Want to get a jump start on your holiday shopping? Looking for something fun to do this weekend? You’re in luck. Sponsored in part by the Windham Economic Development Corporation/Windham Marketplace, a “Gals and Pals” shopping weekend is scheduled for Dec. 5 and 6 that invites women and their friends – which also includes men […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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IT HAPPENED IN WINDHAM: Making ‘downtown Windham’
Many residents – and visitors – think of the commercial section of Windham, where all the stores are, as “downtown” and may not realize that the area developed this way within the last 60 years or so. In the early 1870s, travel along the main road (Route 302) was by stagecoach. The road was dirt […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Thanksgiving memories
Before we put away Thanksgiving, let’s go back a few years to a Thanksgiving in the 1950s, in any country town in Maine. In my town, the population then was around 3,500, most people had one job and one vehicle per family and on Thanksgiving, the men went deer hunting. Thanksgiving was a holiday – […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Thanksgiving memories
Before we put away Thanksgiving, let’s go back a few years to a Thanksgiving in the 1950s, in any country town in Maine. In my town, the population then was around 3,500, most people had one job and one vehicle per family and on Thanksgiving, the men went deer hunting. Thanksgiving was a holiday – […]
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‘Thank God ?for Blue Arms’
In regard to the letter, “Is Standish EMS a service or a revenue source?” published Friday, Nov. 27, many people from the state of Maine have gone on to greatness. This is due to the fact that something in their lives has inspired them. The Wyeth family was inspired by Maine’s great beauty, and some […]
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Caring Community of Gray-New Gloucester thanks donors
The Caring Community of Gray-New Gloucester would like to thank all the individuals, organizations, churches, businesses and schools who so generously donated time, money or food baskets. Through the Caring Community of Gray-New Gloucester, over 95 individuals, senior citizens and families in Gray and New Gloucester received a Thanksgiving food basket. An especially huge thank-you […]
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Lake Region chorus to perform Christmas concert Dec. 4-6
The Lake Region Community Chorus is preparing for its third annual Winter Concert to be held at the Twitchell Chapel at the Bridgton Academy in North Bridgton on Friday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m. The relatively new chorus is made up of 52 members from 14 surrounding towns […]
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Paul Stookey set to headline annual holiday concert at Windham High
Noel Paul Stookey, better known as Paul from the 1960s folk-singing trio “Peter, Paul & Mary,” is set to perform in Windham this weekend with the Windham Chamber Singers during the group’s annual holiday concert. “An American Family Holiday” is set for Saturday, Dec. 5, at 2 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. at the […]
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Inside Windham
Lunch with Santa Project Graduation 2016 will hold a “Lunch with Santa” on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Windham High School Cafe?. Lunch includes hot dog, mac ‘n’ cheese, cookies and drink. Cost is $5 per child and $20 per family or four or more. Reservations are recommended but tickets are […]
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Standish woman takes Miss Maine crown
A Standish woman who received international attention last summer for her shark-tagging efforts as a volunteer for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was crowned Miss Maine USA 2016 on Sunday. Marisa Butler, 21, is a senior at Stonehill College in North Easton, Mass., where she majors in economics and minors in business. She topped […]