Legendary Maine comedian Bob Marley is coming to Lake Region High School on April 30 to take part in a fund-raiser for the school’s Project Graduation. Tickets for the 5 p.m. performance are $15 per person and are available at Lampron’s in Bridgton, K&K Video in Naples, Mr. Butcher in Bridgton and Naples Town Hall. […]

Carlton Mendell, the most prolific and eldest of all Lakes Region distance runners, managed only seven miles at his annual pilgrimage to the Boston Marathon. Mendell, 84, injured his leg about three weeks ago when he slipped on some loose turf while walking his dog. The pain was too much to bear on Patriots Day. […]

About the time Parson Smith built his house in the first settled area on River Road, Windham, John and Sarah Trott Swett and their five children came from Newburyport, Massachusetts to New Marblehead (now Windham). They settled on a 100-acre lot which ran between two old boundary lines now known as Swett and Webb Roads […]

This Friday night’s Speakout Show will feature the entire Windham Town Council as host Bill Diamond’s guests airing Friday, April 21. The topic of the evening is the town and school budgets. The show, which starts at 7 p.m., is a live call-in show with operators to take comments or questions from callers to ask […]

Some families watch television together, some play Scrabble or Yahtzee at the dining room table or go hiking or bicycling as a way to relax and enjoy “quality time.” Other families have the ability to enjoy these, and other pastimes, all from the comfort of their recreational vehicles. Gov. John Baldacci has declared next week […]

A Standish woman will have 30 days from a judge’s written order to clean up her yard. Gwen Thurman, of 29 Woodridge Road, appeared in Cumberland County District Court in Bridgton last Thursday, charged with violating Maine’s Automobile Graveyard/Junkyard Statute. Though she potentially faced a fine of up to $100 per violation per day, retroactive […]

A bill that would have the state pay 45 percent of health insurance costs for retired municipal police and firefighters until they go on Medicare could cost up to four times the amount originally projected and will add $85 to $100 million to the state’s long-term debt. “We just can’t take on more debt and […]

The homestead of clergyman Peter Thatcher Smith is reputably one of the oldest historic landmarks in Windham. Atop a steep hill off River Road, the homestead – known as the Parson Smith House – stands well preserved more than two centuries after settlers helped the minister build the house in 1764. Once a museum owned […]

On Sunday, April 23 from 10 a.m. to noon, the Class of 2007 at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish will sponsor an Easter Bunny Brunch. The event is open to the public. Activities include photos with the Easter Bunny, face painting, a coloring contest and an egg hunt. The entrance fee for the fundraiser is […]

On Sunday, April 23 from 10 a.m. to noon, the Class of 2007 at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish will sponsor an Easter Bunny Brunch. The event is open to the public. Activities include photos with the Easter Bunny, face painting, a coloring contest and an egg hunt. The entrance fee for the fundraiser is […]