STANDISH – The Standish Town Council rejected an effort to scrap a special town meeting referendum scheduled for Sept. 9, in a 5-2 vote on Tuesday night. At the meeting, Councilor Wayne Newbegin introduced a motion to reconsider the special town meeting on the basis that it violated two sections of the town’s charter. Many […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Pennels withdrawn from Senate race
Stuart “Toby” Pennels, 55, the Casco-based financial adviser who was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident near Rangeley on Aug. 3, has been withdrawn from the Senate District 26 race. According to Jeff Vermette, the treasurer of the Windham Republican Party, Pennels’ wife, Brenda, signed papers officially withdrawing him from the race Wednesday. Vermette said […]
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Lakes Region Calendar – 8/14
Friday, Aug. 15: Deertrees Theatre, located at 156 Deertrees Road in Harrison, will host the Deertrees New Repertory Company’s last performance of “The Grand O’Neal” starting at 7:30 p.m. Call the box office at 583-6747, or go to http://www.deertrees-theatre.org for tickets. Saturday, Aug. 16: From 11 a.m.-2 p.m., join four professional chainsaw carver/artists at the […]
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Lakes Region Calendar – 8/14
Friday, Aug. 15: Deertrees Theatre, located at 156 Deertrees Road in Harrison, will host the Deertrees New Repertory Company’s last performance of “The Grand O’Neal” starting at 7:30 p.m. Call the box office at 583-6747, or go to http://www.deertrees-theatre.org for tickets. Saturday, Aug. 16: From 11 a.m.-2 p.m., join four professional chainsaw carver/artists at the […]
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Lakes Region Calendar – 8/14
Friday, Aug. 15: Deertrees Theatre, located at 156 Deertrees Road in Harrison, will host the Deertrees New Repertory Company’s last performance of “The Grand O’Neal” starting at 7:30 p.m. Call the box office at 583-6747, or go to http://www.deertrees-theatre.org for tickets. Saturday, Aug. 16: From 11 a.m.-2 p.m., join four professional chainsaw carver/artists at the […]
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A sound ‘like screeching metal’
STANDISH – When the engine on William “Billy” Werth’s Birchler Boyd Eagle 540 biplane died 5,000 feet above the Lakes Region on Sunday, the 44-year-old Indianapolis stunt pilot first sought to “troubleshoot” the problem. A few moments of failed fixes later, Werth, an 18-year Air Force reservist who has deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya […]
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A sound ‘like screeching metal’
STANDISH – When the engine on William “Billy” Werth’s Birchler Boyd Eagle 540 biplane died 5,000 feet above the Lakes Region on Sunday, the 44-year-old Indianapolis stunt pilot first sought to “troubleshoot” the problem. A few moments of failed fixes later, Werth, an 18-year Air Force reservist who has deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya […]
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IT HAPPENED IN WINDHAM: Catching falling stars
“The heavens were on fire,” was how one Windhamite described the night of Nov. 13, 1833. On that night, a meteor shower or storm occurred over the entire North America and according to some estimates, more than 100,000 meteors fell per hour – and the storm lasted nine hours. Windham’s Jonathan Loveitt kept a diary […]
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Inside Raymond – 8/14
That’s What Makes You Beautiful They say a dad will do almost anything for his daughter, and Ed Gagne is no exception. It was no secret to any teenage girl that One Direction was coming to Gillette Stadium to perform concerts Aug. 7-9. Ed had already been a cool dad by purchasing tickets to the […]
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Inside Raymond – 8/14
That’s What Makes You Beautiful They say a dad will do almost anything for his daughter, and Ed Gagne is no exception. It was no secret to any teenage girl that One Direction was coming to Gillette Stadium to perform concerts Aug. 7-9. Ed had already been a cool dad by purchasing tickets to the […]