The Windham Skate Park on Gray Road was closed recently due to inadequate structures, but the town says they hope the closure will be temporary. Town Manager Tony Plante said the decision to close the park was based on the recommendation of the town’s inspector, who examined the skate park last week for insurance purposes. […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Skate park to close after inspection finds deterioration
The Windham Skate Park on Gray Road was closed recently due to inadequate structures, but the town says they hope the closure will be temporary. Town Manager Tony Plante said the decision to close the park was based on the recommendation of the town’s inspector, who examined the skate park last week for insurance purposes. […]
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Living in style, sync with the planet: A Windham family says eco-friendly home-building options don’t have to break the bank.
Windham resident Khanh Ngo, a self-described “numbers guy” and owner of the computer repair business Maine Computer MD in North Windham, is passionate about green energy. Since he was a kid, Ngo dreamed of owning his own home by the age of 30. But this couldn’t be just any home, Ngo, now 33, told his […]
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Prison renovation gets green light
The Maine Correctional Center in South Windham will soon be receiving state money to construct new facilities and renovate the deteriorating structures at its River Road location. On Tuesday, Gov. Paul LePage signed a bill to issue $149 million in government facilities bonds to both the Windham prison and a facility in Washington County, according […]
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Q&A with Mike Connolly: On 100th anniversary, Ireland’s Easter uprising revisited in talk
Mike Connolly has been interested in Irish history and culture since he was a kid growing up in Portland. Now a history professor at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, in Standish, he will lead a lecture Friday, April 22, at the Maine Irish Heritage Center as part of an event honoring the 100th anniversary of […]
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Fatal Casco accident closes Route 302 for hours
A two-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon in Casco killed one driver and sent another to the hospital with serious injuries. A 1:15 p.m. the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and members of Raymond, Naples, and Casco fire-rescue units responded to the accident on Route 302 in Casco in the area known as Watkins Flats, near Tenney Hill […]
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Lounge appeals Buxton liquor denial
A woman hoping to serve liquor at Skip’s Lounge in Buxton has filed an appeal to the state to overturn a denial by the Buxton Board of Selectmen in February. Danielle M. Johannesen, doing business as Skip’s Lounge, at 288 Narragansett Trail, said Tuesday the Buxton board denied her application because of moral character, according […]
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Mayhem win first game of 2016
Members of the Maine Mayhem – from left are captains Paula Beaulieu, Kristianna Springer, Alicia Jeffords and Sam Sargent – won their first game of the year, 24-6 on the road versus the N.Y. Knockout, on April 9. The team traveled to Canada, where they fell to the Montreal Blitz, on April 16, before hosting […]
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Freeport sneaks past Lakers in season-opener
Jack Davenport on the mound led Freeport past visiting Lake Region on Thursday afternoon, April 14, throwing an incredible 16 Ks. Even when the Lakers threatened in the seventh, loading the bases with just one out, Davenport never lost his cool: He downed his last two adversaries on six straight pitches, securing a 2-0 W […]
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Falcons surge, steal victory from Lakers
The Freeport Falcons began their season on a high note Thursday afternoon, April 14, dramatically upending a feisty squad of visiting Lakers. After a mid-game Lake Region surge to knot up the score at seven apiece, Alexa Koenig blasted a shot to center in the last ups of regulation to score Kasey Erlebach and secure […]