Senior meals are available at Unity Gardens on Route 115 in North Windham. For reservations or information, call Southern Maine Agency on Aging at 396-6500. Monday, Apr. 2 Sliced Ham, Cherry Sauce, Sweet Potatoes, Broccoli/Cauliflower Blend, White Bread, Chocolate Pudding. Diabetic: Diet Peanut Butter Cookie. Alt: Chicken Leg Tuesday, Apr. 3 Beef Cabbage Bake, Whole […]

Army Pvt. Simone Swartzentruber has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Swartzentruber is a 2002 graduate of Windham High School. She is the daughter of Lani Kelly of Town Farm Road in Windham. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical […]

The sixth, seventh, and eighth grades at Bonny Eagle Middle School recently participated in the 14th annual Pi Day Math Celebration. Pi Day was held on Wednesday, March 14 since the first three numbers in the numerical representation of pi is 3.14, which is an infinite variable deriving from the Greek numerical system. Pi is […]

The Bonny Eagle High School honor flag was recently raised for the robotics team. At the recent regional robotics competition, the Bonny Eagle Robotics Team (BERT) won the Underwriters Laboratory Industrial Safety Award. This is a first-time recognition for the robotics program in this category. BERT team members pictured are (front row) Stephanie Yum, Anne […]

Meeting The Rebekah Lodge No. 71 will meet at 7:30 p.m. April 4 at the Odd Fellows Hall. The program will be a “Scotch Auction” and refreshments will be served. Pet Food Donation On Saturday, March 31, there will be a pet food donation day at the Kennel Shop in the Shaw’s Plaza. This food […]

Here’s an opportunity to share the beauty of the Lakes Area community with others less fortunate: Volunteer for The Fresh Air Fund and host an inner-city child. This summer, join thousands of volunteer host families in 13 northeastern states and Canada as they open their hearts and homes to New York City children from underprivileged […]

Here’s an opportunity to share the beauty of the Lakes Area community with others less fortunate: Volunteer for The Fresh Air Fund and host an inner-city child. This summer, join thousands of volunteer host families in 13 northeastern states and Canada as they open their hearts and homes to New York City children from underprivileged […]

“When George Washington threw the dollar across the Rappahannock River, he didn’t realize he was establishing a precedent for government spending.” -Harold Coffin Lane: Tommy is taking a time-out but we talked for a long time about the subject for this column. We decided we must respond to a comment made at a recent town […]

Editor, When I was growing up, domestic violence wasn’t talked about. It was deemed a private matter in another family, and not our business. In fact, because it didn’t happen in my family, I must confess that as a young person, my knowledge of what domestic violence really meant was pretty limited. But by the […]

When this newspaper’s publisher purchased The Suburban News, it was decided that I would continue to write an opinion column for the new paper, the Lakes Region Suburban Weekly. To avoid the inevitable confusion in such a business move, the name of the column had to be changed – and so, The Last Word (which […]