History Mystery TourThe newly opened Rufus Porter Museum in the Webb House at 121 Main St. in Bridgton (across from the library) will host a History Mystery Tour to five historical sites around Bridgton on Saturday, July 23, from 12 to 4 p.m. Driving is required to reach some of the sites, but participants can […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Sappi keeps deadline for Windham eel passage
Sappi Fine Paper in Westbrook has agreed to establish eel passage at Eel Weir Hydroelectric Dam in Windham by March 2017, following a settlement between the paper mill company and Friends of Sebago Lake, a citizen environmental group. The mill applied on Feb. 25 to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection for an extension to […]
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Inside Windham
Monday meals and more From St. Ann’s Episcopal Church come the following reminders for the community: The Essentials Pantry for non-food necessities is open at St. Ann’s on the last Saturday of each month from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Cleaning products and personal care items are available. Monday meals are held at the church every Monday throughout […]
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Bridgton land donated to lakes group
The David and Carol Hancock Charitable Trust have donated 325 acres of land on Highland Lake to the The Lakes Environmental Association. The watershed land in Bridgton, home to vernal pools, beaver marsh, and lowland spruce-fir forest, “is a superb addition to LEA’s conservation, education and recreation lands,” Peter Lowell, executive director of the lakes […]
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Yankee Ford tops Lakers to remain undefeated
The Sebago Lakers kept pace with visiting Yankee Ford through four innings on Thursday, July 14: A Troy Bogdahn grounder up the middle in the third coaxed a rare error from the Yankee Ford defense and allowed two Lakers to score and tie action at 3-3. Yankee Ford broke the game open after that, however, […]
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Arts 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. Through Saturday, July 23 Agatha Christie’s “The Unexpected […]
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Capitalizing on quaint
You don’t have to drive around much of Maine before concluding that we haven’t done many cities in the 300 or 400 years we’ve been building things in these parts. We’ve cut down a few billion trees and built lots of boats. We’ve moved millions of yards of sand and gravel and built thousands of […]
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Capitalizing on quaint
You don’t have to drive around much of Maine before concluding that we haven’t done many cities in the 300 or 400 years we’ve been building things in these parts. We’ve cut down a few billion trees and built lots of boats. We’ve moved millions of yards of sand and gravel and built thousands of […]
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Tri for a Cure pushes past $10 million mark
The Tri for a Cure proved so successful in its ninth running Sunday, July 17, that it pushed its all-time funds-raised past $10 million. The triathlon, held at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland, has become a Maine institution, attracting more than 1,000 participants and thousands more spectators. “We set a goal this year […]
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Facebook post helps Bridgton police nab flag thiefs
The Bridgton Police Department has identified and charged three suspects in a recent theft of the town’s American flags, thanks in part to the department’s followers on Facebook. American flags were ripped from their poles on Main Street around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, July 17, according to police. Security footage posted on the department’s Facebook page […]