SEBAGO – When November arrives, and the deer hunt is on, the orders typically start trickling in for Lakes Region-based taxidermists Gene Bahr, of Sebago, and Mark Dufresne, of Gray. By mid-December, Bahr and Dufresne have a fair grasp on whether it’s going to be a good season or not. This year has not been […]
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Taxidermists thriving, despite weak hunt
SEBAGO – When November arrives, and the deer hunt is on, the orders typically start trickling in for Lakes Region-based taxidermists Gene Bahr, of Sebago, and Mark Dufresne, of Gray. By mid-December, Bahr and Dufresne have a fair grasp on whether it’s going to be a good season or not. This year has not been […]
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Officials: RSU closure ‘unnerving’
At the Windham High School varsity basketball game Friday night, Windham police Chief Richard Lewsen was pleasantly surprised when he was surrounded by grateful students and parents. “A great many parents and students circled around the superintendent and myself, and they gave us basketballs and a jersey and just clapped for us,” Lewsen said. The […]
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Officials: RSU closure ‘unnerving’
At the Windham High School varsity basketball game Friday night, Windham police Chief Richard Lewsen was pleasantly surprised when he was surrounded by grateful students and parents. “A great many parents and students circled around the superintendent and myself, and they gave us basketballs and a jersey and just clapped for us,” Lewsen said. The […]
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Officials: RSU closure ‘unnerving’
At the Windham High School varsity basketball game Friday night, Windham police Chief Richard Lewsen was pleasantly surprised when he was surrounded by grateful students and parents. “A great many parents and students circled around the superintendent and myself, and they gave us basketballs and a jersey and just clapped for us,” Lewsen said. The […]
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Raymond sees increase in new home building
RAYMOND – The housing market is starting to take off in Raymond. At the Raymond Board of Selectmen’s meeting on Dec. 16, Chris Hanson, the town’s code enforcement officer, presented data illustrating that new home construction is accelerating. Between April 1 and Dec. 5 of 2013, the town issued building permits for 10 single-family homes, […]
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LETTERS: Thank you
The Childs family would like to extend its heartfelt gratitude to the people of Standish and the Bottles for Fuel Program for supplying us with the wood to heat our home this winter. Living in Standish is a shining example of what it means to live in small community, that there are still places where […]
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LETTERS: Thank you
The Childs family would like to extend its heartfelt gratitude to the people of Standish and the Bottles for Fuel Program for supplying us with the wood to heat our home this winter. Living in Standish is a shining example of what it means to live in small community, that there are still places where […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster, Web
Inside Bridgton – 12/26
Happy New Year! When I think about being halfway through the “teens” of the 21st century, it is like pondering the endless universe, or trying to understand physics: abstract and surreal. How is it possible? Where does the time go? In my seven years of writing this column I’ve reported on the demolition and rebirth […]
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Inside Bridgton – 12/26
Happy New Year! When I think about being halfway through the “teens” of the 21st century, it is like pondering the endless universe, or trying to understand physics: abstract and surreal. How is it possible? Where does the time go? In my seven years of writing this column I’ve reported on the demolition and rebirth […]