WINDHAM – Maine Maple Sunday was a rousing success due to enormous crowds and a decent maple-sugaring season, said Mark Cooper, owner of Cooper’s Maple Products and Cooper’s Royal Heritage Farm on Chute Road in Windham. Cooper, who is also an official in the Maine Maple Producers Association, said of his brisk sales, “we sold […]
2013
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Record crowds for Maine Maple Sunday in Windham
WINDHAM – Maine Maple Sunday was a rousing success due to enormous crowds and a decent maple-sugaring season, said Mark Cooper, owner of Cooper’s Maple Products and Cooper’s Royal Heritage Farm on Chute Road in Windham. Cooper, who is also an official in the Maine Maple Producers Association, said of his brisk sales, “we sold […]
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Posted inLakes Region Weekly
SWIM LIKE AN EAGLE: Windham's Sundquist breaks records
WINDHAM – The Windham Eagles have a fish in their midst. It’s Nick Sundquist, whose speed in the pool has helped propel his team to three consecutive conference championships and garnered him a lengthy list of accolades. In his four years, Sundquist has been named to numerous best-of-the-best teams and surged into the record books, […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
SWIM LIKE AN EAGLE: Windham's Sundquist breaks records
WINDHAM – The Windham Eagles have a fish in their midst. It’s Nick Sundquist, whose speed in the pool has helped propel his team to three consecutive conference championships and garnered him a lengthy list of accolades. In his four years, Sundquist has been named to numerous best-of-the-best teams and surged into the record books, […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
IT HAPPENED IN WINDHAM: Remembering Popeville
There are still a few people in Windham who recognize the name “Popeville,” given to a small section of town near Windham Center and the schools. This area was settled before the Revolutionary War by several families who were Quakers. When they first came here, they were shunned by the established church authorities and many […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Maine Mall owner loses appeal of South Portland tax valuation
SOUTH PORTLAND — The latest appeal of 2009 city property tax valuations by the owners of the Maine Mall was turned aside by the Maine Board of Property Tax Review in Augusta. The board’s written decision is not yet available, but city Tax Assessor Elizabeth Sawyer said the refusal by mall owner General Growth Properties […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
UPDATE: Bangor man charged after Yarmouth robbery, Freeport crash
FREEPORT — A Bangor man was charged with robbery Thursday after he and woman were involved in a car crash on Interstate 295 Wednesday afternoon following yet another pharmacy robbery in Yarmouth. According to the Yarmouth Police Department, Dylan Libby, 21, entered the Yarmouth Rite Aid pharmacy on Route 1 and allegedly handed the pharmacist […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Northern Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, Web
Proposed RSU 5 budget would sharply raise taxes in Durham, Pownal
FREEPORT – The proposed 2013 budget for Regional School Unit 5 would result in a sharp increase in taxes for residents of Durham and Pownal, according to a presentation to school board members Tuesday night by Superintendent Shannon Welsh at Freeport High School. If approved by voters of the tri-town area through a budget validation […]
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Nelson Mandela in hospital with lung infection
Mandela, 94, has become increasingly frail in recent years and has been hospitalized several times since last year.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
MRRA cancels Brunswick air show
BRUNSWICK — The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority has canceled the 2013 Great State of Maine Air Show, because of the sequester. The show was scheduled for Sept. 14-15 at Brunswick Landing. In a statement Wednesday, MRRA said it would have lost the air show’s major attractions due to the across-the board federal spending cuts that […]