After Fryeburg posted two runs in the fifth at Gray-New Gloucester on Saturday morning, the Patriots immediately answered, scoring two of their own – Allie Martell and Cara Waltz crossed home to even the tally – in the sixth. But it wasn’t to be G-NG’s day. The visiting Raiders grabbed another run in the eighth, […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Windham man finally completes kidney donation
Joshua Dall-Leighton, the Windham man who received national attention after Maine Medical Center delayed his kidney donation, completed the operation at the hospital on Tuesday. Christine Royles of South Portland left a sign on her car last year indicating that she was in search of a matching kidney donor. Dall-Leighton saw the message in December, […]
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Outdoor Track: Hall picks up two more New England titles, looks to Nationals
Lake Region superstar Kate Hall strutted her stuff once again recently, taking first in two of her three events – the 100 and the Long Jump – and second in the other, the 200, at last weekend’s New Englands, held this year at Thornton Academy in Saco. That’s five New Englands titles for Hall, who, […]
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Outdoor Track: Hall picks up two more New England titles, looks to Nationals
Lake Region superstar Kate Hall strutted her stuff once again recently, taking first in two of her three events – the 100 and the Long Jump – and second in the other, the 200, at last weekend’s New Englands, held this year at Thornton Academy in Saco. That’s five New Englands titles for Hall, who, […]
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Politics And Other Mistakes: I read the news today, oh boy
There was a time when daily newspapers in Maine wielded enormous political influence. Then, the Ice Age came to an end. People crawled out of their caves and discovered somebody had invented Wi-Fi. So powerful were the print media in bygone eras that a late endorsement by the Bangor Daily News in 1974 is generally […]
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Editorial: We’re all thumbs
Welcome to another edition of “We’re all thumbs,” in which the editorial staff of Current Publishing picks proverbial winners and losers, heroes and villains from recent news stories: • Thumbs UP to all the student-athletes participating in regional finals and state championships this month. We are particularly impressed by record-setters such as Lake Region High […]
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Softball: Scarborough drops Windham, edges past Biddeford to reach Regionals
Scarborough softball continued its 2015 roll this past week, winning a pair of at-home postseason matchups to extend their untarnished record. The Red Storm dropped first the Eagles of Windham, 12-4 on Thursday, and then, in something of a nailbiter, the Tigers of Biddeford, 6-5 on Saturday. Those victories bump the Red Storm to 18-0 […]
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Voters approve SAD 6 budget
Despite weak turnouts, the $46.5 million School Administrative District 6 budget unofficially passed overall, as of Wednesday. Voters in Buxton, Hollis and Standish supported it while voters in Limington and Frye Island defeated it. In a squeaker, Buxton voters narrowly passed the school budget by 50 votes, 362-312, while nine other ballots were left blank. […]
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Voters approve beach, elect three new councilors
Standish voters elected Isabel Higgins, Kimberly Pomerleau and Lester Ordway to the Town Council Tuesday, while also approving a bond question to fund the creation of a public beach on the western shore of Sebago Lake. Town Council term limits imposed by voters last summer forced Councilors Phil Pomerleau and Margaret Spencer from office Tuesday. […]