Casco News

The camp, now in its 17th year, is hosted by the Maine Sheriffsa Association, the Maine D.A.R.E. Officers Association, and Volunteers of America Northern New England, who partner with Maine communities to provide an innovative and successful substance abuse and crime prevention program for youth from every county in Maine.

Tropical Smoothie Cafe in Saginaw is celebrating the warmth of summer by encouraging customers to wear flip flops on the chain's National Flip Flop Day on Friday.

Fourteen 4,000-foot peaks in four days. For fun. "It's probably not for everybody," said Jeff Hunnewell, 41, of New Gloucester, of his most recent hiking expedition.

" Tropical Smoothie CafA© is preparing to knock the nation's socks off with its third annual National Flip Flop Day, June 19, 2009.

A Maine man and his niece who climbed 14 of Maine's highest mountains in just four days say they won't be attempting to repeat the effort any time soon.

Robert Evans had the worst - and best - luck on his drive home this week. When the axle on his pickup truck snapped on Route 11, the vehicle lurched into a ditch, flew through the air, flipped and landed on its roof, pinning Evans.

A Casco man was rescued by a pair of bystanders Wednesday after his truck flipped on Route 11 and caught fire.

The scene is timeless: two orange-vested boys in a kayak, an expanse of blue water behind them, and ducks skirting the surface for takeoff.

CASCO : The fate of Crooked River Elementary School in Casco will be determined Tuesday, May 19, when residents of Casco and Naples decide at the polls whether to close the school, or pay extra to keep it open.

Friday, The White House was placed in temporary lockdown and steps were taken to evacuate the U.S Capitol after a plane registered out of Casco, Maine entered restricted airspace.

Dary Trickett puts a mirror finish on the hull of a Sabre 386 sailboat Tuesday at Sabre Yachts in Casco.

A Limington man is being held on $100,000 cash bail following his arrest in connection with a string of residential break-ins in Raymond and Casco.

You know it is spring when the Raymond Baseball and Softball League, consisting of ballplayers from age 5 to 15, kicks off the season by hosting its annual spaghetti dinner.

BRIDGTON : Selectmen in Bridgton are considering following the path of several neighboring towns - " hiring the county dispatch center and closing their own.

Lyle Merrifield feeds the wood stove every seven minutes while he's boiling sap in his sugar shack.

OWLS HEAD : The era of steamboating on Casco Baya 'which began more than 170 years agoa 'will be the subject of Winter Education Series lecture at the Owls Head Transportation Museum, Saturday, March 21, at 1 ...

ALL : As municipalities struggle to prepare budgets with little or no tax increase, funding traditionally earmarked for social services is in jeopardy, and the agencies that provide those services said it is a ...

Kennebunk Savings Bank is pleased to announce the following new additions to its commercial loan area: Laurel Castorina of Kennebunkport has joined the bank's commercial loan area.

BRIDGTON : Buying public works equipment now and eliminating certain streetlights are two proposals to keep the Bridgton town budget in line with decreasing revenue in 2010.

The snow and ice lining Casco Bay in Portland weren't enough to keep 80 swimmers out of the frigid ocean water on Saturday.