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 […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Four vie for seat on Bridgton Board of Selectmen
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 […]
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Well-known in Casco, McClellan doesn’t need attack ads
I have known Mike McClellan for quite a while now, we have done many things together in work, community activities and church. I will be supporting Mike as he looks to be reelected as the Maine House 66 (parts of Raymond, Casco and Poland) seat. I know Mike because he has been a parent, volunteer […]
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SAD 6 cost-sharing stays same for Frye Island
The cost share committee for School Administrative District 6 last week rejected a proposal that would have provided fiscal “relief” to Frye Island, ending the cost-share negotiation process taken up a month ago in accordance with the state’s guidelines. At the second committee meeting, held Oct. 18, members voted 10-3 to reject a facilitator’s recommendation […]
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Inside Bridgton
Get out and vote Before my next column comes out we will have gone to the polls to elect a new president and others to represent our country, state and town. We also have a number of referendums to be decided. The campaigns on all sides, at all levels, during this election cycle have been […]
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Arts calendar
THEATER Friday, Oct. 28 “Shrek: The Musical” screening, 7 p.m., Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland. $5 donation at the door, costume contest, cash wine bar and concessions, 50/50 raffle. www.portlandplayers.org. Through Sunday, Nov. 20 “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” presented by Good Theater at St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. Wednesdays and […]
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Deaths
Bowman, Rita Mae, 85, of Gorham, died on Oct. 15, 2016. Arrangements by Staples Funeral Home, Gardiner. Graveside service held at Litchfield Plains Cemetery. Bruzzese Jr., Gino G., 54, of Buxton, died on Oct. 16, 2016. Arrangements by Dennett, Craig & Pate Funeral Home, Buxton. DiMatteo, Edythe A., 90, of South Portland, died in Gorham […]
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The powers that be
As a kid I always enjoyed listening to my grandfather talk about life in the 1880s and 1890s when he was growing up on Penobscot Bay. I marveled at his stories of how people managed to live without cars and telephones and televisions and Saturday morning cartoons. ?Sure, we could do without those things when […]
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Deaths
Bowman, Rita Mae, 85, of Gorham, died on Oct. 15, 2016. Arrangements by Staples Funeral Home, Gardiner. Graveside service held at Litchfield Plains Cemetery. Bruzzese Jr., Gino G., 54, of Buxton, died on Oct. 16, 2016. Arrangements by Dennett, Craig & Pate Funeral Home, Buxton. DiMatteo, Edythe A., 90, of South Portland, died in Gorham […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Southern Forecaster
The powers that be
As a kid I always enjoyed listening to my grandfather talk about life in the 1880s and 1890s when he was growing up on Penobscot Bay. I marveled at his stories of how people managed to live without cars and telephones and televisions and Saturday morning cartoons. ?Sure, we could do without those things when […]