Sept. 23,24,30: Red ‘N’ Gold Cabaret at the Denmark Arts Center and Lovell Performing Arts Center (Sept. 30 performance). Admission is $ 12. For reservations 452-2057, or 452-2412. Sept. 23-25: Common Ground Country Fair in Unity. FMI 568-4142. Sept. 24: Sebago Lake Sailing Club race at 1 p.m. FMI call Hal Bumby 1-800-339-8411 ext. 22. […]

Victory Lane in Standish, the bar on Oak Hill that closed not long ago, is about to come to life once more with a new owner and perhaps a new attitude. Long known more or less affectionately as the “Dump on the Hump” to locals, the neighborhood tavern, located on Route 25, will reopen later […]

Windham artist Phil Stevens is one of many prominent Maine artists donating artwork for the eighth annual Maine Audobon Art Auction set for Friday, Sept. 30. The event, whose goal is to raise money for wildlife habitat conservation, will be held at the Gilsland Farm Audobon Center in Falmouth. A silent auction and reception will […]

On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Casco Fire Department will host a Public Safety Day at the Central Fire Station. The events will begin at 9 a.m. and run until 3 p.m. Fire crews, including the Bridgton Haz Mat, Otisfield’s Squad Truck, Cumberland Oxford Dive Team and Raymond Smoke House, will perform rescue demonstrations. Also, there […]

The Down East Country Music Association and the Lake Region Eagles will be holding a benefit for the victims of Hurricane Katrina on Sunday, October 16 from noon until closing at the Lake Region Eagles on Roosevelt Trail in Windham. There will be a buffet, bake sale, auction and raffle. Entertainment will include three bands […]

The Down East Country Music Association and the Lake Region Eagles will be holding a benefit for the victims of Hurricane Katrina on Sunday, October 16 from noon until closing at the Lake Region Eagles on Roosevelt Trail in Windham. There will be a buffet, bake sale, auction and raffle. Entertainment will include three bands […]

Come October, Windham’s first and oldest barbershop, J & L Haircutters, will be closing its doors for good. Barber duo Lynden and Jeanette Pitt have decided to move on and, though they are sad to close the “mom and pop” business that has been a fixture in town since the 1950s, the couple said they […]

The Compass Project announced the recent appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors, one of which is the president of a boatbuilding company in Raymond. Christopher Evans, President and Chief Operating Officer of Sabre Yachts, joined the board for a three-year term. Sabre Yachts has been building sail and motor yachts for […]

The Compass Project announced the recent appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors, one of which is the president of a boatbuilding company in Raymond. Christopher Evans, President and Chief Operating Officer of Sabre Yachts, joined the board for a three-year term. Sabre Yachts has been building sail and motor yachts for […]

Blowing back at Katrina The past few weeks in the Lakes Region have seen an outpouring of unparalleled kindness shown by strangers in the north to strangers in the south. Our front page stories detailing these acts of specific kindness are both lengthy and varied, but at the same time, we’ve probably missed a host […]