Fall Fun Days On Oct. 26 and 27, Maine Wildlife Park will have Fall Fun Days, with biologists from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife discussing the autumnal routines of the park’s furred residents on Saturday. The park is located at 56 Game Farm Road in Gray. The gates open at 9:30 a.m., […]
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Inside Windham: Oct. 11
SLCC welcomes new president Amber Rankine from Eagle Lake, Maine, is taking over the reins at the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce as its new president and CEO. She attended the University of Maine in Fort Kent where she earned a degree in Business Management. She previously served as executive director at the Greater Fort […]
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Inside New Gloucester: Oct. 4
A cappella music concert Harmonizing side by side with their sisters in song, Royal River Chorus is a membership organization of 25-plus women united by their love of music. They will be performing at the Village Coffeehouse from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at the First Congregational Church Vestry, 19 Gloucester Hill Road. […]
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Inside Bridgton: Oct. 4
Children’s Book Box installed On Sept. 14 the Molly Ockett Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the town of Bridgton held a ribbon cutting ceremony for a Children’s Book Box in the Bridgton Town Common playground next to the police department and municipal complex. The box is part of a project to […]
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Second annual Pleasant Mountain Race to take place Oct. 5
The second annual Pleasant Mountain Race, a half marathon, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 8 a.m. The inaugural race in 2023 was a great success with over 70 runners participating. This year’s race is expected to be even bigger. Pleasant Mountain is the tallest mountain in southern Maine and draws tens of […]
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Riding to the Top holds fundraiser Oct. 19
Riding to the Top Therapeutic Riding Center will host its 16th annual Triple B fundraiser – “Boots, Band and BBQ” from 5:30 to 11 p.m. Oct. 19 at 14 Lilac Drive in Windham. This year’s event will celebrate “Team RTT,” and all the different ways that this manifests at the farm – from riding teams […]
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Bridgton’s Walker Memorial Hall restoration underway
Preserved as a prime example of eclectic Queen Anne architecture from the late Victorian era, the Walker Memorial Hall has stood since 1892. Its three-story tower with belfry and stark gables rises from the southwest corner and stands tall over Highland Road in Bridgton as it has welcomed generations of residents and visitors through its […]
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Monkstoberfest at Saint Joseph’s College on Saturday
The shore of Sebago Lake will provide visitors with a taste of Munich on Saturday, Oct. 5, thanks to Monkstoberfest, one of the most popular annual events hosted at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine in Standish each year. Monkstoberfest is a festive Oktoberfest celebration with an SJC twist, and is part of Homecoming Weekend at […]
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Inside Windham: Sept. 27
Windham students win robotics award The Windham High School Robotics Teams attended the International Signature Robotics Event in Orono from Sept. 12 to Sept. 14 and three students earned a prize. Senior Ches Lamonte, Junior Maddy Cook and Junior Brody Lewis won and brought home the Energy Award in the competition. History of Maine […]
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It Happened in Windham: Windham’s oldest library to reopen at Fall Harvest Festival
For the first time in many years, the Windham Center Library will open its doors to the public on Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Windham Historical Society’s Fall Harvest Festival. Over the course of the summer, Karen Lougee, secretary of the society and the building’s steward, has been busy working with contractors to get the […]