The weather outside was certainly frightful earlier this week in the Lakes Region. Christmas shoppers, commuting motorists and people who work outside for a living had to contend with below-zero temperatures and two sizeable snowstorms. Six-year-old Rhonan MacCarter, left, plays in the newly fallen snow as his stepdad, Jason Rice, loads a Christmas tree onto […]

The drop in Maine’s unemployment rate follows a national trend: Only five states had no change.

GRAY – For the past three years, Gray resident Christina Foster has served as the coordinator for Caring Community of Gray-New Gloucester, a 10-person volunteer organization that provides gifts and meals for struggling families every Thanksgiving and Christmas. Foster, who works as a development coordinator for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, has volunteered for Caring […]

STANDISH – Joining a growing number of towns throughout Maine that have withdrawn or are attempting to withdraw from consolidated school districts, leaders in Standish and Frye Island are seeking the public’s approval for further study of a possible secession from School Administrative District 6. At a special town meeting on Jan. 14, Standish residents […]

STANDISH – Joining a growing number of towns throughout Maine that have withdrawn or are attempting to withdraw from consolidated school districts, leaders in Standish and Frye Island are seeking the public’s approval for further study of a possible secession from School Administrative District 6. At a special town meeting on Jan. 14, Standish residents […]

WinterKids celebrates at Shawnee Peak WinterKids, the Portland-based nonprofit charity organization designed to get Maine children active in wintertime, will kick off the 2013-2014 winter season with Cooper Campbell Day, a fun, fast-paced, on-mountain event for kids and their families at Shawnee Peak in Bridgton from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 22. For the […]

WinterKids celebrates at Shawnee Peak WinterKids, the Portland-based nonprofit charity organization designed to get Maine children active in wintertime, will kick off the 2013-2014 winter season with Cooper Campbell Day, a fun, fast-paced, on-mountain event for kids and their families at Shawnee Peak in Bridgton from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 22. For the […]

RAYMOND – The potential consolidation of the Windham and Jordan-Small middle schools and other concerns have some Raymond residents, including a recently elected selectwoman, calling for the break-up of Regional School Unit 14. At a public retreat held by the Raymond Board of Selectmen on Nov. 18, Teresa Sadak, who won election convincingly to the […]

This is the last issue of the Inside Standish column for 2013. These last five months sharing with all of you have flown by in the blink of an eye. It’s been wonderful connecting with more and more members and organizations within our community. My next Inside Standish column will run on Jan. 17. If […]

This is the last issue of the Inside Standish column for 2013. These last five months sharing with all of you have flown by in the blink of an eye. It’s been wonderful connecting with more and more members and organizations within our community. My next Inside Standish column will run on Jan. 17. If […]