New town festivalGray’s 2016 End of Summer Fest – A Harvest Gathering takes place Saturday, Aug. 27, at Pennell Park. The Fest will run 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a fun-filled schedule: live music, booths, interactive exhibits, children’s activity tent, family-friendly lawn games and more. Events include a Kid’s Fun Run at 9 a.m.; […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Inside Windham
Where is it?A century ago, South Windham Village was home to several mills and a thriving commercial district, with public transportation, churches, banks, grocery stores, dry cleaner, laundry, and other shops – much like North Windham is today. On Monday, July 18, the Windham Historical Society hopes to identify some century-old photographs taken in the […]
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Celebrating kale, nutrition’s holy grail
Julee Applegarth is no stranger to kale, but she recognizes that others might be. That’s why she and her husband, owners of Sweet Relief Farm in Steep Falls, are organizing Kale Fest, the first of what Applegarth hopes will be many community events at the Steep Falls Farmers Market. The goal of the event, planned […]
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Inside Standish
Bridge ClubThe Bridge Club meets on Tuesdays from 1-4 p.m. at the Standish Municipal Center. For more information, call June Flewelling at 642-4744 or Kathy Murphy at 625-8222. American JonggAmerican Jongg, for players who already know the game, are familiar with official Mah Jongg rules and have the 2016 Mah Jongg League Card or standard […]
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It Happened in Windham: Boody’s Corner
A few signs are all that’s left of the once thriving “Boody’s Corner” at the intersection of routes 35, 302 and 115. There was once a Boody enterprise on each corner. The majority of the citizens of Windham have never heard of this once-influential family who originated in New Hampshire and moved in 1768 to […]
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Democracy or representative democracy?
Nowhere in the United States Constitution or the in the Declaration of Independence is the word “democracy” mentioned. However, I grew up thinking that we lived in a democracy. Didn’t you? Seems that we were misled. A democracy is one where ordinary citizens come together to decide matters important to them. New England, including Windham, […]
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Windham replaces stolen stop signs
The new stop signs stolen from July 10 from the intersection of Windham Center Road and Pope Road have been replaced. The stop signs, approved by the Town Council June 28 and installed on Windham Center Road July 7, created a four-way intersection with Pope Road and Ward Road. The signs were meant to alleviate […]
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It Happened in Windham: Boody’s Corner
A few signs are all that’s left of the once thriving “Boody’s Corner” at the intersection of routes 35, 302 and 115. There was once a Boody enterprise on each corner. The majority of the citizens of Windham have never heard of this once-influential family who originated in New Hampshire and moved in 1768 to […]
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History all around in Bridgton
The Bridgton Historical Society has a number of events for children and adults planned for the month of July. Every Wednesday morning through though Aug. 24, the society hosts a walking tour of downtown Bridgton with Margaret Reimer and Caroline Grimm. The tour starts at 10 a.m. at the museum at 5 Gibbs Ave. On […]
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Plant patrollers keep up the good fight
In the fight against invasive plants, Panther Pond in Raymond is considered a success story by the Volunteer Lakes Monitoring Program. And it all started, in part, with two residents who signed up for a six-hour class on invasive plant patrol through the lake monitoring program, a nonprofit dedicated to healthy Maine lakes. In the […]