The New England Christian Arts Council will be holding its fourth annual His Gifts and Presence New England Arts Festival this Saturday at the Vineyard Church Fellowship in Westbrook. The festival will feature 80 artists, from as near as the Lakes Region and as far as Florida, exhibiting their spirituality through painting, song, dance, jewelry, […]

I would like to join the rest of our community in welcoming home Marine Lance Corporal Tom Lawler and I would like to thank your newspaper for the front page coverage of his homecoming. Welcome home Marine. But I would also like to ask that in the future your newspaper make one small, but important, […]

The Lake Region Development Council’s Golf Classic 2005 was held on Monday, June 27 at Point Sebago Resort in Casco. Once again, on a picture perfect day, participants enjoyed one of Maine’s best golf courses; as a demonstration of their support for the LRDC’s efforts to promote economic development in the Lakes Region. Congratulations to […]

Naples Public Library will present “Kids ‘n Kameras,” its annual, two-part Program of educational workshops for children, this summer. Designed to introduce photography and its techniques to young people, Kids ‘n Cameras will be held on consecutive Thursdays, July 21 and July 28, beginning at 9:30 in the Library’s Gathering Room. Kids ‘n Kameras is […]

The state ended the fiscal year in the black thanks to higher than budgeted income tax receipts, but taxes on sales continue to lag behind. Individual income taxes are forecast to come in over budget by more than $80 million and corporate income tax also is coming in around $10 million higher than expected. Numbers […]

Tall Woods Condominiums had a problem. “Every time we got heavy rains there was serious erosion,” said Larry Plotkin, president of the Sebago Lake-side condominium association. Sections of their road as well as their boat launch were gradually being washed into the lake. The association members knew they needed to do something to correct the […]

Tall Woods Condominiums had a problem. “Every time we got heavy rains there was serious erosion,” said Larry Plotkin, president of the Sebago Lake-side condominium association. Sections of their road as well as their boat launch were gradually being washed into the lake. The association members knew they needed to do something to correct the […]

The American Red Cross will be holding public blood drives in the following spots around the Lakes Region in July: July 11: Central Fire Station on Route 121 from 1-7 p.m. July 12: Bus drive at Wal-Mart on Route 302 in Windham from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 28: North Windham Union Church on […]

Residents at Naples Annual Town Meeting last Wednesday voted in favor of all but one of the 58 articles on the town’s warrant. This approves the Naples municipal budget for 2005-2006 ($3.03 million) with the exception of $50,000 for Sidewalk Winter Maintenance listed in the failed article. The failed article concerned plowing, sanding and clearing […]

Residents at Naples Annual Town Meeting last Wednesday voted in favor of all but one of the 58 articles on the town’s warrant. This approves the Naples municipal budget for 2005-2006 ($3.03 million) with the exception of $50,000 for Sidewalk Winter Maintenance listed in the failed article. The failed article concerned plowing, sanding and clearing […]