Are you male? White? Angry? I’ve got just the political candidate for you. And his name isn’t Donald Trump. Here’s a little taste from his website: “Right now the white flag is up and the welcome mat for terrorists is out. … America is getting bullied and the world and our country has become a […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
We're all thumbs
This week is another edition of “We’re all thumbs,” in which the editorial staff of Current Publishing picks proverbial winners and losers, heroes and villains from recent news stories: • Thumbs UP to the Shaw Family Foundation in Gorham, which is finalizing a purchase from ecomaine of a 258-acre parcel located on Route 25 near […]
We're all thumbs
This week is another edition of “We’re all thumbs,” in which the editorial staff of Current Publishing picks proverbial winners and losers, heroes and villains from recent news stories: • Thumbs UP to the Shaw Family Foundation in Gorham, which is finalizing a purchase from ecomaine of a 258-acre parcel located on Route 25 near […]
Local talent helps Maine Moose become national U16 champs
The Maine Moose U16 boys hockey team repped for the state from March 31 to April 4 at this year’s USA Hockey Youth National Championships in Wayne, N.J. – and they won the whole shebang. That’s right, the Moose went 6-0 in the tournament, defeating the Armstrong Arrows of Pennsylvania 7-4 in Monday morning’s title […]
Local talent helps Maine Moose become national U16 champs
The Maine Moose U16 boys hockey team repped for the state from March 31 to April 4 at this year’s USA Hockey Youth National Championships in Wayne, N.J. – and they won the whole shebang. That’s right, the Moose went 6-0 in the tournament, defeating the Armstrong Arrows of Pennsylvania 7-4 in Monday morning’s title […]
We're all thumbs
This week is another edition of “We’re all thumbs,” in which the editorial staff of Current Publishing picks proverbial winners and losers, heroes and villains from recent news stories: • Thumbs UP to the Shaw Family Foundation in Gorham, which is finalizing a purchase from ecomaine of a 258-acre parcel located on Route 25 near […]
Storyteller is forced to fess up with FAQs
The other day I got a call from the librarian in Jonesport. She was paging through a copy of my book, “Down the Road Apiece,” and she wanted to ask me a few questions about it before she put it in the library’s travel section. Q: There are a lot of guides to our state […]
EARTH SPEAKS: Welcoming back a wounded brother
Didn’t your mother tell you …that it is not nice to bully others? …that the Bible says “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you? …that Santa Claus is coming to town, whether you believe it or not, so you’d better be good just in case? If she didn’t tell you, I’ll […]
Bridgton's business scene for women heating up
The Depot Street Tap House was proud to host the second annual Women In Business Networking event on Wednesday, March 23. It was a huge success! We are so fortunate to live in a community with many dedicated, hard-working small business owners, who support and encourage each other. Thanks to everyone who joined us; we […]
Support Maine's solar bill
When stakeholders from both the private and public sector, large and small business, Republicans, Democrats, environmental groups, CMP, Emera, the Public Advocate and others work for a year and come up with a bill that they all agree on, we should support that bill. L.D. 1649, the Solar Bill, is such a bill. It is […]