The Standish Town Council has rebuffed the latest effort by Frye Island to limit its annual contribution to School Administrative District 6. On Tuesday, the council voted unanimously to approve a resolution of opposition to a new bill sponsored by Rep. Sue Austin, R-Gray, that would modify the school district’s cost-sharing formula, and repeal the […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Gateway district welcomes tavern, hotel
Last Friday, Margaret Moore, manager of the Deck House Sports Tavern, the newly opened sports bar at Seacoast Adventure, took a pause from work to describe the view from the tavern’s hilltop perch. “You can look out over all of Windham, basically,” Moore said. It was the Deck House’s fourth day of business. Down the […]
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On the Right Lane: Stuffing the ballot box
President Obama recently made remarks in Cleveland, Ohio, that voting should be made mandatory. Noticed I stated remarks and not another presidential executive order like he conducts with everything else he does. The Constitution of the United States gives the right for every American to vote but I can’t find any words stating that voting […]
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Editorial: Time will give clarity to feds’ new dam rules
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s reissuing this week of a license to operate Eel Weir Dam on Sebago Lake to Sappi Fine Paper is a major development for Greater Portland, which relies on drinking water from the lake. For more than a decade, various sides have been lobbying the federal agency hoping to influence the […]
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Inside Raymond
Promotion to Principal Rhiannon Pelletier has been promoted to Principal dancer of the Maine State Ballet Corps. This is the highest level one can achieve. Rhiannon has been training and performing ballet for almost 14 years. While teaching dance to all ages of students at CenterStage and Maine State Ballet, she also attends school full […]
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It Happened in Windham: A few cemetery stories
Family cemeteries were common in the “olden days” but records were seldom kept of who was buried in them. Sometimes the old gravestones – if they had them – have deteriorated over time so they are unreadable. Often, a little cluster of fieldstones is all that’s left of a place where a family spent hours […]
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Inside Gray
Basketball Player Wins Award Maria Valente from Gray-New Gloucester High School was recently named as the Robert E. Butler Sr. Award winner for 2015 from the Western Maine Conference. This award is based on her four years of basketball and takes into account leadership, overall good citizenship, sportsmanship, dedication to team play and outstanding quality […]
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Inside Gray
Basketball Player Wins Award Maria Valente from Gray-New Gloucester High School was recently named as the Robert E. Butler Sr. Award winner for 2015 from the Western Maine Conference. This award is based on her four years of basketball and takes into account leadership, overall good citizenship, sportsmanship, dedication to team play and outstanding quality […]
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Windham places 6th at Maine Drama Festival
Windham High School’s one-act team came in sixth place at Maine Drama Festival’s state championships in Bangor last weekend. On Saturday, about three dozen Windham-Raymond students performed the “The Chronicles of Jane, Book 7” at the Maine Drama Festival’s Class A state finals at Bangor High School. The play is about a teenager, Jane, who […]
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Windham places 6th at Maine Drama Festival
Windham High School’s one-act team came in sixth place at Maine Drama Festival’s state championships in Bangor last weekend. On Saturday, about three dozen Windham-Raymond students performed the “The Chronicles of Jane, Book 7” at the Maine Drama Festival’s Class A state finals at Bangor High School. The play is about a teenager, Jane, who […]