In an effort to offer our readers a more comprehensive Senior Life page, we are looking for seniors from Lakes Region communities to write short news stories or columns focusing on senior events in the community. If interested, please contact Kay Soldier or John Balentine at 892-1166 or lrweekly@adelphia.net. Thank you!

You may never have tried to escape from a gas station without paying, but there are some who have. Successfully. This kind of crime is called a drive-off and it happens quite frequently. A check of area stations reveals it even occurs in the sheltered Lakes Region of Maine. And, with this week’s even more […]

The following is a list of events scheduled this month at the Steep Falls Library: Wednesday, Sept. 7 – Make a simple holiday table runner. $10 donation to the library. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Pre-registration is a must. Wednesday, Sept. 14 – The regular Craft Group begins for the season. Wednesday, Sept. 20 – One Stroke Painting, […]

Doctors who care for low-income people in Maine are threatening to drop Medicaid patients because of the slow progress being made on fixing the state’s computer system, which has stalled millions of dollars in payments since January. In the meantime, the bill for fixing the problem is adding up. On top of an estimated $4 […]

While nothing here can begin to compare to the devastation wrought in the Southeast by Hurricane Katrina, local businesses and individuals are feeling her effects. Perhaps nowhere is her reach more tangible to local residents than at the gas pumps where numbers have been changing faster than on Wall Street. Customers at North Windham’s Exxon […]

Here’s a construction crew on-site on the Webb Road in Windham, many years ago. Probably not a one of them was a carpenter, but they were having a barn raising, after Frank Sawyer’s barn burned down. Family history says that wet hay had been put into the barn, and internal combustion resulted in the barn […]

Here’s a construction crew on-site on the Webb Road in Windham, many years ago. Probably not a one of them was a carpenter, but they were having a barn raising, after Frank Sawyer’s barn burned down. Family history says that wet hay had been put into the barn, and internal combustion resulted in the barn […]

Volunteers are needed to help in the kitchen at the Windham Senior Dining Club. The hours are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please call Virginia Billings Monday through Friday at 892-3891 if you would like to volunteer.

Volunteers are needed to help in the kitchen at the Windham Senior Dining Club. The hours are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please call Virginia Billings Monday through Friday at 892-3891 if you would like to volunteer.

With the number of senior citizens rising to 20 percent of the United States’ total population by the year 2030, Standish has become proactive in exploring affordable senior housing options in its community. To that end, the Senior Housing Ad Hoc Committee, appointed by the Standish Town Council last February, researched the issue and presented […]