Norway Savings Bank is the Belle of the ball and is among the first area corporate sponsors to step forward for Lake region High School’s upcoming production of Beauty and the Beast scheduled for Mar. 30 through Apr. 2. Lake Region Drama Club is offering three levels of corporate sponsorship Beast level, Belle level and […]

Arrests: David Barry, 38, of 19 Oxen Yoke Road, Naples, was arrested in Naples Feb. 28 on a Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office warrant charging operating after suspension. Brian Charlton, 31, of 145 Dingley Spring Road, Gorham, was arrested in Standish Feb. 25 on a charge of operating under the influence. Nedal Dawoudi, 34, of 99 […]

It’s about learning, not earning While competition can be healthy, it is sad that childhood learning, dictated by President Bush’s ill-conceived No Child Left Behind, is being viewed as a golden road to monetary success and a way to rank one student, or school, against another. The story, this week, out of Lake Region High […]

Have you taken part in any outdoor activities this winter? Scott Murray, 38, Standish “Health issues kept me inside this winter. I had quintuple bypass surgery in June and I try to stay inside and keep warm. But I can understand how people could be disappointed because this winter was just blah! But I’m not […]

Sign up now for Salvation Army Camp Sebago. This summer, send children from your community for a week’s stay at The Salvation Army’s Camp Sebago. The Christian camp in Standish provides a rich camping experience for boys and girls ages 12-17 from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Camp Sebago offers traditional outdoor activities; swimming, boating, […]

Sign up now for Salvation Army Camp Sebago. This summer, send children from your community for a week’s stay at The Salvation Army’s Camp Sebago. The Christian camp in Standish provides a rich camping experience for boys and girls ages 12-17 from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Camp Sebago offers traditional outdoor activities; swimming, boating, […]

It’s been nearly four years since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 rattled the nation and prompted the concept of “homeland security.” And while the reality of that day may have settled nervously in the back of our nation’s consciousness, local and state agencies, along with their legislators, continue striving to prevent and prepare […]

Instructors Sal Costanza and Brian Peet, left and right, watch as Lana Peet performs karate moves at a belt ceremony for members of Tiger Spirit Martial Arts program on Saturday, Mar. 4. The kids, aged 4 to 7, follow the Lil’ Dragon curriculum created by Century Martial Arts, a supplier of martial arts equipment and […]

The state needs to recover $200 million in double payments to Medicaid providers to balance the budget – money it has been sending out for the past year while work continues to fix a billing system that hasn’t worked right since the day it was installed. Rebecca Wyke, the governor’s finance commissioner, said the number […]

Cheverus High School in Portland announced its first semester honor roll for Lakes Region area students earlier this week. They include: Grade 12 High Honors: Sarah Slater. Grade 12 Honors: Siobhan Arey, Stacy Burton, David Getchell, Christopher Leavitt, Monique Lefebvre, Kelsey Mann, Sade Peters, Edward Shevenell, Adam Wallace, Whitney Wilson. Grade 11 High Honors: Rebecca […]