(To list an event in this calendar, email information to [email protected]) Through April 29: The United Methodist Church of Good Fellowship, 1000 Roosevelt Trail, Route 302, Naples, will be serving free breakfast and fellowship every Wednesday from 7:30-10 a.m. The breakfast will be canceled with SAD 61 schools for inclement weather. Monday, Feb. 9: The […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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It Happened in Windham: 2/6/2015
Guns in the foundation In the 1970s, a Windham school bus driver named Eph Jillson bought one of the historic old homes on Route 302 in the middle of town. The old house had originally belonged to an Anthoine family, who had come here in the 1700s. John Anthoine was born in this house in […]
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Cost-sharing hearing set for Feb. 11
The Regional School Unit 14 board is scheduled to hold a public hearing Wednesday, Feb. 11, on a new district cost-sharing formula that would increase taxes for Windham residents and reduce Raymond’s burden. The hearing will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Windham High School Auditorium, setting the stage for a March 18 vote […]
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Letters to the Editor
Casco Cares conducts 2015 fundraising drive Casco Cares is asking for the community’s help to provide emergency fuel assistance to Casco residents. The goal of the local group’s 2015 Fund Drive is to raise money through donations to cover costs of its fuel assistance program in this present heating season and to provide a buffer […]
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Letters to the Editor
Casco Cares conducts 2015 fundraising drive Casco Cares is asking for the community’s help to provide emergency fuel assistance to Casco residents. The goal of the local group’s 2015 Fund Drive is to raise money through donations to cover costs of its fuel assistance program in this present heating season and to provide a buffer […]
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Letters to the Editor
Casco Cares conducts 2015 fundraising drive Casco Cares is asking for the community’s help to provide emergency fuel assistance to Casco residents. The goal of the local group’s 2015 Fund Drive is to raise money through donations to cover costs of its fuel assistance program in this present heating season and to provide a buffer […]
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Inside Bridgton: 2/6/2015
Welcome to the Snow Globe After a quiet start to 2015, it looks like winter has finally rushed in. Just as I was beginning to feel sorry for the plow drivers and ski bums, they’ve all suddenly got more powder than they know what to do with. Snow doesn’t slow us down though, and even […]
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Inside Windham: 2/6/2015
Timely Reminder Free sand is available at Public Works throughout the winter months. The pickup hours are Monday through Friday from 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and weekends that Public Works crews are plowing. Please remember that sand is for residents only. No contractors will be allowed. When you enter through the gates follow the driveway down […]
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Desjardins case back in Maine
A Boston federal appeals court has tossed former Raymond Selectman Dana Desjardins’ lawsuit back to the states level. On Jan. 23, Chief Judge Sandra Lynch of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, upheld the dismissal of Desjardins’ 4th and 14th Amendment claims, and sent the state claims of defamation and “false light invasion […]
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Critics pan manager’s contract
After an illegal vote on Jan. 23, the Standish town manager’s contract renewal is headed to a second vote next week. Amid criticism from local government watchdogs, the three-year contract renewal for Standish Town Manager Gordon Billington is headed for a re-vote. With three councilors absent due to illness, the Standish Town Council voted 4-0 […]