Auditions will be held this weekend in Windham for “BOO! Thirteen Stories from Halloween,” a Windham Center Stage Theater production that celebrates Halloween with a witch’s brew of playlets, each designed to make your skin crawl and tickle your funny bone. This eerie review of 12 skits and a one-act play, all with a sinister […]
Lakes Region Weekly
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Chamber kicks off ‘Feed the Need’
The Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce has raised more than $10,000 for Feed the Need, a regional initiative aimed at alleviating hunger. The 10-week fundraiser, which kicked off Aug. 4, is an expanded version of the Community Coin Challenge, which has raised $60,000 in the past three years for the 13 food pantries that […]
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Deadly Route 11 crash the latest in a string
Monday’s single-vehicle car crash that seriously injured two adults and killed a 4-year-old boy is the latest in a string of dangerous accidents that have occurred in Casco on Route 11 near Hancock Lumber’s Ryefield saw mill. Though the mill is in a straightaway area where the speed limit is 50 miles per hour, other […]
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Deadly Route 11 crash the latest in a string
Monday’s single-vehicle car crash that seriously injured two adults and killed a 4-year-old boy is the latest in a string of dangerous accidents that have occurred in Casco on Route 11 near Hancock Lumber’s Ryefield saw mill. Though the mill is in a straightaway area where the speed limit is 50 miles per hour, other […]
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Gorham to host Senior Games pickleball tourney
The Maine Senior Games kick off this weekend, and Gorham will host better than 100 athletes competing for gold in the up-and-coming sport of pickleball. “We have three pickleball-specific courts that we just completely re-did,” says Mike Gradone, sports director for the Gorham Parks and Recreation Department. “Those are at the Little Falls Community Center. […]
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Maine Mayhem the newest game in town
Until recently, the Maine Rebels were the state’s only women’s semi-professional football team, but that squad has been sold off – it’s moving to New Hampshire – and in its place is springing up the Maine Mayhem. At the head of the new organization is Alicia Jeffords. “Going forward we are no longer the Rebels,” […]
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Standish council approves beach agreements
The Standish Town Council has approved a management plan and two lease agreements that collectively impose a cap of 400 people and 75 boats on the sandbar beach located on the western shore of Sebago Lake. At its regular meeting on Aug. 11, the council voted 7-0 to approve the agreement and the two leases, […]
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Legislators: Fix intersection
Windham’s lawmakers are seeking changes to the historically dangerous Falmouth Road-Route 202 area. Windham’s legislative delegation is calling for changes at the intersection of Route 202 and Falmouth Road, the site of numerous crashes in recent years. The intersection, which is governed by two flashing yellow lights for Route 202 traffic and stop signs on […]
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Raymond church wins grant for worship enhancements
Raymond Village Community Church – UCC is one of only 29 churches nationwide and the only church in Maine receiving a special grant to explore new ways of enhancing worship. The $12,000 grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship is intended to help the church generate renewed interest and energy in public worship at […]
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Fulfilling the need to read
Members of the Sebago Lake Rotary Club recently donated books to the Windham Food Pantry as part of its Literary Project. Pictured is club president Deb McPhail, Colette Gagnon from the Windham Food Pantry and Don Drew, project coordinator for the Rotary club. Each month the club will replenish the crate with books that have […]