Sample maple syrup at Norumbega Farm Norumbega Farm, the Fralich’s family home at 402 Woodman Road in New Gloucester, will be open for Maine Maple Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., March 25. The public is invited to tour the classic maple sugar shack, built by hand in the winter of 2011, and to […]
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Clifton farmers go to court to block wind farm
Peter and Julie Beckford, who operate a flower farm, say the wind project would harm their health, happiness and quality of life.
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Brunswick officials reject $7M design for police station
BRUNSWICK — Town officials suffered sticker shock on Tuesday when they saw the draft budget for a new police station. At $7.2 million, the estimate was nearly 30 percent higher than the $5.1 million budgeted in this year’s capital improvement plan, which the Town Council approved last summer. At Tuesday’s Police Station Building Committee meeting, […]
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Lewiston man appeals for return of wheelchair
80-year-old man Dana Huard’s motorized wheelchair was stolen from in front of his apartment building on Sunday morning.
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Move-in before marriage no longer predicts divorce
A CDC marriage survey of 22,000 men and women suggests times have changed from the days when living together signaled poor chances for a successful marriage later.
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Rematches mark Lakes Region races for State House
With the deadline for major party candidates passing Thursday, March 15, the races for Maine House and Senate seats are finalized. Last week, the Lakes Region Weekly detailed races affecting Windham and Gray voters. Those included District 111 in Windham, District 110 in East and North Windham and West Gray; and Senate District 12, which […]
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Police raid home, warehouse, seize about 1,000 pot plants
Robert Ryder is charged with running the operation in the small town of Waterboro.
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Inside Naples – 3/23
Causeway Update A special town meeting was held last Monday asking residents to vote on a bond of $220,000 to cover capital improvements to the Naples Causeway area. This bond will cover many of the expenses while also providing a cushion that selectmen can utilize for unforeseen costs. Bridging the Generations Raffle Naples Main Street […]
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ON THE RIGHT LANE – Taxation without constipation
You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout. I’m telling you why. Windham has a town government committed to creating a sewer system that a large number of homes will never be connected to but may very well end up paying dearly for while maintaining their own septic systems. I guess […]
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ON GUARD DUTY – We're not Greece … yet
Remember all the fuss about raising the debt ceiling last summer? The Tea Party caucus insisting that lending even more money to a government already insanely in debt was just plain crazy. Good point, but we did it anyway. Then we did it again in January, and hardly anybody squawked. We’ve joined Greece, Italy and […]