Nearly two months after a fire destroyed the Sebago Lake State Park headquarters, officials are busy drafting plans to replace the building by mid-summer. Last weekend, park staff moved from their temporary work location in a Maine Warden Service facility at the park into an office trailer located just across the road from a snow-covered […]
February 2015
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Park headquarters set for rebuild
Nearly two months after a fire destroyed the Sebago Lake State Park headquarters, officials are busy drafting plans to replace the building by mid-summer. Last weekend, park staff moved from their temporary work location in a Maine Warden Service facility at the park into an office trailer located just across the road from a snow-covered […]
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Owners of Bass Harbor restaurant destroyed by fire sue firefighters
The suit claims that members of the volunteer department ‘purposefully and unnecessarily’ allowed the business to burn.
Posted inNew England Patriots, News, Sports
Seahawks fan’s obit says ‘lousy’ Super Bowl play caused his death
‘My husband would have thought it was hysterical,’ his wife says.
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Inside Naples: 2/6/2015
The Snow Days of Winter Snow Day No. 6 is upon us as I write this. Four-day weekend for the kiddos. They will take it! Maybe the snow day was nature’s way of celebrating the Patriot’s historic win at the Super Bowl. Or maybe it was confirming the groundhog’s forecast of six more weeks of […]
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Lakes Region Calendar
(To list an event in this calendar, email information to [email protected]) Through April 29: The United Methodist Church of Good Fellowship, 1000 Roosevelt Trail, Route 302, Naples, will be serving free breakfast and fellowship every Wednesday from 7:30-10 a.m. The breakfast will be canceled with SAD 61 schools for inclement weather. Monday, Feb. 9: The […]
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It Happened in Windham: 2/6/2015
Guns in the foundation In the 1970s, a Windham school bus driver named Eph Jillson bought one of the historic old homes on Route 302 in the middle of town. The old house had originally belonged to an Anthoine family, who had come here in the 1700s. John Anthoine was born in this house in […]
Posted inCapitol Ticker
Morning Briefing 2.6.15: Keeping it local & transparent, invoking Genghis Khan & feeding the kiddos
Good morning and happy Friday. The legislative schedule is very light today as no committee hearings or meetings are scheduled. Thursday was a relatively busy day, however, a budget briefing by the LePage administration to the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee was postponed. That briefing will be held on Thursday. * * * The Center […]
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Cost-sharing hearing set for Feb. 11
The Regional School Unit 14 board is scheduled to hold a public hearing Wednesday, Feb. 11, on a new district cost-sharing formula that would increase taxes for Windham residents and reduce Raymond’s burden. The hearing will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Windham High School Auditorium, setting the stage for a March 18 vote […]
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Letters to the Editor
Casco Cares conducts 2015 fundraising drive Casco Cares is asking for the community’s help to provide emergency fuel assistance to Casco residents. The goal of the local group’s 2015 Fund Drive is to raise money through donations to cover costs of its fuel assistance program in this present heating season and to provide a buffer […]