Fleeting Moments First day of school is Tuesday, Sept. 2, if you can believe it. Summer always goes so quickly here. The nights are already cooler…counting down the days. Free Concert at Cornerstone Church Join “The Puffers” for a instrumental concert this Friday night, Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. at Cornerstone Church. Called a music […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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ON THE RIGHT LANE: No RSU for you?
“America ranks the lowest in education but the highest in drug use. It’s nice to be No. 1 but we can fix that. All we need to do is start the war on education. If it’s anywhere near as successful as our war on drugs, in no time we’ll all be hooked on phonics.” Leighann […]
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LETTERS: Tired of scams
This week I got an email from a Windham person that I know – she has given me permission to share it with readers and she did report it to the Attorney General’s office. She writes: “Twice in the last week, this happened to me. My telephone rang one day and upon looking at the […]
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Inside New Gloucester – 8/22
New Trail and Bridge at Shaker Village In July 2013, when Boy Scout Bryce Neal of New Gloucester was searching for an Eagle Scout project, he contacted the Sabbathday Lake Shakers to find out if they needed anything done. The suggestion made was to create a new segment of their trail system, which is used […]
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In Windham shooting, AG finds deputy acted in self-defense
The Maine Office of the Attorney General released a lengthy report Thursday morning regarding the April 12 incident in Windham during which a Cumberland County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed an armed man in the driveway of his 2 Searsport Way residence. Attorney General Janet Mills found the deputy, Nicholas Mangino, 25, acted in self-defense […]
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BikeMaine returns to pedal the state’s waterways
BikeMaine 2014 – a weeklong tour that’ll take riders roughly 350 miles – kicks off on Sept. 6 in Westbrook, heading northwest. The 275-strong group will cover 59 miles their first day, swinging up the west side of Sebago Lake, through Standish, Naples and Casco before stopping off for the night in Norway. From there, […]
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BikeMaine returns to pedal the state’s waterways
BikeMaine 2014 – a weeklong tour that’ll take riders roughly 350 miles – kicks off on Sept. 6 in Westbrook, heading northwest. The 275-strong group will cover 59 miles their first day, swinging up the west side of Sebago Lake, through Standish, Naples and Casco before stopping off for the night in Norway. From there, […]
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Tough Mudder requires ‘totally different mentality’
When the Tough Mudder descends on Westbrook’s Sunset Ridge Golf Links this coming weekend, it will bring with it roughly 15,000 participants, all of them determined – energized, focused and confident. At least, that’s how they’re likely to feel when they begin the course. How they’ll feel when they finish, well, that’s anybody’s guess. Not […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
Tough Mudder requires ‘totally different mentality’
When the Tough Mudder descends on Westbrook’s Sunset Ridge Golf Links this coming weekend, it will bring with it roughly 15,000 participants, all of them determined – energized, focused and confident. At least, that’s how they’re likely to feel when they begin the course. How they’ll feel when they finish, well, that’s anybody’s guess. Not […]
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Another home deemed unfit
WINDHAM – Just weeks after several families were removed from an apartment house in South Windham, the town of Windham has condemned a single-family home on Anthoine Road, citing unsafe and unsanitary conditions. Four people were living in the home at the time of the eviction. On Aug. 5, inspectors from the Windham Code Enforcement […]