Loon Echo Land Trust’s annual Trek for Trails coming up

Loon Echo Land Trust’s 2022 Trek for the Trails, presented by Norway Savings Bank, begins Sept. 1 and runs through Sept. 30. The trek is the land trust’s largest fundraising event and 100% of the $20 registration fee per person helps maintain trails and build new ones. To participate, register and then visit any LELT […]

Maine Lakes Brewfest scheduled for Sept. 24

The 18th annual Maine Lakes Brewfest will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 24 at Point Sebago in Casco. The 21-plus event will feature live music, over 35 brewers and 10 food vendors. Tickets are available only online at gblrcc.org/brewfest. The event will be held rain or shine.  

Five towns seek high-speed internet proposals

Five towns in the Lakes Region  are working together to ensure that all residents and businesses have access to high-speed internet. The communities – Casco, Naples, Raymond, Sebago and Standish – last week asked internet providers to submit proposals for potential solutions. Chosen providers would gain the opportunity to expand their footprint in southern Maine […]

Two mixed-use buildings proposed for U.S. 1 in Falmouth

The mixed-use project, The Shops at Falmouth Center, would include retail and office space and 46 market-rate apartments next to the plaza that houses Planet Fitness and Ocean State Job Lots.

Mainewhile: At long last, bird-friendly windows

My father was a man who really loved good design. He paid attention to the small details: the way a door handle felt when grasped, the balance of a coffee pot as it was lifted to pour, the line of a fender on a car going past. Dad managed to pass his love of design […]

Forum: Westbrook lucky to have splash pad funding while awaiting new pool

After another brutal heatwave when another record temperature was set during a recent Sunday, many in Westbrook were reminded of 2022 being the third summer without a working outdoor pool. The decision not to repair the 40-year-old pool was a difficult, but wise one by the city, as the estimated $1 million-plus cost to repair […]

Through My Lens: Thankful to be eight years a Mainer

I woke up on Aug. 11  to celebrate my eighth anniversary of leaving refugee life in Kenya and moving to Maine. Sometimes I find it hard to believe this much time has gone by since I departed Kenya carrying only a refugee document and a U.S. visa printed on a piece of paper. I remember […]

Mainewhile: Let’s swear by a social contract of civility

My bestie Reed once said to me, “Just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should.” At the time she was referring to my ill-conceived decision to grab scissors and give myself some bangs. She was right, it was not a good look for me, but her larger sentiment, the moral of the story, […]

Fire destroys Flaggy Meadow Farm dairy barn in Gorham

Most of the Flaggy Meadow Farm’s cows were in a pasture, but a few were lost to the blaze.

Film fest on Hacker’s Hill