Lake Region Community Theatre is offering four scholarships to attend the Deertrees Theatre Festival Student Workshop. Session 1 is July 24-28 for students aged 14-18 years. Session 2 is July 30-Aug. 4 for students aged 10-13 years. Session 3 is Aug. 7-11 for students aged 8-11 years. All workshops start at 9 a.m. and end […]

Lake Region Community Theatre is offering four scholarships to attend the Deertrees Theatre Festival Student Workshop. Session 1 is July 24-28 for students aged 14-18 years. Session 2 is July 30-Aug. 4 for students aged 10-13 years. Session 3 is Aug. 7-11 for students aged 8-11 years. All workshops start at 9 a.m. and end […]

How would you like to see the steamer “Sokokis” traveling down the Presumpscot River? About 100 years ago, it was a common sight in the summer. A tourist promotion booklet published in 1895 states the Sokokis made daily trips from the wharf at Bridge Street in Westbrook, up the Presumpscot River to Mallison Falls, where […]

“People only see what they are prepared to see.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Various opponents who share something in common have all called Colorado a disaster area because of its Taxpayer Bill of Rights. What do these groups – including the Maine Municipal Association, teachers’ unions, state and municipal workers’ unions and even the AARP – […]

Editor, This is a response to the Busque Quarry question and answer page that was printed in the June 9 issue of the Lakes Region Suburban Weekly. There are several citizens of this town that have formed a group called WPC, Windham Preservation Committee. This group has many concerns about the proposed Tibbetts/Busque quarry located […]

Faculty of Windham’s REAL school get ready to pedal from Farmington to Waterville as part of an annual charity ride, “Trek Across Maine,” benefiting the American Lung Association. Last weekend, this bicycle team was among 1,800 riders who pedaled from Bethel to Owl’s Head. The trek raised about $1 million for the American Lung Association […]

The following are the menus for the month of July, 2006. Reservations need to be made 48 hours in advance; please call 892-3891 to make reservations, and for more information. Monday, July 3: Closed Tuesday, July 4: Closed for Independence Day Wednesday, July 5: fishwich w/tarter sauce, cole slaw, sliced zucchini, sandwich roll, sliced pears. […]

Before the special town meeting began, recently elected councilors Carolyn Biegel, Louis Stack and Margaret Spencer were sworn in by Town Clerk Mary Chapman. After taking their oaths for public office, the three officers took their seats at the table, some facing Standish residents as town representatives for the first time. “I’m eager to work […]

An estimated $9.5 million in taxpayer dollars could be spent to finance the campaigns of candidates participating in Maine’s publicly funded election program – an unprecedented amount since the state’s first-in-the-nation Clean Election’s Act went into effect in 2000. There will actually be more than $11 million earmarked for the campaigns of three and possibly […]

During the brief annual town meeting on Saturday, Standish residents voted on articles ranging from general administration expenses to costs for law enforcement. William Dale, the usual moderator for town meetings, was chosen by those residents present to preside over the meeting. The overall town budget is $13.61 million, a decrease of 2.3 percent from […]