The infractions prompted a new state law adding teeth to existing laws. One town official said the outcome sends a message to people that they can’t get away with such activities.
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Replica of old Casco schoolhouse to replace original lost in fire
CASCO — When a fire gutted the old schoolhouse this April, it also extinguished the local historical society’s plan to move the nearly 170-year-old building next to a museum on Route 302. Now, the Raymond-Casco Historical Society is charging ahead with a new plan to build a replica of the old schoolhouse next to the museum. […]
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Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Barbara E. Plummer
RAYMOND — Barbara E. Plummer, 88, passed away Sunday, Aug. 26. She was born in Norway, a daughter of Wallace and Bessie Sargent. Barbara married Kenneth H. Plummer on Aug. 1, 1946. She worked at Sylvania in Standish and at Cole Farms in Gray. Barbara was a ballot clerk in Raymond for over 50 years. She […]
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Woman dies after head-on crash in Raymond
RAYMOND (WGME) — A woman died Monday morning after a head-on crash in Raymond. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office has not released the name of the victim, but they say a 30-year-old Raymond woman was heading towards Route 302 on Cape Road when she stuck a truck head-on. Deputies say the crash happened just after […]
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Fay to hold office hours
POLAND – State Rep. Jessica Fay, D-Raymond, will hold in-district constituent hours in Casco, Poland and Raymond in early August. Meetings are scheduled for: Poland: Monday, Aug. 6, from 6 to 7 p.m., Ricker Memorial Library, 1211 Maine St. Casco: Tuesday, Aug. 7, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Casco Town Office, 635 Meadow Road. Raymond: […]
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Raymond fire captain is killed in motorcycle crash
A Raymond fire captain has died from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash Monday in Massachusetts. Capt. David Mains, 48, was traveling on Interstate 495 in Chelsmford when the crash took place. A Facebook page for Raymond Fire & Rescue announced his death Tuesday. The post also said his wife, Jen Mains, is being treated for injuries […]
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Maine hunter, 86, times knee-replacement surgeries for turkey season
RAYMOND — Daybreak is a sliver on the dark horizon when Lou Haskell parks his pickup truck on a rise and starts unloading his gear. It’s 4:59 a.m. Maine’s spring turkey hunting season opens with civil twilight, the half-hour before sunrise in Bangor. Which means technically, Haskell, 86, could have been hunting two minutes ago. […]
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Women are sticking with US submarines at same rate as men
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — When the U.S. Navy sought the first female sailors to serve on submarines, Suraya Mattocks raised her hand because she thought it would be a cool job, not because she wanted to blaze a trail. She did anyway. It has been eight years since the Navy lifted its ban on women in […]
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Harry J. "Buster" Delan
RAYMOND — Harry J. “Buster” Delan, 94, a veteran of World War II, died peacefully after a brief illness with his family by his side, Thursday, March 1. Buster was born Sept 8, 1923, in Raymond, to Harry and Elsie (Perkins) Delan. In 1942, he joined the armed forces and was assigned to the 988th Signal […]
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Raymond's Dielectric expanding antenna production to Lewiston
LEWISTON — Raymond-based antenna maker Dielectric announced Wednesday it is expanding to Lewiston, taking up a 32,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the Gendron Business Park and bringing 50 jobs. Some of those positions will be new and some will be workers splitting time between Raymond and Lewiston, according to a company spokesman. It is expected to […]