Valentine’s Full Moon Trek Join the Royal River Conservation Trust on Friday, Feb. 14, for its signature winter event with hospitality. Watch the Valentine’s full moon rise from RRCT’s most recent and largest preserve, Pisgah Hill, with hospitality next door in the barn of Terry DeWan and Nancy Wines-DeWan. Depending upon snow conditions, plan to […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Inside Windham – 2/7
Haddock Dinner On Saturday, Feb. 8, the Windham Knights of Columbus will serve a baked haddock dinner from 5-6 p.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Proceeds will benefit Windham Neighbors Helping Neighbor’s fuel assistance program. Dinner includes baked haddock, mashed potatoes, homemade coleslaw, vegetables, fresh rolls, coffee, tea, punch and homemade dessert buffet. […]
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Inside Bridgton – 2/7
I love February. It’s a short month, the sun is getting stronger, and there’s usually chocolate and flowers involved. I harbor no illusions that this brutal winter is anywhere near over, but time marches on and spring is approaching. Somewhere under the frozen ground the chipmunks are getting restless and the crocus feel the pull […]
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SAD 6 could get additional member
BUXTON – A “neighboring town” has expressed interest in joining School Administrative District 6, but district officials won’t say which town is considering joining the district that includes Standish, Buxton, Hollis, Limington and Frye Island. Charlotte Dufresne, the chairwoman of the SAD 6 Board of Directors, said that the neighboring town cannot yet be revealed, […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Looking at the generations, from ‘Lost’ to boomers to ‘i’
It seems like all we hear about are the baby boomers – born from 1946-1964. There are more of them than any other group, they’re the ones who are going to cause the American economy to see overwhelming changes and there are television programs, magazines and numerous news articles focused on this group. They get […]
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St. Joseph's students arrested for detonating acid bombs
The State Fire Marshal’s Office has charged two students from Saint Joseph’s College in Standish with throwing acid bombs from their dormitory room Wednesday. According to Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland, the two males are accused of throwing three of the devices from a second-story window to the ground below. Two of the […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: A chilling truth about tomatoes
I don’t spend a lot of time wondering what the average entomologist is thinking from one minute to the next, and I doubt if entomologists spend much time wondering about my thoughts. But recently I did see something in the paper that got me to thinking about people who think about bugs. Only a state […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: A chilling truth about tomatoes
I don’t spend a lot of time wondering what the average entomologist is thinking from one minute to the next, and I doubt if entomologists spend much time wondering about my thoughts. But recently I did see something in the paper that got me to thinking about people who think about bugs. Only a state […]
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LETTERS TO MYSELF: Student debt reaches crisis mode
Times are hard out there. We are in a time of economic crisis, a time of austerity, a time the where poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer at a faster pace than any other time in recent U.S. history. During all of this, the situation has greatly affected college students, who […]
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EDITORIAL: Share the revenue
Maine’s legislators are getting really good at making laws and breaking them. Lawmakers have perennially dodged one particular state statute, the infamous LD 1, which came about through a citizen-initiated referendum and mandated the state to fund 55 percent of the cost of education. Our legislators have failed to come anywhere close to their promised […]