Craft fair – Saturday, Oct. 29, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Maine Medical Cenbter Scarborough Campus, 100 Campus Drive (off Route 1), Scarborough. Quilts, candles, jewelry and acessories, knits, holiday specialities and much, much more. To benefit Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital. Annual Christmas craft sale – Saturday, Nov. 12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Windham Historical Society, Town House Museum, […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Arts and entertainment calendar
THEATER Saturday, Oct. 8 “Sweet Blues: A Film about Mike Bloomfield,” noon, Portland Museum of Art, part of the Maine Jewish Film Festival. www.brownpapertickets.com or 800-838-3006. Through Sunday, Oct. 9 “Bonnie & Clyde,” with music by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics by Don Black, Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland. Friday and Saturdays at 7:30 […]
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Three land-trust groups join forces
Three area conservation groups have merged under one umbrella following months of talks. “After nearly a year of discussion, on Oct. 2 members of the Presumpscot Regional Land Trust, Windham Land Trust and Presumpscot River Watch voted to merge as one organization with the name Presumpscot Regional Land Trust,” Rachelle Curran Apse, executive director, announced […]
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Drought disaster aid available
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Cumberland County as a primary natural disaster areas due to the drought. Farmers and ranchers in York, Androscoggin, Oxford and Sagadahoc counties also qualify for natural disaster assistance, the department said in a press release. The five counties in Maine were designated natural disaster areas on Sept. 29, […]
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Arts and entertainment calendar
THEATER Saturday, Oct. 8 “Sweet Blues: A Film about Mike Bloomfield,” noon, Portland Museum of Art, part of the Maine Jewish Film Festival. www.brownpapertickets.com or 800-838-3006. Through Sunday, Oct. 9 “Bonnie & Clyde,” with music by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics by Don Black, Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland. Friday and Saturdays at 7:30 […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Three land-trust groups join forces
Three area conservation groups have merged under one umbrella following months of talks. “After nearly a year of discussion, on Oct. 2 members of the Presumpscot Regional Land Trust, Windham Land Trust and Presumpscot River Watch voted to merge as one organization with the name Presumpscot Regional Land Trust,” Rachelle Curran Apse, executive director, announced […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Southern Forecaster
Pot of gold
“Caregiver” is a lovely word. It conveys all that’s best about humanity, such as our capacity for compassion, selflessness and quality TV programming. On the other hand, “dope dealer” is an ugly term, carrying connotations of greed, corruption and sports-talk radio. Strangely enough, in Maine, caregivers and dope dealers are often the same people. It’s […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Field Hockey: Gorham controls second half, tops Bonny Eagle
Gorham ramped up for the second half vs. visiting Bonny Eagle on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 29, Erin Esty finally breaking a long deadlock midway through the stretch. The Rams continued to control until the very end, ultimately taking a 2-0 W. “It’s always good to win,” said Gorham head coach Becky Manson-Rioux simply. “But we […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Field Hockey: Gorham controls second half, tops Bonny Eagle
Gorham ramped up for the second half vs. visiting Bonny Eagle on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 29, Erin Esty finally breaking a long deadlock midway through the stretch. The Rams continued to control until the very end, ultimately taking a 2-0 W. “It’s always good to win,” said Gorham head coach Becky Manson-Rioux simply. “But we […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Field Hockey: Gorham controls second half, tops Bonny Eagle
Gorham ramped up for the second half vs. visiting Bonny Eagle on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 29, Erin Esty finally breaking a long deadlock midway through the stretch. The Rams continued to control until the very end, ultimately taking a 2-0 W. “It’s always good to win,” said Gorham head coach Becky Manson-Rioux simply. “But we […]