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 […]
Lakes Region Weekly
Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Tiana-Jo Carter scores her 1,000 point
Tiana-Jo Carter of the Lake Region High School girls basketball team, scored her 1,000th point during a game against Poland Regional High School Tuesday night, Feb. 4. Carter, a senior, is slated to attend the University at Albany, which is part of the State University of New York system. Tiana-Jo Carter
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LIFE IN THE SUBURBS: Don’t love them to death
Okay, here we go again. I will get into trouble for this column. It raises the annual question of Scarborough’s adolescent boys, how we treat them, what we expect of them, and what they will become. Scarborough is a fabulous town in which to raise a girl. Opportunities great. Resources great. Encouragement great. Expectations high. […]
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POLITICS & OTHER MISTAKES: Awful sound
There’s still time for the Maine Legislature to take action to prevent another tragedy like the one that hit the state in 2010. Representatives and senators of all ideologies must unite behind an emergency bill to preserve what little integrity remains in our political system. They should pass a law making it illegal for gubernatorial […]
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Girls Basketball: Gorham beats Windham on strong second half scoring
Both Gorham and Windham jogged onto the court 10-5 Friday night, Jan. 31, and both proceeded to struggle through the first half. In the second, however, one team – the Rams – found a groove, and on the strength of Emily Esposito’s 17-point performance, built to a substantial, 47-24 victory. The home W advances Gorham […]
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Raymond man struck by bullet while ice fishing
The Maine Warden Service is investigating a shooting incident that occurred on Cobbosseecontee Stream (also known as the Reservoir) in West Gardiner on Sunday, Feb. 2. According to Corp. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service, Scott Fraley, 54, of Raymond, was ice fishing with several friends when he was struck in the head by […]
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Boys Basketball: Gorham edges Windham in closing moments
The Windham Eagles had, even as time evaporated, a chance to pull ahead, a chance to come from behind Friday night. Tenacious, they chewed through a deficit that in the late third stretched to 14 and in the early fourth still intimidated at nine. But Gorham’s Nick Thibeault said no way, punched a two to […]
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Boys Basketball: Gorham edges Windham in closing moments
The Windham Eagles had, even as time evaporated, a chance to pull ahead, a chance to come from behind Friday night. Tenacious, they chewed through a deficit that in the late third stretched to 14 and in the early fourth still intimidated at nine. But Gorham’s Nick Thibeault said no way, punched a two to […]
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Second thoughts in Standish
STANDISH – After announcing a town meeting vote on an application for a 30-year development program in Standish Corner, the Standish Town Council has decided to revoke the meeting and vote on the application itself on Feb. 11. The development program application would turn 688 acres of the Standish Corner (routes 25 and 35) area […]
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Second thoughts in Standish
STANDISH – After announcing a town meeting vote on an application for a 30-year development program in Standish Corner, the Standish Town Council has decided to revoke the meeting and vote on the application itself on Feb. 11. The development program application would turn 688 acres of the Standish Corner (routes 25 and 35) area […]