According to Windham Deputy Fire Chief John Wescott, the fire that destroyed a home in Windham earlier this week is still under investigation with no known cause at this time. “It was a total loss. Seventy-five percent of it was gone when we arrived. I couldn’t tell you what the house looked like,” Wescott said. […]

By early April, the Legislature is usually starting to go at a frenzied pace as legislators start to feel spring in the air. Typically, there should only be two months left to the first session of the legislature and major policy discussions should have been introduced months ago. Not in this legislature. After passing a […]

According to Nathan Saunders, field inspection team manager for the Maine Drinking Water Program, residents with dug or drilled wells should boil water when surface water overflows the cap of a well. Surface water can contain harmful bacteria which, if ingested, could cause serious illness, Saunders said. Even if surface water doesn’t overflow a well […]

This week’s high winds and power outages reminded us that we really should stock up on batteries, of all kinds and sizes – for the radio, the flashlights and a weird kind of lamp that uses one of those large batteries. Federal Emergency Management and Maine Emergency Management have pages of suggestions on what to […]

Seniors, age 60 or older with individual incomes below $18,889 are eligible to receive $50 of free fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables this coming season through the Maine Senior FarmShare Program. More than 15,000 seniors and 130 farmers statewide will be participating in 2007. To find a participating farm nearby, interested seniors are encouraged […]

Editor, After reading your editorial, “Playing the race card,” I feel compelled to respond so Lakes Region Suburban readers have another perspective. In your article, you accuse Rep. Gary Moore of Standish of “playing the race card” before a Legal and Veterans Affairs Committee vote to enact in the Legislature a Citizen Initiative for a […]

Editor, After reading your editorial, “Playing the race card,” I feel compelled to respond so Lakes Region Suburban readers have another perspective. In your article, you accuse Rep. Gary Moore of Standish of “playing the race card” before a Legal and Veterans Affairs Committee vote to enact in the Legislature a Citizen Initiative for a […]

When I used to say to my older friends that I’d soon be 65 and couldn’t wait to retire, they’d give me a knowing look and say, “Wait and see.” And I had no idea what they meant. Now that I’m a few years past that mark, I understand that there are a multitude of […]

Editor, I was not at the workshop hearing on the Indian Bill, but I was at the open hearing. I was there to speak on another bill. I listened to all of the speakers from Calais and all the tribal members. I heard how they have tried for 10 years to get something in their […]

A group of Bonny Eagle Middle School seventh grade students visited Sebago Lake in the middle of March with Maine Guide Rex Turner and chaperones Connie Regula, Mark Andreasen, Jeff Myrick, Donna Bilodeau and David Swan. The trip was sponsored by the Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute, which is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to understanding, […]