The competition was steep at the third annual Lake Region’s Got Talent show held Sunday afternoon, Jan. 31, at the Magic Lantern on Depot Street in Bridgton. Laura Taylor, Kristin Farwell and Liza Collins-Schrader, a trio of dancers from Windham, took home the top prize after performing a jazzy routine to “Can’t Rely on You.” […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Expanding Medicaid is healthy option for Maine
Recently Governor LePage held a community forum here in Windham. It was well attended and the governor stayed beyond the scheduled hour to take questions from those attending. One of the questions asked was what the governor thought we can do to increase the availability of treatment for those battling substance abuse. Governor LePage’s response […]
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Inside Bridgton
More snow, please Things are looking pretty dismal around here. Just last week I saw two snowmobiles and even a snowblower for sale. Have the owners completely lost hope that it will ever snow again? Reny’s and Food City both have displays of flower and vegetable seeds for sale. The gardener in me felt her […]
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Indoor Track: Lakers keep getting better as postseason approaches
The Lady Lakers posted a particularly strong performance at Friday’s meet, taking second to Fryeburg. On the boys’ side of the action, Poland finished first, while the Gentlemen Lakers earned sixth. Eight teams competed. LRHS coach Mark Snow described his kids’ progress. Keyana Prescott, for instance, had “a great rebound performance” after struggling a week […]
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Boys Basketball: Eagles prevail in seesaw battle with Bonny Eagle
Despite a 23-point performance from Troy Bogdahn, Bonny Eagle couldn’t hold off visiting Windham on Friday night, Jan. 29. Eagles Mike Gilman, Nick Curtis and Kyle Kilfoil all hit double-digits on the team’s way to a 62-51 victory over the Scots. “We came in with a similar defensive strategy as we had in our previous […]
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Boys Basketball: Eagles prevail in seesaw battle with Bonny Eagle
Despite a 23-point performance from Troy Bogdahn, Bonny Eagle couldn’t hold off visiting Windham on Friday night, Jan. 29. Eagles Mike Gilman, Nick Curtis and Kyle Kilfoil all hit double-digits on the team’s way to a 62-51 victory over the Scots. “We came in with a similar defensive strategy as we had in our previous […]
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Boys Basketball: Eagles prevail in seesaw battle with Bonny Eagle
Despite a 23-point performance from Troy Bogdahn, Bonny Eagle couldn’t hold off visiting Windham on Friday night, Jan. 29. Eagles Mike Gilman, Nick Curtis and Kyle Kilfoil all hit double-digits on the team’s way to a 62-51 victory over the Scots. “We came in with a similar defensive strategy as we had in our previous […]
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EDITORIAL: Looking for answers
Southern Maine was rocked in January with two shootings, one that led to a murder charge against a man accused of killing his wife at their Windham home and another that resulted in an attempted murder charge against a Scarborough teen. Details in both cases, sparse as they are, are extremely disturbing. And the community […]
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Looking for answers
Southern Maine was rocked in January with two shootings, one that led to a murder charge against a man accused of killing his wife at their Windham home and another that resulted in an attempted murder charge against a Scarborough teen. Details in both cases, sparse as they are, are extremely disturbing. And the community […]
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For second selectman, a first-class pain
The incident – involving a lawsuit and big-city lawyers – happened back home about a year ago and it just came up on the docket this past week. It was a motor-vehicle accident involving our town’s second selectman, Henry Pinkham, and a well-to-do tourist from Massachusetts. We didn’t know anything about him and I can’t […]