjamin Bean and Charles Bean for an assault they allegedly perpetrated against a black Portland man on April 19. According to a press release, the Mill’s complaint alleges that […]

Attorney General Janet Mills announced Monday that she has filed a complaint in Portland Superior Court under the Maine Civil Rights Act against New Gloucester brothers Benjamin Bean and Charles Bean for an assault they allegedly perpetrated against a black Portland man on April 19. According to a press release, the Mill’s complaint alleges that […]

The owner of Merced’s on Brandy Pond restaurant is expanding to North Windham. The owner of the Merced’s on Brandy Pond restaurant in Naples will open a new restaurant, Franco’s Bistro, in the former Thatcher’s restaurant building in North Windham next month. After a 27-year run, Thatcher’s closed on April 1, following news that co-owner […]

On April 3, Elizabeth “Betty” Edwards, of Standish, turned 100. At 5:30 p.m. that day, a parade, led by a flatbed trailer carrying a multitude of multi-colored helium balloons and children, appeared on Deborah Lane, Edwards’ cul-de-sac in Steep Falls. A man driving a 1929 Model T Ford appeared in her driveway and whisked her […]