Who are Maine’s toughest and wimpiest politicians? To answer that question, I conducted a comprehensive survey (which involved sitting in my office, drinking beer and binge watching old episodes of “Mike Tyson Mysteries”). This highly scientific method of determining strength of character produced two definitive lists, which I’ll share with you this week and next. […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
Inside Standish
Club seeks members Established in 2015, Standish Fish & Game Club, a family-oriented club for outdoor enthusiasts, meets the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Steep Falls Fire Barn on Boundary Road. The next meeting, Aug. 3, may include a site walk of part of the club’s 300-acre property just up […]
Arts and entertainment calendar
THEATER Through Sunday, July 31 “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” at Schoolhouse Arts Center 16 Richville Road, Standish, directed by Dillon Bates, music by Allen Thomas and choreography by Jake Boyce. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m. $16-$18. 642-3743 or www.schoolhousearts.org. Wednesday, Aug. 3-Saturday, Aug. 13 Auditions, for Windham […]
Q&A with Tricia Zwirner: Rotarian of the Year gets it done
For Tricia Zwirner, owner of State Farm Agency in Windham, family comes first. “I’ve recognized from Day 1 that I wanted a personal life and have held true to that,” she said. “In fact, that is one of the selling features of being a business owner – I make my own schedule and get out […]
Windham lodge sale warms needy
Windham Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a local organization providing heating oil to in-need families during the winter, has received a donation from local civic group the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows. The Lake Pine Association, which manages the finances of the Odd Fellows, donated $10,000 from the recent sale of their lodge on Route 302 […]
Shops offer diverse bicycling products
Singletrack Cycle Shop relocated from Naples to Raymond in mid-June, in part to expand its offerings and meet a growing demand. Also this summer, New Gloucester-based Norumbega Green Rentals, on the same property as Norumbega Cidery, has started renting electric bikes for day trips. All this means that access to an efficient mode of transportation […]
(Not his) drug of choice
There’s methadone to Gov. Paul LePage’s madness. Bad puns aside (and I admit that one seems to make no sense, but bear with me), LePage has a valid point when he criticizes drug-abuse treatment programs that dispense methadone. Most of Maine’s nine dispensaries for this stuff are run by for-profit corporations that accomplish little more […]
It Happened in Windham: Making leather
Early life in Windham was anything but glamorous! Today we imagine long, flowery dresses; beautifully groomed horses and elaborate houses – but in reality, it was muddy paths through the forests, wagons getting stuck, two dresses to last all year, small drafty houses and the never-ending drudgery of making sure the kerosene lamps were filled, […]
Young equestrians find friendship and more
It sounds like the perfect premise for a feel-good movie. Two little girls, both 5 years old, both with the same first name and both working to overcome the same physical disability, meet, become riding partners and find friendship and happiness at their equestrian center. But it’s not a screenplay. Rather, it’s the kind of […]
Warning: Some warnings are ridiculous
I think I might be spending too much time at home in my Lay-Z-Boy, remote in hand, cruising up and down looking for something to watch that is only a tad less offensive and tedious than the other 193 cable offerings. I remember back before cable, we only had three or four worthless choices but […]