New Gloucester Fire & Rescue were dispatched to 329 Bennett Road at 3 p.m. Thursday after a passerby noticed smoke coming from the eaves of the home. When the first engine arrived on scene, firefighters confronted a working structure fire. New Gloucester Capt. Ryan Mitchell summoned for the “All Hands” activating additional resources. No one […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Firefighters knock down New Gloucester blaze
New Gloucester Fire & Rescue were dispatched to 329 Bennett Road at 3 p.m. Thursday after a passerby noticed smoke coming from the eaves of the home. When the first engine arrived on scene, firefighters confronted a working structure fire. New Gloucester Capt. Ryan Mitchell summoned for the “All Hands” activating additional resources. No one […]
advertisement
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Web
Boys Basketball: Rams take down Scots for the second time
Bonny Eagle’s Nick Dubay and Gorham’s Nick Thibeault matched each other Tuesday night, posting 18 apiece as their squads squared off in Standish. It was the diversity of the Rams’ attack, then, that gave them the edge in the end; nine of coach Mark Karter’s boys added points as they charged to a 55-37 victory […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Three-car accident involves former Windham legislator
Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at about 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday to West Gray Road in the town of Gray for a three-vehicle crash. No occupant was seriously injured. The incident involved a 2003 Toyota Corolla operated by Ryler Vayo, 20, of Gray, a 2004 Honda Accord operated by Lorraine Hodges, 81, of Windham. […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Pizza delivery driver skids, snaps CMP pole in Standish
Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies responded to a one-vehicle crash on Pequawket Trail (Route 113) in Standish at about 10:45 p.m. Friday involving a Domino’s Pizza delivery driver. Jason Merrifield, 28, of Standish, was traveling west in the vicinity of 450 Pequawket Trail on a delivery route when he lost control of his vehicle on the […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Land trust grants 130 acres of Sebago forest
The town of Sebago accepted a deed Jan. 15 of 130 acres of land on Swamp Road granted by Loon Echo Land Trust. Loon Echo, based in Bridgton, reserved a perpetual conservation easement to ensure the property remains undeveloped and available to the public for a variety of recreational uses including snowmobiling and hunting. The […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Land trust grants 130 acres of Sebago forest
The town of Sebago accepted a deed Jan. 15 of 130 acres of land on Swamp Road granted by Loon Echo Land Trust. Loon Echo, based in Bridgton, reserved a perpetual conservation easement to ensure the property remains undeveloped and available to the public for a variety of recreational uses including snowmobiling and hunting. The […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Lake Region Community Chorus seeks members
If you like to sing and are free on Monday evenings the members of Lake Region Community Chorus would love to have you join them. The group is a fairly young choral organization and is looking forward to preparing for their fifth session of rehearsing and performing. The first rehearsal for the Spring Session will […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Lake Region Community Chorus seeks members
If you like to sing and are free on Monday evenings the members of Lake Region Community Chorus would love to have you join them. The group is a fairly young choral organization and is looking forward to preparing for their fifth session of rehearsing and performing. The first rehearsal for the Spring Session will […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Local plowers meet blizzard head on
Thanks to fluffy snow, widespread closures and motorists heeding warnings to stay off the road, public works directors in the Lakes Region say that plowing proceeded slowly but smoothly during Tuesday’s blizzard, which left 20 to 30 inches of snow across the region. In Standish, 17 plows deployed by the public works department cleared the […]