GRAY — Sometime Thursday night or early Friday morning unidentified vandals drove doughnuts into a hayfield at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, cutting deep, damaging ruts into the soil. Michael Graham, curator of the Shaker Village, noticed the damage Friday afternoon as he left the village to do errands. “My heart sank. It looked like someone […]
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Inside Naples
Camping Weekend The Parent Teacher Committee at Songo Locks School will hold a raffle for a camping weekend at each of its events throughout the year. At each event, two winning $1 raffle tickets will be put in a final pool to be drawn from in June of 2019. There will be two final winners. […]
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Inside Bridgton
Fall is officially here and the focus is on fairs, so there are fewer events in town to report. The Fryeburg Fair runs from Sunday, Sept. 30, to Sunday, Oct. 7, and lots of Bridgton-based people and businesses will be involved. Be sure to stop by to support them and enjoy everything the fair has […]
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Looking Back
Sept. 29, 1993 Westbrook councilors have decided that city residents will vote Nov. 2 whether to tear down the old high school at 765 Main St. Voters will choose between two options: maintaining the school in its present condition for potential future restoration, or demolishing the part of the school that is vacant. Council sentiment […]
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Program targets flow of arsenic in Maine wells
PORTLAND — A high percentage of Maine residential wells reportedly contain levels of naturally occurring arsenic that exceed safety standards set by the state’s Department of Health and Human Services. And even with greater access to a public water supply, nearly 38 percent of homes in Cumberland County still rely on well water, according to […]
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Scarborough Police Beat: Sept. 28
Arrests 9/18 at 1:56 a.m. Ryan J. Foss, 39, of Coleman Street, Portland, was arrested on Route 1 by Officer Daniel Donovan on a charge of operating under the influence and violating condition of release. 9/19 at 1:45 a.m. Mercadies Marie Trepanier, 21, of Old Orchard Road, Buxton, was arrested on Route 1 by Officer Aaron […]
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South Portland Police Beat: Sept. 28
Arrests 9/17 at 2:58 p.m. Zachery Fournier, 26, of Portland, was arrested on East Wainwright Circle by Officer Philip Loganecker on a warrant. 9/17 at 2:58 p.m. Tayla Woodman, 25, of South Portland, was arrested on East Wainwright Circle by Officer Philip Loganecker on charges of operating vehicle while license suspended, operating vehicle without a license, and violating […]
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On the Right Lane: Trolling for the truth
“It could be worse – it could be zombies.”“Sharknado” Well now, the long awaited Opus report on Windham has been released. Unfortunately a turn of events prevented me from reading a copy of it, but that’s OK, I can get it this week and really digest it. That is if it is digestible at all, and […]
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Newcomer challenges House District 45 legislator
CUMBERLAND — In his bid for a second term representing House District 45, which covers part of Gray, Rep. Dale Denno, D-Cumberland, faces a challenge from Republican Tamsin Thomas, a political newcomer. Now retired, Sandy Point Lane resident Thomas has taught French, and while in California was a secretary at Warner Bros. and a manager […]
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Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: Sept. 28
Arrests No arrests were reported from Sept. 18-24. Summonses 9/19 at 9:05 p.m. Andrea Wood, 48, no address listed, of Cape Elizabeth, was issued a summons on Charles Road by Officer Rory Benjamin on a charge of barking/howling dog disturbing the peace. 9/21 at 7:46 p.m. Suzan Backer, 62, no address listed, of Cape Elizabeth, was issued […]