A New Gloucester man was arrested Thursday for impersonating a federal drug enforcement agent. On Tuesday at about 4:30 p.m., the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Tailgate Bar and Grill at 61 Portland Road in Gray for a report of an assault. According to sheriff’s Capt. Don Goulet, Peter DeSantis, 44, of 186 […]
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Police interview father after toddler found wandering in Windham
Windham police were alerted by motorists Thursday at 7:45 a.m. of a small child wearing pajamas walking alone on the edge of Route 202 in the area of Windham Center Road in Windham. According to Lt. Jim Boudreau, officers responded to the area and took custody of a 3-year-old boy. The child was uninjured and […]
Police interview father after toddler found wandering in Windham
Windham police were alerted by motorists Thursday at 7:45 a.m. of a small child wearing pajamas walking alone on the edge of Route 202 in the area of Windham Center Road in Windham. According to Lt. Jim Boudreau, officers responded to the area and took custody of a 3-year-old boy. The child was uninjured and […]
Police interview father after toddler found wandering in Windham
Windham police were alerted by motorists Thursday at 7:45 a.m. of a small child wearing pajamas walking alone on the edge of Route 202 in the area of Windham Center Road in Windham. According to Lt. Jim Boudreau, officers responded to the area and took custody of a 3-year-old boy. The child was uninjured and […]
FISHING LINES: Maine’s waters – Most of us only stick in one toe
Hello again, fellow fishermen! With ice fishing winding down, it’s high time to start planning for what we are going to do for fishing this spring and summer. For many of us who have camps or live close to spots we like to fish, much of that is pretty much a foregone conclusion. For those […]
Sports symposium aims to boost Maine’s economy
The Maine Sports Commission’s Business of Sports Symposium, slated for Thursday, April 16, at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, will bring together municipal, nonprofit and commercial reps – including keynote speaker Larry Lucchino, president of the Boston Red Sox – to discuss the place of athletic events in Maine’s economy. “Maine may be […]
Chase in Gray ends with OUI, reckless conduct, gun charges
A citizen called 911 reporting a possible intoxicated driver driving a truck on Route 100 in Gray on Thursday at about 9:30 p.m. According to Capt. Don Goulet, a responding deputy, driving southbound, passed the oncoming truck in the area of Cole Farms Restaurant. The truck nearly struck the cruiser in the opposite lane, head […]
Passenger ejected into snow bank during Casco rollover
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office along with Casco firefighters responded to Route 11 in Casco Thursday for a single-vehicle rollover crash that closed the road for two hours. According to Capt. Don Goulet, a 2001 Audi AS4 sustained significant damage from going off the road at about 9:50 p.m., breaking a CMP pole, and then […]
It Happened in Windham: What a tangled Webb
Originally from an area near London, Samuel Webb came to Windham with his family in the mid-1700s where he built a house on one of his 100-acre lots in South Windham. He owned 300 acres. After staying here about 20 years, he moved to Deer Isle with his wife and son, Seth. He had 12 […]