Anthoni Jensen, 25 of Naples, is being held at the Cumberland County Jail after allegedly assaulting an oil truck driver in what authorities are calling a “classic road rage incident” that took place on Sunday, Oct. 2. According to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department, the oil truck driver, Michael Grovo of Scarborough, crossed the centerline […]
Lakes Region Weekly News
Government of, by and for the government?
I am scared. I mean really scared. Will the government of the people, by the people, for the people perish from this Earth? Government has become unaccountable at seemingly every level. Hurricane Katrina certainly proved the point with the total ineptitude of the Federal Emergency Management agency at handling a disaster. This was a disaster […]
Government of, by and for the government?
I am scared. I mean really scared. Will the government of the people, by the people, for the people perish from this Earth? Government has become unaccountable at seemingly every level. Hurricane Katrina certainly proved the point with the total ineptitude of the Federal Emergency Management agency at handling a disaster. This was a disaster […]
Government of, by and for the government?
I am scared. I mean really scared. Will the government of the people, by the people, for the people perish from this Earth? Government has become unaccountable at seemingly every level. Hurricane Katrina certainly proved the point with the total ineptitude of the Federal Emergency Management agency at handling a disaster. This was a disaster […]
Saint Joseph
Imagine preparing 7,000 meals a week. For Stuart Leckie, that’s business as usual. As general manager of dining operations at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish, through the college’s contracted food service, Bon Appetit, Leckie is in charge of ordering and coordinating all the foods used in the college’s kitchen. And when Bon Appetit decided to […]
Saint Joseph
Imagine preparing 7,000 meals a week. For Stuart Leckie, that’s business as usual. As general manager of dining operations at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish, through the college’s contracted food service, Bon Appetit, Leckie is in charge of ordering and coordinating all the foods used in the college’s kitchen. And when Bon Appetit decided to […]
Raymond Village Library news
At a Glance Oct. 26 – Reading Group, 7 p.m., at the library. Oct. 31 – Halloween Story time, 4:30 p.m. at the library. Grant allows library to “Blast Off with Books!” A generous $1,500 grant donation from the Sam’s Club Foundation, through the Scarborough Sam’s Club and the efforts of Raymond resident Kevin O’Connor, […]
The Fight on Fat: Schools may notify parents of overweight kids
(Pull out graphic) Body Mass Index If you would like to calculate your body mass index divide your weight in pounds by your height in inches squared times 703. For adults, a BMI of less than 18.5 is underweight; 18.5 to 24.9 is normal; 25 to 29.9 is overweight; 30 to 39.9 is obese; and, […]
Windham Remembered 1007
Dressed in the latest fashion of the day, Windham High School Class of 1899, poses in front of the brick town office building which also served as a school. Not until 1910 would a high school be built in Windham; today that building is where town offices are and the original “town house” is a […]
A better life for the community's good
Hi there. I’m Lu Bauer, and I’ll be writing a weekly column about the values I believe unite Maine and the Lakes Region as a community. I believe in promoting strong communities, fairness to all, and investment in Maine’s future, through practical government. These are not so much “progressive” values as American values – they […]