Windham News

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Department recently charged two people in connection with a rash of car burglaries.

There is a chair that Dube sits in to write, but does not belong to him. There are stacks of neatly folded clothes that he does not wear.

Christmas baskets are marked down by 60 percent at Michaels in Scarborough on Saturday.

Firefighters made quick work of a fire at Century Tire on the Roosevelt Trail. Around 10:30 Monday night the call came in that Century Tire on Route 302 had caught fire.

Time after time, Kaile Warren has told the world his story. He was a down-on-his-luck handyman from Maine, out of work and sleeping amid rats in an abandoned waterfront warehouse, when his prayers for help were answered with a middle-of-the-night vision for a business, complete with a slogan: Rent-A-Husband. For those jobs that never get done.

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Police say a vehicle heading east on Anderson Road Sunday afternoon went out of control, skidden then hit a tree.

Police in Westbrook made a drug bust during a traffic stop late Friday night. Police said one of their officers stopped a car for speeding on Main Street around 11 p.m. Using probable cause, the officer searched the car and discovered 8 grams of heroin and 9 grams of cocaine.

Citing economic hardships amid "unprecedented times," Gov. John Baldacci on Friday outlined his plan to close a $438 million state budget gap that includes deep cuts to education and human services programs but no new taxes or fees.

John Berry will be in Maine to perform at the Kyle Rogers Memorial Scholarship Fund Concert on Friday, December 18th at 7:30 PM.

Brian was so doped up on something that he could not keep his head up. He slumped over the desktop.

Ahmed Ismail was mistakenly released Wednesday, Dec. 2, from the Cumberland County Jail in Portland, where he was being held on two counts of robbery and two counts of aggravated reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.

Throughout the years there have been only 2-bodies brought to the State Medical Examiner's office in Augusta that have remained unidentified.

I wanted to publicly thank all the many local business owners that make Kennebunk such an incredible place to live and shop.

Cheers to Francis Dumont, a Bethel area builder and developer, who provided a balanced, level-headed account of a fist-fight at a local diner between another developer and the town code inspection officer.

A former Maine auctioneer is facing additional disciplinary action. The Department of Professional and Financial Regulation said Tuesday that James Cyr of Gray, whose license was revoked in 2008, has been fined $30,000 for operating without a license and failing to give back money within a reasonable time.

Department of Professional and Financial Regulation Commissioner Anne Head announced on Tuesday that the Board of Licensing of Auctioneers has once again found former auctioneer James D. Cyr, of Cyr Auction Company in Gray, to have violated various Maine laws.

Nancy Salway of Windham, left, and Margaret Everett of Macon, Ga., who are sisters, look at glass ornaments at the fair at Thornton Heights United Methodist Church in South Portland.

A Gorham teenager has been charged with arson, accused of setting fire to a vacant building that serves as a popular hangout for skateboarders.

Clear those storm drains! Last week's nor'easter, remnants of Hurricane Ida --- or nor'Ida, if you will --- brought leaves down across the Northeast, including here in Windham, Maine.