Yeah Team On Feb. 7, in Augusta, the G-NG Cheerleaders won the Sportsmanship Award for Western Maine Class B 2015. Congratulations! A Hearty Meal You’re invited to a public supper with a menu of baked beans, casseroles, salads, homemade breads, desserts and beverages on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 5 p.m. The meal will be served […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Letters
Don’t clearcut Forest Rangers I am a resident of Maine concerned about the proposed budget cuts to the Maine Forest Service. The proposed budget cuts the Forest Rangers by 36 percent, strips all Rangers from their current responsibility of enforcing forestry laws, and proposes to replace 48 overextended Rangers with only seven natural resource officers. […]
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Letters
Don’t clearcut Forest Rangers I am a resident of Maine concerned about the proposed budget cuts to the Maine Forest Service. The proposed budget cuts the Forest Rangers by 36 percent, strips all Rangers from their current responsibility of enforcing forestry laws, and proposes to replace 48 overextended Rangers with only seven natural resource officers. […]
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Inside Windham: 2/13/15
Next Week at the Library Monday, Feb. 16: Closed for Presidents’ Day. Tuesday, Feb. 17: 10:15-10:35 a.m., Books & Babies. Wednesday, Feb. 18: 11 a.m., Amazing Tebahpla (children’s activity), 2 p.m., TNT Club movie (Monsters University). Thursday, Feb. 19: 10:30-11 a.m., Story Time. Chinese New Year crafts available all day; Take Your Child to the […]
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Sebago Lake: Weary organizers enter home stretch
For the last 15 years, dozens of volunteers have fanned out across Sebago Lake to direct traffic, weigh fish and handle registrations in order to ensure the smooth functioning of Maine’s biggest ice fishing derby, the Feb. 14-15 Sebago Lake and Cumberland County Ice Fishing Derbies. The cooperative effort represents the culmination of a nearly […]
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?Lakes Region: Snowstorms pummeling plow crews
Lakes Region plow drivers are starting to feel the strain, following weeks of back-to-back storms that have left nearly 5 feet of snow across the region. The drivers have repeatedly plowed snow through the night, with some staying on the roads for more than 30 hours in a row, according to public works directors in […]
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Just in time for derby weekend, Sebago Lake ices over
Ahead of this weekend’s ice fishing derby on Sebago Lake, hosted by the Sebago Lake Rotary Club, Maine Game Warden Service issued the following information on Thursday regarding ice and weather conditions on the lake: “Sebago Lake has the same (good) conditions as last year’s derby…The entire lake is frozen. There is some slush under […]
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Just in time for derby weekend, Sebago Lake ices over
Ahead of this weekend’s ice fishing derby on Sebago Lake, hosted by the Sebago Lake Rotary Club, Maine Game Warden Service issued the following information on Thursday regarding ice and weather conditions on the lake: “Sebago Lake has the same (good) conditions as last year’s derby…The entire lake is frozen. There is some slush under […]
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Indoor Track: Lakers, Patriots excel at WMCs
The track season is nearing its zenith; this past Friday’s Western Maine Conference Championship gathered better than a dozen schools from around Southern Maine at the University of Southern Maine’s Costello Sports Complex in Gorham. Falmouth, traditionally strong, did particularly well as a team, taking first on the boys’ side of things and third on […]
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Widow slaps Windham, county with suit claiming wrongful death, negligence
Vicki McKenney, the wife of the Windham man who was shot and killed by a Cumberland County sheriff’s deputy last April, has sued the deputy, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and the Windham Police Department. On the morning of April 12, Cumberland County sheriff’s Deputy Nicholas Mangino shot Stephen McKenney, a 66-year-old retired bus driver, […]