Windham High School played host to this year’s Class A Outdoor Track State Championships on Saturday. Warm sunlight and blue skies looked on – as did hundreds, perhaps thousands of spectators – while athletes from dozens of schools across Maine competed in 19 events. Boys Team Results 1. Cheverus High School 99 2. Lewiston High […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Raymond voters re-elect Gifford, Taylor
Raymond voters re-elected incumbents Sam Gifford and Lonnie Taylor to the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday. In the race for two, three-year terms, Gifford and Taylor, the respective chairman and vice chairman of the board, defeated Julie Sutherland, a political newcomer who has recently faced charges of impersonating a federal animal welfare agent. Gifford received […]
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Standish voters defeat sidewalk proposal
At the June 10 elections, Standish voters largely opted to keep things the way they are. In the council and school board elections, Standish voters re-elected as many incumbents as possible. They also rejected Question 1, a controversial $1.3 million bond package that bundled numerous projects together and would have provided matching funds toward a […]
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Standish voters defeat sidewalk proposal
At the June 10 elections, Standish voters largely opted to keep things the way they are. In the council and school board elections, Standish voters re-elected as many incumbents as possible. They also rejected Question 1, a controversial $1.3 million bond package that bundled numerous projects together and would have provided matching funds toward a […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Library brings services to homebound
Although I’d never have believed it at the age of 25 or 30, there really is such a thing as staying home for several days in a row – without getting bored. Of course, that works best if you have a time-consuming hobby. Some people are homebound not by choice, and thankfully, there are some […]
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Windham, Raymond approve school budget
Windham voters have approved a $41 million Regional School Unit 14 budget, increasing town property taxes by 1.4 percent. At the June 10 elections, Windham residents voted 708-338 in favor the budget, which was also approved by Raymond voters. The budget increases school district spending by 3.52 percent – the biggest increase in recent years. […]
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Gray man sentenced to 18 months for tax evasion
Nathanial Dupuis, 41, of Gray, has been sentenced in Kennebec County Superior Court to four years, all but 18 months suspended, for multiple counts of stealing tax money. He received two years of probation and has also been ordered to pay more than $86,000 in restitution. According to Maine Attorney General Janet Mills, Dupuis pleaded […]
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POLITICS & OTHER MISTAKES: Actions speak louder than words
Like me, Republican Gov. Paul LePage wants to be judged by what he did, not what he said. Or as an actual bumpersticker his re-election campaign put out reads, “Better LePage with his foot in his mouth, than a slick politician with his hands in my pocket.” Also like me, LePage would prefer you withhold […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: Time to rev up YSI, ASAP
Now that black flies have come alive around here, Maine’s largest industry is also showing signs of life. I’m referring, of course, not to BIW, but to the YSI – the Yard Sale Industry. It’s as important to Maine’s socio-economic life as BIW, tourism and potatoes combined and is overseen by the little-known but very […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: Time to rev up YSI, ASAP
Now that black flies have come alive around here, Maine’s largest industry is also showing signs of life. I’m referring, of course, not to BIW, but to the YSI – the Yard Sale Industry. It’s as important to Maine’s socio-economic life as BIW, tourism and potatoes combined and is overseen by the little-known but very […]