An article last week regarding Lowe’s and Home Depot’s impact to smaller hardware stories misidentified the number of products Aubuchon Hardware carries. The Windham Aubuchon offers 18,000 products in 7,700 square feet of retail space. We regret the error.

Last week, two highly anticipated members of the Windham business community held grand openings attended by new employees, management and board members of the Sebago lakes Region Chamber of Commerce. At left, is the grand opening ceremony for Home Depot, which took place Jan. 25 at 6 p.m. Store Manager Ann Marie Gordon is at […]

How are you handling the ice roads? Kurt Felix, 63, Raymond “Use your head and have a decent vehicle with good tires.” Lloyd Tripp, 30, New Gloucester “Slow. Very slow. Take it easy. Maintain your vehicle. Make sure you have good tires and good wipers. And watch out for the other person.” Michael D’Orio, 61, […]

The following students are listed on the Dean’s List for the 2005 fall semester at Southern Maine Community College from the Lakes Region: Erick Poulin and William Rhoads of Casco; Corrin Conforte and Toni Cummings of Naples; Colleen Catterson, Theresa Foster, Lisa Huntress, Katherine Jones, Barry Keck, Steven Lewis, Samuel MacLean, Brian McDonald, John Pastore, […]

It’s a gloomy, gray day and my outside cats are inside, providing me with my daily dose of Cat Follies. The old lady cat has somehow gotten an elastic band onto her paw, sort of like a bracelet, and appears to think that whirling around like an electric mixer will remove the offending adornment. Watching […]

An array of area businesspeople gathered at a local restaurant last Tuesday to honor a few of their own. The Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce announced its 2005 award winners at its annual meeting at Montebello’s Italian Ristorante in Raymond. Karen Thompson of DownEast Engraving in Naples received the Business Person of the Year […]

An array of area businesspeople gathered at a local restaurant last Tuesday to honor a few of their own. The Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce announced its 2005 award winners at its annual meeting at Montebello’s Italian Ristorante in Raymond. Karen Thompson of DownEast Engraving in Naples received the Business Person of the Year […]

When some Maine state legislators vote against raising the state minimum wage, they don’t just let Maine’s struggling families down; they let all of us down. Maine people understand that people who work hard should not have to live in poverty. A while ago, I talked about raising Maine’s Minimum Wage to the level of […]

The Passamaquoddy Tribe handed in an estimated 61,000 signatures Monday calling for a referendum on an Indian-run racino in Washington County, saying it is now up to the Legislature to authorize the gaming parlor or face political fallout at the polls. “The intention is to put it before the Legislature first. They could do the […]