BRIDGTON – Last month, the Lakes Environmental Association installed one of Maine’s first operating remote sensing buoys in Bridgton’s Highland Lake. Every 15 minutes, the yellow, solar-powered, 500-pound buoy beams data readings to the association, measuring water clarity, oxygen levels, and chlorophyll content, which is an indicator of algae growth. The $30,000 buoy, which was […]

BRIDGTON – Last month, the Lakes Environmental Association installed one of Maine’s first operating remote sensing buoys in Bridgton’s Highland Lake. Every 15 minutes, the yellow, solar-powered, 500-pound buoy beams data readings to the association, measuring water clarity, oxygen levels, and chlorophyll content, which is an indicator of algae growth. The $30,000 buoy, which was […]

BRIDGTON – Last month, the Lakes Environmental Association installed one of Maine’s first operating remote sensing buoys in Bridgton’s Highland Lake. Every 15 minutes, the yellow, solar-powered, 500-pound buoy beams data readings to the association, measuring water clarity, oxygen levels, and chlorophyll content, which is an indicator of algae growth. The $30,000 buoy, which was […]

Veterans Service Officer VSO Jerry Smith is available from 9 a.m.-noon on Wednesday, Aug. 13, and every second and fourth Wednesday morning at the Windham Veterans Center in North Windham. If you’re a veteran or a veteran’s dependent, and have questions about benefits, or other similar topics, stop in and find out more. No appointment […]

WINDHAM – Family and friends are showing their support this week for Toby Pennels, the Windham-area businessman and volunteer who was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Sunday afternoon near Rangeley. Pennels, 55, is a Casco-based financial adviser who is running for the District 26 Maine Senate seat. He has served two tours of duty […]

RAYMOND – Raymond Selectwoman Teresa Sadak, who is spearheading an effort to have Raymond withdraw from Regional School Unit 14, will encourage the Board of Selectmen Tuesday to place a referendum vote initiating the withdrawal process on the November ballot. Sadak has submitted a petition to the town calling on the selectmen to initiate the […]

Stuart “Toby” Pennels, a Casco-based financial adviser who is running for the District 26 Maine Senate seat, was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident near Rangeley on Sunday afternoon. After riding with two friends from the Lakes Region to the Height of Land scenic overview south of Rangeley, Pennels’ Harley Davidson motorcycle began to fishtail […]

Stuart “Toby” Pennels, a Casco-based financial adviser who is running for the District 26 Maine Senate seat, was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident near Rangeley on Sunday afternoon. After riding with two friends from the Lakes Region to the Height of Land scenic overview south of Rangeley, Pennels’ Harley Davidson motorcycle began to fishtail […]

On parents weekend in the Lakes Region, which took place during the last two weekends, the families of summer campers from across the country and the world descend upon the area, pumping dollars into local hotels, restaurants and more. Every year, it is the most visible manifestation of a century-long tradition that, to this day, […]

On parents weekend in the Lakes Region, which took place during the last two weekends, the families of summer campers from across the country and the world descend upon the area, pumping dollars into local hotels, restaurants and more. Every year, it is the most visible manifestation of a century-long tradition that, to this day, […]