George Bartlett, left, and Mark Wasowski, president of the Sebago Lake Rotary Club, stuff a bus last weekend with toiletries and other items donated for the Windham Food Pantry. “The pantry made us aware of their need for toilet paper and other personal items, and the Rotary Club did what we do best and raised […]

Residents of the Lakes Region will join the nation in voting Tuesday, Nov. 8 on their preferred presidential candidate, bringing to close a contentious and, by many accounts, unusual election. They will also vote for representatives to Congress and the state Legislature, and voice their opinion on five citizen-referendum questions, including one to decide whether […]

Two members of the Naples Board of Selectpersons are facing off in the House District 68 race. Christine Powers, the Democratic incumbent from Naples, is running for re-election against Rich Cebra, a Republican from Naples and former representative for the district, which covers Naples, Sebago, Baldwin, Cornish and part of Parsonsfield. Powers, 52, is a bartender […]

Four Bridgton residents are running for a single seat on the town’s Board of Selectmen. Jeff Jones, Robert Murphy, Phil Tarr and Arthur Triglione are running for the one-year term, which expires in June 2017. The seat was previously held by Paul Hoyt, who moved from Bridgton. Jeff Jones Jones, 33, is an appliance repair […]

Annual hunters breakfast New Gloucester Fire and Rescue will sponsor a hunters breakfast, in conjunction with the first day of Maine resident firearms deer hunting season, from 5:30-10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 29. An all-you-can-eat breakfast, consisting of eggs, pancakes, home fries, biscuits and beans, sausage, orange juice, milk and coffee, will be served at the […]

Hallelujah Party On Monday, Oct. 31, Cornerstone Assembly of God church on Cottage Road will hold a “Hallelujah Party,” to help solve “the case of the empty tomb.” From 5-7:30 p.m., there will be games, activities, face-painting and candy. Dress up as your favorite Bible character or as a detective. This is a free event. […]

Windham has more than 20 cemeteries, graveyards and burial grounds – that we know of. Often, we hear about a “found” gravestone or a cluster of them that someone remembers seeing while on a hunting trip decades ago. Cemeteries are the results of history and frequently, studying the old mildewed markers can lead to a […]