Walter Butler paid $350,000 for a rundown industrial building on 50 acres in 2014 and donated 22 acres to the town for soccer fields that were never built. He is being allowed to bid – at least $300,000 – to get the land back, but the town now says it likely will hold onto the land.
standish maine
Posted inBusiness, Maine
He donated land for soccer fields in Standish. Now the town is selling it.
Businessman Walter Butler wants to buy back the 22-acre gift he made for school athletes in 2014. But because he’s now a town councilor, the municipality says it’s not that simple.
advertisement
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Hank Beebe, prolific composer and founder of Schoolhouse Arts in Standish, dies at 96
Before he came to Maine, Beebe had a successful career on and off Broadway. A service and sing-along will be held Saturday.
Posted inMaine
Weekend freeze has plumbers scrambling to repair burst pipes
Temperatures across Maine plunged to double digits below zero last weekend, forcing plumbers, firefighters and emergency responders to juggle hundreds of calls for help.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Former jail guard won’t serve prison time for 2019 fatal crash
Kenneth Morang, 65, received a 6-year suspended sentence after being convicted of manslaughter in the 2019 death of Raelynn Bell.
Posted inMaine, Uncategorized
Four injured in head-on crash in Standish on Friday night
The crash, which occurred on Route 35, also known as Bonny Eagle Road, is still under investigation.
Posted inConnections
SNAPSHOT: St. Dom students participate in ‘Are You Fitter Than a Fifth Grader?’
In the return of a pre-pandemic tradition, the fifth graders at Auburn’s Saint Dominic Academy hit the road Oct. 25 to Saint Joseph’s College of Maine in Standish for “Are You Fitter Than a Fifth Grader?,” a day of obstacle courses, fitness games, nutrition trivia, and more. Bethany Fox is a physical education teacher at […]
Posted inCommunity, Connections
Extension continues workshops for land, sea farmers Oct. 9, 16
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is set to offer two free, in-person workshops in October for farmers, farm workers, fishers and foresters with a focus on body mechanics, injury prevention, movement, health and wellness. The Safe Labor – Movement workshops will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, at Triple Chick Farm, […]
Posted inMaine, News
Mother, daughter seriously injured when car collides with dump truck in Standish
Rebecca McVety, 32, of Standish was transported by Lifeflight helicopter to a Portland hospital with life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine
Nine-year-old Poland girl killed when tree falls on car at campground during storm
The severe storm caused extensive damage in the Standish and Sebago area Thursday afternoon.