BRIDGTON – The 2013 Musher’s Bowl set for this weekend in Bridgton has been canceled due to unsafe track conditions at the host site, Five Fields Farm in South Bridgton. The Jan. 26-27 sled-dog racing event, in its 14th year, requires certain snow depths so the teams can operate safely, and due to inadequate snow, […]
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Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Brunswick school budget outlook: More shrinkage
BRUNSWICK — Despite the school budget increasing for the current school year, it may see another decrease like it did in the past four years. “Over the past few years the Brunswick taxpayers have had to pick up more of the cost of public education,” Superintendent of Schools Paul Perzanoski said Wednesday night at the […]
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Zumba judge: Won’t reconsider decision to exclude media
Justice Nancy Mills spoke from the bench briefly Thursday morning after an attorney for the Portland Press Herald appeared to argue that the jury selection process should be opened.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Steep Falls Library to expand?
STEEP FALLS – Paula Paul has been picturing it for years: a full kitchen, a large great room, a genealogy area, and space, lots of extra space, for the small library that is currently “bursting at the seams.” “We are here tonight to ask the council to look at our plans and support us,” said […]
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Kinderkonzerts are coming to Fryeburg Academy
The Portland Symphony Orchestra’s Kinderkonzerts are coming to Fryeburg Academy’s Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Friday, Feb. 8, and on Friday, May 17. Both shows are from 10:30-11:15 a.m. The PSO Kinderkonzerts are recommended for children ages 3-7, but all are welcome. Tickets are $4 per person and are available for purchase online […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Kinderkonzerts are coming to Fryeburg Academy
The Portland Symphony Orchestra’s Kinderkonzerts are coming to Fryeburg Academy’s Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Friday, Feb. 8, and on Friday, May 17. Both shows are from 10:30-11:15 a.m. The PSO Kinderkonzerts are recommended for children ages 3-7, but all are welcome. Tickets are $4 per person and are available for purchase online […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – 1/25
Get ready gardeners The Windham Community Garden hopes you are staying safe and healthy over the winter months. We are presently making plans for the garden for this coming season and happily welcome back our previous gardeners. We have had a terrific response from residents with requests for beds, leaving only a couple not spoken […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Lakes Region Community Calendar – 1/25
Thursday, Jan. 31: Royal River Chorus holds an Open House at the American Legion Hall, 17 Dunn St. in Westbrook (next to Riverbank Park). Registration is from 6:45-7:15 p.m. Program follows until 8:30 p.m. E-mail [email protected] or call 877-293-7464 for details. Royal River Chorus is part of Sweet Adelines International, a worldwide organization of women […]
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Lakes Region Community Calendar – 1/25
Thursday, Jan. 31: Royal River Chorus holds an Open House at the American Legion Hall, 17 Dunn St. in Westbrook (next to Riverbank Park). Registration is from 6:45-7:15 p.m. Program follows until 8:30 p.m. E-mail [email protected] or call 877-293-7464 for details. Royal River Chorus is part of Sweet Adelines International, a worldwide organization of women […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Windham to hold annual Valentine Father/Daughter Dance, Feb. 8
The Windham Parks and Recreation Department will host its seventh annual Father/Daughter Dance on Friday, Feb. 8, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Windham Middle School. Tickets are $20 per couple and an extra $10 for any extra daughters. This is for daughters in fifth-grade and under. Tickets are now on sale at the Windham Parks […]