The new owner of a mostly vacant building on the corner of Whites Bridge Road and Route 302 across from Bob’s Seafood in Windham is hoping to hear from residents about what other businesses they would like to see in that location by the year’s end. Maggie Terry, president of Seahorse Alley, a property management […]
Lakes Region Weekly News
It Happened in Windham: Buried treasure
In this fall of 2015, as archaeologists are digging up history in Windham’s first-settled area, take a look at another buried treasure story, written by historian William Goold in the late 1700s. This is the same general location as the current “dig.” The Smith family was one of the wealthiest in Portland, then called Falmouth, […]
Inside Bridgton
Right in time ?for the holidays This week I have been very distracted while walking in town. It seems that every time I am headed to a particular destination, I suddenly lose track of where I am going, because there are so many pretty window displays and some great new shops and restaurants opening up! […]
Inside Naples
Turkey time Is it me, or has there been a lot fewer turkeys roaming the Lake Region? All summer I’ve seen groups of eight to 10 turkeys as I drove up and down Lake House and King Hill roads in Naples. Do you think they know? Not being a hunter myself, a little investigation led […]
‘Peter Pan’ actors at Windham High School set to reach new heights
Windham High School senior Anna Giroux, who will be playing the lead role in this year’s fall musical, “Peter Pan,” never imagined she’d learn to fly. But this year, in addition to delighting audiences with singing and dancing, Giroux and four other student-actors will be soaring across the stage with the help of Las Vegas-based […]
‘Peter Pan’ actors at Windham High School set to reach new heights
Windham High School senior Anna Giroux, who will be playing the lead role in this year’s fall musical, “Peter Pan,” never imagined she’d learn to fly. But this year, in addition to delighting audiences with singing and dancing, Giroux and four other student-actors will be soaring across the stage with the help of Las Vegas-based […]
‘Peter Pan’ actors at Windham High School set to reach new heights
Windham High School senior Anna Giroux, who will be playing the lead role in this year’s fall musical, “Peter Pan,” never imagined she’d learn to fly. But this year, in addition to delighting audiences with singing and dancing, Giroux and four other student-actors will be soaring across the stage with the help of Las Vegas-based […]
Inside New Gloucester
Butter-making family program Meet the Holsteins at the Pineland Farms dairy barn and learn how to churn their milk into butter, just as people did in the old days. This family education program, to be held on Thursday, Nov. 19, from 10-11:30 a.m., is open to all ages. Purchase tickets for $5 per person at […]
Inside Windham
Bean supper American Legion Post 148 will be hosting a bean supper on Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Windham Veterans Center from 5-6:30 p.m. Cost is $8 at the door, under 12 free. Italian dinner On Saturday, Nov. 14, the Windham Knights of Columbus will hold an Italian dinner from 5-6 p.m. at Our Lady […]
Chapman, Welch to direct Windham council
The Windham Town Council on Tuesday appointed Donna Chapman to serve as its new chairwoman and Dennis Welch as new vice chairman. Chapman, who represents the South district, replaces David Nadeau, who is in his second term and will continue to represent the East district until 2017. Chapman’s term on the council expires next year. […]