Information in last week’s Lakes Region Winter Guide regarding rides across Highland Lake on snowmobiles and dog sleds offered during the Bridgton Winter Carnival, being held this year Feb. 14-16, indicated the rides were free. According to Sue Mercer, interim executive director of the Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce, snowmobile rides are free […]

A Good Time Had By All A very successful Crystal Lake Liberty Family Foundation Ice Fishing Derby was held Saturday, Jan. 25, at 24 North Raymond Road in Gray. Here are the Derby winners: Adult Trout: 1. Matt Poole 4.20 lb., 2. Lucas Rodrigue 2.66 lb., 3. Albert Holden Jr. 2.10 lb., 4. Greg Massey […]

Employee of the Month Congratulations to Raymond resident Coreena Dyer Behnke for being awarded Employee of the Month at Portland High School. Coreena has been a police officer for 16 years serving the last five as a resource officer for the students of Portland High School. Aladdin, Jr. Windham Middle School Drama Director Mary Wassick […]

Super Bowl Sub Sale Sunday, Feb. 2, will be the annual Super Bowl Sub Sale for the North Windham Union Church Youth Group. An 8-inch Italian sandwich is available for $3. Proceeds from this event are divided between youth group activities and a local community service chosen by the group. Orders can be emailed to […]

On Monday, Jan. 27 at 9:40 p.m., Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholas Mangino observed a 1998 Chevy truck accelerating rapidly from the intersection of route 302 and 114 in downtown Naples. According to a sheriff’s office press release, Mangino attempted to overtake the truck as it proceeded toward Casco. The truck turned onto Route 35 […]

On Monday, Jan. 27 at 9:40 p.m., Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholas Mangino observed a 1998 Chevy truck accelerating rapidly from the intersection of route 302 and 114 in downtown Naples. According to a sheriff’s office press release, Mangino attempted to overtake the truck as it proceeded toward Casco. The truck turned onto Route 35 […]

STANDISH – Although more than 140 Saint Joseph’s College faculty, staff and students have signed a pledge opposing the transport of tar-sands oil through the Lakes Region, school President James Dlugos – who says he personally opposes tar sands, but did not sign the petition – is not ready to spearhead an institutional stand on […]

WINDHAM – After weeks of opposing a proposal that would force all seven councilors to participate in the finance committee, Councilor Matt Noel refused to yield at the Jan. 21 Windham Town Council meeting, even as a stubborn majority of Bob Muir, Donna Chapman, Dennis Welch and Tommy Gleason finally overrode Noel’s spirited rejoinders and […]

Veterans Appreciation Day Veterans Appreciation Day at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester will be held from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25. This free event is for all veterans and their families to participate in cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, sledding, skating, day-use of the YMCA, trolley bus tours of the barns and creamery, and a […]

The leftover fish from two upcoming ice fishing derbies will be distributed to food pantries and soup kitchens across Cumberland County, thanks to an expansion of the state’s Hunters for the Hungry program. Jason Hall, director of Hunters for the Hungry, an initiative of Maine’s Emergency Food Assistance Program, said he expects to collect as […]