On Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, Standish voters will elect a new member of the Maine House representing District 23. Five candidates are vying to replace Mike Shaw, the former District 23 state representative who resigned on Aug. 21 and moved to Freeport. The candidates, Democrat Lynn Olson, Republican Lester Ordway, Green independent Michael Wakefield, […]

I have to admit that I am sick and tired of the increasing push to eliminate plastic bags, along with other things such as Styrofoam containers. Do these people really believe by adding the cost of a nickel per plastic bag or, in some cases, paper bags as well, that people will no longer discard […]

I have to admit that I am sick and tired of the increasing push to eliminate plastic bags, along with other things such as Styrofoam containers. Do these people really believe by adding the cost of a nickel per plastic bag or, in some cases, paper bags as well, that people will no longer discard […]

The office manager at the Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce had an unusual – and terrifying – Friday morning last week, encountering a young male fugitive hiding from law enforcement in the chamber’s break room. On the morning of Friday, Oct. 23, Angie Cook entered the chamber’s employee break room to put food […]

The federal Environmental Protection Agency initiated a comprehensive investigation of environmental and human health risks at the Keddy Mill complex in South Windham this week, pushing the contaminated site another step closer to a federal cleanup effort. The remedial investigation will involve the collection and analysis of samples from soil, surface water, sediments, groundwater and […]

The Lakes Region’s two members on the Maine Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee are not of one mind on the committee’s recent vote to subpoena two key gubernatorial staffers in an ongoing probe of Gov. Paul LePage. On Oct. 15, the motion to subpoena the staffers – senior aid Aaron Chadbourne and attorney Cynthia Montgomery – […]