The elections are over and the dust can settle for another year. I think I am speaking for more than myself when I say I the whole thing was getting very tiresome, especially some candidates’ negative campaigns. Whatever the results, lets now move on to other (hopefully) less contentious activities. Pondering the past Loon Echo […]
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Inside New Gloucester
Sparks’ Ark Meet Josh Sparks of Sparks’ Ark and the array of wild animals he rehabilitates Monday, Nov. 12, at Pineland Farms. His talk, open to ages 3 and up, will be held in the Mount Washington Room of The Commons from 1-2 p.m. Please arrive 15 minutes early to allow time to purchase tickets […]
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Cuddle at the polls
There’s time for a hug during a wait to vote in Gray Tuesday.
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Incumbents come out on top in Lakes Region House races
House District 23 opponents Tim Goodwin and Lester Ordway greeted voters outside the Standish Municipal Center on Election Day. Rep. Sue Austin, R-Gray, was leading in House District 66 over challenger Anne Gass, an independent from Gray, 2,376 votes to 2,101, with 75 percent of the votes tallied as of the Lake Region Weekly’s print […]
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New Gloucester cancer patient hopes to find lost dog
NEW GLOUCESTER — Don Irish and his fiancee Monique Nadeau are searching for their pug, Katie, who has been missing for almost four weeks. Irish has brain cancer and, Nadeau said, Katie would be a huge comfort to him. Katie disappeared on Oct. 13 while Nadeau and Irish were at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital in New Hampshire […]
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Voters around the Lakes Region
Voters line up to turn in their ballots Tuesday at Windham High School. Gray residents vote at the Newbegin Community Center. Residents of Standish wait patiently at the polls. Raymond voters enjoy a lull in the action at Jordan Small Middle School in Raymond.
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On the Right Lane: An electrifying experience
“We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out how it travels inside wires.” Dave Barry, humor columnist and author Last Saturday I was talking with a friend on the telephone when suddenly the lights in our house flashed on and off several times […]
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Cuddle at the polls
There’s time for a hug during a wait to vote in Gray Tuesday.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Cuddle at the polls
There’s time for a hug during a wait to vote in Gray Tuesday.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Espling loses election bid in Senate District 20
Voters in Senate District 20 elected Democrat Ned Claxton over four–term Rep. Eleanor Espling, R-New Glouester, on Election Day. Lakes Region Senate incumbents up for re-election Nov. 6 retained their seats. SENATE 19 Incumbent James Hamper, R-Oxford, defeated Democrat Michael McKinney of Hiram for the District 19 seat. Hamper has held the position since 2012. […]