With summer in high gear, the Lakes Region is alive with campers, summer residents and visitors having fun. Above, canoeists from Camp Arcadia in Casco make their way into the Songo Lock on their way downriver Tuesday morning.    Bill Everett of South Portland stopped on a motorcycle ride to watch a taxiing seaplane at the Causeway […]

CASCO – When Gary Barron was named executive director of Camp Sunshine, the Casco retreat for children with life-threatening illnesses, it was only the latest career turn for the 59-year-old native of Newton, Mass. Barron, who most recently ran SheerBliss Ice Cream in Sunrise, Fla., has worked as deputy treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, […]

CASCO – When Gary Barron was named executive director of Camp Sunshine, the Casco retreat for children with life-threatening illnesses, it was only the latest career turn for the 59-year-old native of Newton, Mass. Barron, who most recently ran SheerBliss Ice Cream in Sunrise, Fla., has worked as deputy treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, […]

Excise tax revenues, the second largest source of municipal revenues, showed strong gains in fiscal year 2014, which ended on June 30. Across the Lakes Region, excise tax revenues, which are drawn from municipal vehicle registrations, have rebounded to pre-recession levels. In Windham, excise tax revenues increased 7.5 percent to $2.83 million dollars, breaking the […]

Loon Echo Land Trust has purchased 150 acres of forest and wetland on both Perley Pond and the Northwest River in Sebago from Don Gilbert of Gilbert Homes. Loon Echo was given one year to raise the funds necessary to purchase the land, and the goal was met allowing the closing to take place on […]

After eight years of writing about craft fairs, spaghetti suppers and bake sales, I finally got up early enough to attend one of these local classics. The Bridgton Congregational Church held its 21st annual Strawberry Breakfast last Saturday, and let me tell you it was more than worth getting up at the crack of dawn […]

Before the big grocery stores, when the population of Windham was around 5,000 (instead of more than three times that like it is now), corner stores were the lifeblood of Windham’s several “villages” or communities. In South Windham, Patsy’s sold groceries, Italian sandwiches, fruit and such; at Newhall, Thayer’s was the place to go for […]

Open on Thursdays Windham Historical Society is open from around 9 a.m. to noon on Thursdays during the summer. Appointments can also be made at other times. Call 892-1433 or stop by the Society museum at 234 Windham Center Road. Summer Events Windham Public Library has six passes, which are available in the Children’s Room, […]