Windham author Bruce Coffin was sitting in Starbucks on Route 1 in Falmouth when a man, with dark hair and in his mid-30s, approached the table to introduce himself. The man, an officer with the Biddeford Police Department, said he was a fan and told Coffin to keep up the good work. Coffin says the […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Falling into a new season
This week we’ve been trying to keep up with fairs, festivals and all the fall frenzy Mainers are expert at creating annually. For the past few years, we’ve not seen any fall-into-winter seasons like those of our childhood here in the northeast. I imagine it won’t be long before our “fall hurry up” will last […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Falling into a new season
This week we’ve been trying to keep up with fairs, festivals and all the fall frenzy Mainers are expert at creating annually. For the past few years, we’ve not seen any fall-into-winter seasons like those of our childhood here in the northeast. I imagine it won’t be long before our “fall hurry up” will last […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Field Hockey: Bonny Eagle picks up important win over Noble
Bonny Eagler Amelia Alexander notched the afternoon’s only goal when Noble came to town on Tuesday, Sept. 27, handing the Scots a 1-0 W over the Knights. It was Bonny Eagle’s second win of the season thus far. The team has faced some struggles, dropping seven of their first eight games. Head coach Noelle Surette, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Field Hockey: Bonny Eagle picks up important win over Noble
Bonny Eagler Amelia Alexander notched the afternoon’s only goal when Noble came to town on Tuesday, Sept. 27, handing the Scots a 1-0 W over the Knights. It was Bonny Eagle’s second win of the season thus far. The team has faced some struggles, dropping seven of their first eight games. Head coach Noelle Surette, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Southern Forecaster
Keeping in touch
Just when you think cell phone antics couldn’t get any goofier you see something involving cellphones that’s goofier than the last. I was walking down a residential Portland street the other day and saw a woman wrestling furiously with several shopping bags and her cellphone. What was so vital that she had to talk while […]
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When bad choices happen to good people
Here’s why you should vote Democratic this election: 1. Republican 2nd District U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin hates campers. “These are not my kind of people,” Poliquin allegedly told the owner of a proposed campground in Phippsburg 15 years ago in justifying his opposition to licensing what he called “a trailer park” next to a high-end […]
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Field Hockey: Capers sail past Lakers
Caper Taylor Young snapped a 0-0 stalemate with a notch early in the second half versus visiting Lake Region on Thursday evening, Sept. 22, and pushed her girls further ahead a mere five minutes later. Cape rolled from there to a 3-0 win over the Lakers, improving on the result to 4-3 this season. “We’ve […]
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Complaints spark talk of fireworks restrictions
The Windham Town Council will consider restricting the days fireworks can be set off in town after hearing from residents who said they were fed up with the disruption they cause. Julie Moore, a resident of Pope Road, said at a council meeting Tuesday that she was presenting the council with a letter signed by […]
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Fay’s business skills will transfer to House
Jessica Fay’s and my family first met at church in the late 1960s. We became reacquainted about 10 years ago by happenstance, through a mutual friend, and as a result, we discovered that we shared beliefs and feelings about Maine, the reasons why we all live in this beautiful state. Through this rediscovery I became […]