Some women compete in the Tri for a Cure wearing looks of agony on their faces – wrecked grimaces, taut lips over bared teeth. Some women compete wearing looks of remembrance, inward gazes focused on lost loved ones. And some women compete wearing looks of steely determination, jaws set and brows lined with regimented beads […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Inside Standish – 7/18
No Experience Necessary If you care about your community, please consider getting involved with the Standish Planning Board as there are currently two seats open, which need to be filled. If you can’t volunteer yourself but know someone who you think would be perfect, please mention it to them and have them consider filling out […]
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Inside Standish – 7/18
No Experience Necessary If you care about your community, please consider getting involved with the Standish Planning Board as there are currently two seats open, which need to be filled. If you can’t volunteer yourself but know someone who you think would be perfect, please mention it to them and have them consider filling out […]
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Windham gets I-95 signage
WINDHAM – Thanks to the Maine Legislature’s recent overhaul of rules governing signage along Interstate 95, the town of Windham will soon be listed on the large, green “Gray-New Gloucester” signs approaching Exit 63 of the Maine Turnpike. In response to requests from the Legislature’s Transportation Committee and the federal government, the Legislature passed a […]
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Deertrees forms local repertory company
The Deertrees New Repertory Company, a group of Maine-based actors and directors, is in the midst of staging a dozen performances at the historic Harrison theater this summer. The performing group complements the theater’s traditional offerings of almost nightly musical performances through the summer months. The newly formed troupe, however, represents a departure for the […]
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New town clerk has area roots
RAYMOND – The Town of Raymond has hired Sue Look, the former town clerk of West Bath, to replace longtime town clerk Louise Lester. Look, a resident of Richmond who grew up in Pembroke in eastern Maine, has also worked for L.L. Bean and managed central voter registration for Maine’s Division of Elections. It was […]
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ON THE RIGHT LANE: Wishing to be invisible
“Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping Tom to install your window blinds.” John Perry Barlow I was in a self-made dilemma as to what I was going to write about this week because I realize that it’s best to change subjects rather than drumming on the same old […]
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ON THE RIGHT LANE: Wishing to be invisible
“Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping Tom to install your window blinds.” John Perry Barlow I was in a self-made dilemma as to what I was going to write about this week because I realize that it’s best to change subjects rather than drumming on the same old […]
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Three local candidates withdraw from House races
Candidates for Maine House districts representing Windham, New Gloucester and Naples have withdrawn from their respective races. The withdrawals follow recent party primaries and in advance of a July 14 deadline, after which the candidates could not be replaced on their party’s ticket. Replacements must be announced by July 28. In the race for the […]
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IT HAPPENED IN WINDHAM: 'Take her if you dare!’
In 1773, two brothers and their families came from Marblehead, Mass. to Windham and settled down to farming over on the North East Road (Route 202) where they built a house, near today’s William Knight Road. Elias Legrow was 32 and his brother, Joseph, was 34. Soon after arriving here, they joined the military to […]