CASCO – Evelyn Meserve, a Poland native who lives in Whitinsville, Mass., has plans to convert the former Casco Associated Grocer’s store, which closed in 2012, into a convenience store. Meserve has signed a purchase and sale agreement with Wayne and Kelly Lewis, the owners of the .75-acre lot at 978 Meadow Road, or Route […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Lakes Region News Briefs – 4/18
Financial planner to discuss Social Security Lorraine A. Jordan, a Windham-based financial planner, will present a seminar on maximizing Social Security at the Windham Public Library, 217 Windham Center Road, from 6:30-8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30. Jordan will present information on how much, when to start, spousal benefits, paying federal tax on benefits, divorce, […]
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Lakes Region News Briefs – 4/18
Financial planner to discuss Social Security Lorraine A. Jordan, a Windham-based financial planner, will present a seminar on maximizing Social Security at the Windham Public Library, 217 Windham Center Road, from 6:30-8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30. Jordan will present information on how much, when to start, spousal benefits, paying federal tax on benefits, divorce, […]
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Lakes Region News Briefs – 4/18
Financial planner to discuss Social Security Lorraine A. Jordan, a Windham-based financial planner, will present a seminar on maximizing Social Security at the Windham Public Library, 217 Windham Center Road, from 6:30-8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30. Jordan will present information on how much, when to start, spousal benefits, paying federal tax on benefits, divorce, […]
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Water district, students produce ‘Water Maine’
WINDHAM – On April 10, a group of Windham High School students presented their published book, entitled “Water Maine,” at the Maine State Librarian Conference. During the course of the year, Jeff Riddle’s Earth Science class researched, wrote, illustrated and designed the book as a learning tool for middle school students engaged in the Portland […]
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Three officers honored as ‘Hometown Heroes’
WINDHAM – Three Windham police officers were honored on Saturday, April 12, as the Portland Sea Dogs held their 7th Annual Hometown Heroes game at Hadlock Field. The game allows the Portland Sea Dogs to honor police officers, firefighters, EMS workers and volunteers from around Maine. A recognition ceremony was held prior to the start […]
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Three officers honored as ‘Hometown Heroes’
WINDHAM – Three Windham police officers were honored on Saturday, April 12, as the Portland Sea Dogs held their 7th Annual Hometown Heroes game at Hadlock Field. The game allows the Portland Sea Dogs to honor police officers, firefighters, EMS workers and volunteers from around Maine. A recognition ceremony was held prior to the start […]
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Music with a Mission to host Squid Jiggers
WINDHAM – On Saturday, April 26, Music with a Mission will welcome back Squid Jiggers to perform their unique blend of Celtic and maritime folk tunes, mashed up with a healthy dose of Maine humor at the North Windham Union Church. The Squid Jiggers are a Maine-based folk duo composed of musician-entertainers Dave Rowe and […]
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Woolly adelgid spread leads to quarantine
WINDHAM – The recent inclusion of Windham in a quarantined area designed to contain the spread of the hemlock woolly adelgid has forced the Roosevelt Trail Nursery and Garden Center to adapt. This season, the nursery, located on Route 302 in Windham, will maintain a hemlock holding area in Casco, which is outside the quarantine, […]
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Windham police shooting stuns neighbors
WINDHAM – Neighbors and a former colleague of Stephen McKenney, the Windham resident who was fatally shot by a Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office deputy early Saturday morning, say they are shocked and bewildered by the events that suddenly ended the life of the 66-year-old retired bus driver. Just after 6 a.m. on April 12, officers […]