WINDHAM – In nine minutes, the residents of Windham approved a municipal budget of $14,552,736 at the annual town meeting on Saturday. With adoption of the budget, the municipal portion of the tax rate will rise an estimated 25 cents, or 1.73 percent, to $14.70 per thousand of valuation. After being unanimously elected as moderator, […]
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Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Inside Standish – 6/20
Standish Summer Spectacular on Tap The Standish Summer Spectacular is back next week with a theme of Celebrating Freedom. This event would not be possible without our sponsors. Our Gold Sponsors this year are American Legion Post 128, Family Dental Health, Papa’s Ice Cream, Pit Stop Fuels, Portland Water District, Randall Orchards, Sebago Signworks, Standish […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: Clutter conflict a classic
A Fairfield property owner has been ordered to clean up his yard and get rid of what the town considers to be “junk” taking up his lawn. Owner Robert Dale is the latest victim in the ongoing battle between Maine’s town officials and creative “backyard entrepreneurs.” As you might expect, he’s not happy that he […]
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GUEST COLUMN: UV disinfection not so complicated
The Portland Water District recently completed a project that added new treatment at its Sebago Lake Water Treatment Facility. The facility treats water from Sebago Lake to make it safe for drinking, cooking, and bathing for more than 200,000 people in the Greater Portland area. Since the facility was built in 1993, water from Sebago […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Hang up the phone
Could you use $3,000 in food savings certificates and a free medical alert bracelet? That’s what I was offered last week just when I was making out my grocery list – and as it sounded too good to be true, I hung up the phone and went immediately to check out the latest senior-citizen scams. […]
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Two revived after heroin overdose in Gray
According to Capt. Don Goulet, two Gray residents were revived Tuesday night following a heroin overdose. At 9:45 p.m., Cumberland County dispatch received a call from a female caller reporting that she went to her son’s home on Shaker Road in Gray and found her 34-year-old son and his 38-year-old girlfriend unconscious and not breathing, […]
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Two revived after heroin overdose in Gray
According to Capt. Don Goulet, two Gray residents were revived Tuesday night following a heroin overdose. At 9:45 p.m., Cumberland County dispatch received a call from a female caller reporting that she went to her son’s home on Shaker Road in Gray and found her 34-year-old son and his 38-year-old girlfriend unconscious and not breathing, […]
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POLITICS & OTHER MISTAKES: Which way do I turn
Bruce Poliquin has a big problem. I mean aside from his problems of being arrogant, slippery with the facts and sporting the same deep roots in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District as the average summer tourist from Massachusetts. What Poliquin, who won last week’s Republican primary for the U.S. House seat representing northern and western Maine, […]
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GUEST COLUMN: Guaranteed access to high school needed
The end of the school year is fast approaching and people’s schedules are hectic to say the least. The RSU 5 Working Group understands that not everyone that would like more information on this withdrawal process can make it to yet another meeting, so we hoped to provide an update on the process and where […]
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GUEST COLUMN: Three towns, but one community
I’ve lived in Freeport for more than 40 years. I wasn’t born here so I can’t claim to be a native but I think my longevity here gives me some standing as a citizen and, more important, as a member of the community. It’s the community that I want to talk about. I’ve lived practically […]