Gray Rec News Gray Parks and recreation raised $767.14 in pennies over the course of the eight-week summer camp to donate to DEW Animal Kingdom. A car wash, bake sale, penny carnival, pig kissing contest… and they ended it by presenting a very large check to DEW and getting to see all the animals. Thank […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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LETTERS: Elections have consequences
Yes, elections are on the horizon. You may recently have noticed more political coverage or even a note on your door from your local legislative candidate. Having served two terms as a state representative for Raymond, Standish, Frye Island and Poland, which included a term in the first Republican majority in 40 years, I thought […]
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LETTERS: Elections have consequences
Yes, elections are on the horizon. You may recently have noticed more political coverage or even a note on your door from your local legislative candidate. Having served two terms as a state representative for Raymond, Standish, Frye Island and Poland, which included a term in the first Republican majority in 40 years, I thought […]
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IT HAPPENED IN WINDHAM – The woolen mill
In South Windham, near the Maine Correctional Center, the remnants of the old Cumberland & Oxford Canal and very close to the town of Gorham, stands what’s left of the woolen mill, which provided employment to hundreds of people for many years. It was built on the site of the first sawmill in the town. […]
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IT HAPPENED IN WINDHAM – The woolen mill
In South Windham, near the Maine Correctional Center, the remnants of the old Cumberland & Oxford Canal and very close to the town of Gorham, stands what’s left of the woolen mill, which provided employment to hundreds of people for many years. It was built on the site of the first sawmill in the town. […]
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Solution for snarl
The Windham Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve an agreement with the Maine Department of Transportation that raises $500,000 in state funds toward a roughly $1.25 million construction project that will align an intersection on Route 302. The agreement commits the town to funding the remaining costs of the project, which will align […]
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Solution for snarl
The Windham Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve an agreement with the Maine Department of Transportation that raises $500,000 in state funds toward a roughly $1.25 million construction project that will align an intersection on Route 302. The agreement commits the town to funding the remaining costs of the project, which will align […]
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Solution for snarl
The Windham Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve an agreement with the Maine Department of Transportation that raises $500,000 in state funds toward a roughly $1.25 million construction project that will align an intersection on Route 302. The agreement commits the town to funding the remaining costs of the project, which will align […]
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LETTERS: Legal ‘opinions’ are just opinions
I had started to write a letter regarding the Standish Town Council’s position until reading the June Lakes Region Weekly article by Ezra Silk. I do not know if Mr. Silk was at the meeting or not but there are several facts in the article that require further explanation. First, there is no mention of […]
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ON THE RIGHT LANE: Signs of political pollution
“The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.” Theodore H. White, journalist and historian. It is that season again where political signs will pollute the countryside in towns across our nation. If I were a printer I would want that season to happen more often because that certainly has […]