Standish News

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: The slanket, a sleeved blanket made of soft polyester microfibers, was an idea hatched in a Maine dorm room more than 10 years ago.

The Pilgrims had a spiritual impetus to what they did, where they went, and what they thought.

Officer Russ Swann of the USM Police talks with a young woman he once arrested while on patrol on the Gorham campus last Friday night.

Although disappointed by the City Council's decision, City Manager Tom Stevens said late last week he would not pursue any further legal avenues to request that the council reconsider recruiting a new city manager.

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Department is warning people in the Lakes Region about a rash of motor vehicle burglaries.

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A man suspected of driving erratically led police on a chase through several towns before spinning out.

The city will participate in another early-voting pilot project beginning Monday, Oct.

October 22, 2009 Secretary of State Contact: Matthew Dunlap, 207-626-8400 Augusta - Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap announces the start of Maine's 2009 Early Voting Pilot Program, which will begin next week in participating municipalities.

A Baldwin man was stopped during his run from the police by his own car. Cumberland County Sheriff's Deputy Andrew Feeney pulled over a white pickup in Standish, Maine for driving erratically.

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine - While the chairman of the Presque Isle City Council said Thursday that the board is grateful to City Manager Tom Stevens and what he has done for the city for the past 17 years, he said that councilors want the city to "move into the 21st century." That, council Chairman Ed Nickerson said, is why the council has decided not to ...

A crash closed a road in Standish late Wednesday evening. Police closed Route 25 from Dingley Spring Road in Gorham to Standish Corner in Standish shortly after 10:30 p.m. It was not known how long the road would remain closed.

Cake mix is among 16 products that Gramma Mill's Gluten Free Foods, which began in January 2007, now offers.

A Standish, Maine, woman has pleaded not guilty to charges that she beat her husband with a baseball bat on Easter morning and then shot herself in the abdomen to fake a home invasion.

ORONO, Maine a ' Six University of Maine students and five visitors to the Orono campus were summoned over the weekend for underage drinking in three separate incidents.

A Steep Falls woman died at the scene of a one-vehicle crash near the Gorham-Standish line Monday afternoon.

August 11, 2009 Well, about 1,800 people made it inside to President Obama's health care town hall, others made their presence felt outside.

Retired former UTU Vice President Eugene F. Lyden passed away Aug. 10, 2009. He was a member of Local 1400, South Portland, Maine, and lived in Standish, Maine.

A West Waterford man is being held at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland on the charge of aggravated assault following a reported stabbing in Standish Tuesday afternoon.

A West Waterford man is being held at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland on the charge of aggravated assault following a reported stabbing in Standish Tuesday afternoon.