STANDISH – Robert Deakin is set to challenge incumbent Todd Delaney for a three-year term as a Standish representative to the School Administrative District 6 Board of Directors. Deakin, 64, is a resident of Whites Point Road. His daughter, Cici, is a ninth-grader at Bonny Eagle High School. Deakin has worked for more than three […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Inside Windham – 5/30
Remembering the Derby The popular TV program with the Maine accents, North Woods Law, will be premiering on May 29 (Animal Planet) and on June 26 and will feature our own Sebago Lake ice fishing derby. Go to http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/north-woods-law. The second program will be the ice fishing show. The name of the show is “Ice […]
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Inside Windham – 5/30
Remembering the Derby The popular TV program with the Maine accents, North Woods Law, will be premiering on May 29 (Animal Planet) and on June 26 and will feature our own Sebago Lake ice fishing derby. Go to http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/north-woods-law. The second program will be the ice fishing show. The name of the show is “Ice […]
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Lakes Region Calendar – 5/30
May 30-June 1: The Lake Region Community Chorus will perform its Spring Concert on Friday, May 30, at 7 p.m. and again on Sunday, June 1, at 3 p.m. Both concerts will take place at the Bridgton Academy Twitchell Chapel in North Bridgton. Enjoy these energetic singers as they offer a light program of many […]
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IT HAPPENED IN WINDHAM: Read family heritage
A person doing research in Windham cemeteries recently noticed that there were few veterans’ markers or flags in the Friends cemetery. The Friends, or Quakers, were historically known as pacifists and did not go to war. One of the Quakers’ most prominent families in Windham’s early years, however, had their beginning here with a “retired” […]
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Inside Bridgton – 5/30
As I wrote in my last column, there are several initiatives and citizen referendums on the upcoming ballot that are inspiring much local debate. Unless you never leave your house or read a newspaper, you have surely heard about the proposed cellular tower off of Hio Ridge Road and the vote whether to save or […]
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GREETINGS FROM ZIP CODE 04074: No more flip-floppers
Let’s say I am a loser. Let’s say you are my friend, and I come to you with a foolish idea. I tell you I really, really want to be on the cover of GQ Magazine next month as the Sexiest Man in America. What would you do? What would you say to me (remember […]
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Current News Briefs – 5/29
Library’s after-hours series hosts Casco Bay Tummlers The South Portland Public Library continues its series of free after-hours events with a concert given by The Casco Bay Tummlers, which will perform an evening of soulful, grooving Klezmer tunes and wailing Balkan music from Eastern Europe and beyond. Lively, poignant, and jazzy, the versatile Casco Bay […]
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GUEST COLUMN: Let’s keep it a working waterfront
For more than a century South Portland’s working waterfront has been Maine’s most important link to global energy markets. While advancements in technology, newfound resources, and consumer demands have changed these markets over time, the importance of this vital link persists now and into the future. I am a graduate of Maine Maritime Academy, a […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Remembering veterans
Who among us remembers when Decoration Day was held on May 30 each year? If you recall that, you’re one of us – a senior citizen. Decoration Day started after the Civil War and was meant to commemorate all those, north and south, who died because of that war. The “Decoration” referred to flowers, plants, […]