Rolling thunder killed the boys half of the Southwestern Maine Activities Association Relays at Thornton Academy in Saco on Thursday, Sept. 3, but the girls got their chance to run, and some familiar names topped the list of finishers. The afternoon was run as a series of seven races, one girl from each school per […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Field Hockey: Yarmouth blanks Lake Region in season opener
The Clippers kicked off their 2015 in style on Wednesday, Sept. 2, walloping the visiting Lakers 6-0 on goals by four different girls, including two apiece from Abby McDowell and Eliza Lunt. That’s a 1-0 start on the year for Yarmouth, and a rush of good vibes they hope to carry forward into coming battles. […]
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Finn heads to Gray, Good shifts to Lake Region
By Ezra Silk [email protected] Ted Finn, who became the principal of Lake Region High School five years ago after the Department of Education listed it as one of the lowest performing schools in Maine, has been hired as the new principal of Gray-New Gloucester High School. Finn, 47, will replace Eric Klein, who recently switched […]
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Especially for Seniors: Oh, the places we’ll go
This is a great time of year to get together with a couple of friends and go somewhere – not too far, just out of the house for a few hours. Visit your local historical society and reminisce about the way things used to be. Sometimes it will make you appreciate what improvements we have […]
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Especially for Seniors: Oh, the places we’ll go
This is a great time of year to get together with a couple of friends and go somewhere – not too far, just out of the house for a few hours. Visit your local historical society and reminisce about the way things used to be. Sometimes it will make you appreciate what improvements we have […]
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Inside Bridgton
Slow Down The other day, I was working in the gardens at Highland Lake beach. It was raining pretty hard, and I was feeling pretty soggy, but I continued to plug along so that I could get my job done. Just as I stood up, holding my bucket of weeds, a car quickly drove past, […]
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On the Right Lane: One-way ticket, please
Recently, I read an interesting article about Mars One where people could volunteer to go on a one-way trip to the Planet Mars. The program will supposedly be ready to launch by 2024, although I seriously doubt a private company could finance all the technology needed in order to make a successful trip to Mars […]
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Maine authors to speak, Sept. 9
Maine author Helen Peppe presents her humorous novel, “Pigs Can’t Swim,” a collection of anecdotes about growing up the youngest of nine children on a backwoods Maine farm at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the Raymond Village Library. Peppe will be joined by Chris Lombard, an accomplished horse trainer/clinician and author of the […]
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It Happened in Windham: School days of yore
During this summer of 2015, several volunteers have been laboring on converting a small wooden building once used as a gunshop, into a schoolhouse. It won’t be part of a school district, but it will be a place of learning. The Historical Society will display Windham school artifacts it has been collecting since 1967 and […]
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Letters
Crooked River confusion Local phone book maps, Google Maps and reporter Ezra Silk are not correct in saying the Crooked River goes to the north shore of Sebago Lake. The Crooked River ends at the Songo Lock where the Songo River and Crooked River meet. The Songo River continues to the north shore. Sam Chute […]