The Westbrook Blue Blazes played host to the Gorham Rams, the Windham Eagles and the Red Storm on Monday, and Scarborough emerged as the day’s big winner, winning on both the boys’ and girls’ sides by solid margins. Boys team scores 1. Scarborough 117 2. Gorham 63 3. Windham 56 4. Westbrook, 39 Girls team […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Baseball: Windham blisters Gorham to earn season's first win
Windham’s Mike Gilman is just a freshman, but he leads off in the Eagles’ batting order, and he led their offense as the team captured its first victory of the year Tuesday afternoon, going 3-4 and scoring once as the Eagles cruised to a 7-0 W over the Rams. The road win bumps Windham to […]
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Sheriff's deputy charged with domestic violence, terrorizing
Paul Pettengill, a deputy with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault and terrorizing on Monday at 8:30 p.m. Pettengill, 42, was arrested after the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office responded to a disturbance on Bonny Eagle Road in Standish. According to Sheriff Kevin Joyce, Pettengill has been placed on […]
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It Happened in Windham: Decoration of the graves
It won’t be long before people will be calling “the town” to find out about when cemeteries in Windham will be readied for the flowers and wreaths placed there for Memorial Day. No matter the condition of the ground, this is a usual part of the Windham Way. The Historical Society is frequently asked about […]
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Inside Bridgton
Starting Off When I first moved to Bridgton, I started to read the local publications right away, so that I could get involved in all that the region had to offer. One of the first newspapers I picked up was the Lakes Region Weekly, where I was first introduced to Carrye’s “Inside Bridgton” column. This […]
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Best of Best contest winners celebrate in style
Nearly 100 people celebrated winners of the Lakes Region Weekly’s 2015 Best of Best Readers Choice Contest at the Umbrella Factory Supermarket on Roosevelt Trail in Naples on April 22. On April 3, 180 awards, divided into 60 categories, were announced in the annual contest, with some businesses, such as the Umbrella Factory, winning in […]
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Best of Best contest winners celebrate in style
Nearly 100 people celebrated winners of the Lakes Region Weekly’s 2015 Best of Best Readers Choice Contest at the Umbrella Factory Supermarket on Roosevelt Trail in Naples on April 22. On April 3, 180 awards, divided into 60 categories, were announced in the annual contest, with some businesses, such as the Umbrella Factory, winning in […]
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On the Right Lane: Political bad breath
I find this week’s column hard to write although there certainly is no lack of things to write about, especially when it comes to politics. The past week has been tough with an aching back, a car that doesn’t want to start and waking up to the sounds of a cat vomiting beside the bed […]
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On the Right Lane: Political bad breath
I find this week’s column hard to write although there certainly is no lack of things to write about, especially when it comes to politics. The past week has been tough with an aching back, a car that doesn’t want to start and waking up to the sounds of a cat vomiting beside the bed […]
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Windham’s Loring wins waterfowl stamp contest
Michael Loring, of Windham, recently won the 2015 Maine Migratory Waterfowl Stamp Contest and will have his work appear on a postage stamp. Loring was one of 12 Maine artists who submitted work in the contest, which was judged at the State of Maine Sportsman’s Show in Augusta in late March. Married to Wendy with […]