Jane Vaughan

Lakes Region Weekly

Jane Vaughan has been a reporter with the Lakes Region Weekly since 2018. She covers nine towns in the Lakes Region and a variety of topics, including local politics and education stories across five school districts. She has experience working in print, digital, and radio journalism and enjoys telling stories across platforms. She holds a BA in English from Wellesley College. Outside of work, Jane enjoys swimming, boxing, and spending time outside. She lives in Cape Elizabeth.

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Published
November 9, 2018

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 […]
Published
November 9, 2018

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 […]
Published
November 7, 2018

Nadeau takes Welch’s seat in Windham

WINDHAM — Former Town Council Chairman David Nadeau resoundingly defeated Councilor Dennis Welch for his at-large seat Nov. 6. Nadeau received 51 percent of the vote in the three-way race with Welch receiving 28 percent and Charles Hawkins Jr. 22 percent. The three-way race for two seats on the RSU 14 School Board also ended in […]
Published
November 2, 2018

Polls across Lakes Region ready for Nov. 6 voters

Voters across the Lakes Region will head to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 6, to cast ballots for legislators, governor, U.S. senator and representative to Congress. There also are five statewide questions on the ballot. BRIDGTON Voting will take place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Town Hall at 26 North High St. The candidates […]
Published
November 2, 2018

Part in NYC musical ’empowers’ teen advocate

CASCO — Kaytrien Hall, a freshman at Lake Region High School, has been chosen from applicants across the country to participate in a Broadway-style production of “Hemophilia: The Musical” in New York City. Hall has Von Willebrand disease — a bleeding disorder caused by low levels of clotting protein in the blood — as well as a platelet […]
Published
November 2, 2018

Windham crime rate takes a dip in 2017, state says

WINDHAM — The number of crimes in Windham fell slightly last year, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. The crime rate — calculated by dividing the number of reported crimes by population and multiplying the result by 100,000 — was 15.41 in 2017, a decrease of 0.38 from 2016. The Department of Public Safety’s recently […]
Published
November 2, 2018

Windham voters have full ballot

WINDHAM — The Town Council could be gaining a new member when voters head to the polls Nov. 6. Current Councilor Dennis Welch is being challenged for his at-large seat by medical marijuana business owner Charles Hawkins Jr. and former town councilor David Nadeau. Nadeau was on the council from 2011 to 2017 and lost re-election […]
Published
October 26, 2018

Residents join forces over development

WINDHAM — Three local women are spearheading a group of about 40 residents concerned about over-development in Windham. Karen Lougee, Michelle Allain-Newton and Sarah Bronson are the group’s de facto leadership team. They were motivated to action after being notified about a month ago of a proposed 35-unit development on Land of Nod Road, which […]
Published
October 19, 2018

New Standish councilor sees room for growth

STANDISH — New Town Councilor Greg LeClerc is looking forward to working on business development in his new position. LeClerc, 36, who has a master’s degree in real estate, is interested in development and said he would like to take advantage of Standish’s “unique position” in the market. In Portland, he said, there is a “huge […]
Published
October 19, 2018

Barter challenges Cebra in House District 68

NAPLES — A medical office manager is challenging an incumbent seeking his sixth non-consecutive term in the race for House District 68, which is composed of Naples, Sebago, Baldwin, Cornish and part of Parsonsfield. Democrat Janice Barter was asked to run by Speaker of the House Sara Gideon, and although she had turned down requests […]

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