LAKES REGION – Similar to their state counterparts, voters in the Lakes Region on Tuesday failed to turn out in substantial numbers for statewide primary and local referendums. Those who did vote sent conflicting messages regarding local spending. In Windham-Raymond, voters overwhelmingly approved the $28 million school budget, despite hefty projected tax increases in Raymond. […]

STANDISH – The third edition of the Standish Summer Spectacular is shaping up to be quite a shindig, with events ranging from a lakeside music concert to a parade through busy downtown. The five-member organizing committee, made up of Standish residents Diana Mains Allen, Linda Brooks, Jeanine Dalton, Dee Thibault and Bill Tracy, have been […]

PORTLAND – The 263 graduates of Windham High School capped off their 13 years of hard work Sunday with an enthusiastic skyward fling of their maroon and white caps inside the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland. From the perfect weather to the precision of the graduates as they marched in unison, as well as […]

PORTLAND – The 263 graduates of Windham High School capped off their 13 years of hard work Sunday with an enthusiastic skyward fling of their maroon and white caps inside the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland. From the perfect weather to the precision of the graduates as they marched in unison, as well as […]

PORTLAND – Music, balloons, wise words and humor helped Bonny Eagle’s 271 graduates celebrate the successful end of their high school careers last Friday night at the Cumberland County Civic Center. After a massive thunderstorm poured rain and hail on downtown Portland during the hour preceding the ceremony, the skies brightened just in time to […]

HARRISON – The Lakes Region Community Theater is presenting a two-weekend run of “Oliver! The Musical” at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison. The production is under the direction of Mary Bastoni, with Pam Collins-Stahle as choreographer, and is produced by Janet Ver Planck, Jyselle Watkins and Lew Krainin. Lead cast members include Oliver Clay-Storm as Oliver […]

Nature Hikes Shaker Village nature hikes are offered Saturdays, June 16, July 7, Aug. 4, Sept. 15, Oct. 6 at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on each date. Explore with family and friends the Shaker fields and forests from the hayfields and pastures through the woods to Loon’s Point on Sabbathday Lake to Aurelia’s Cascade, […]

(To list an event in this calendar, please e-mail info to jbalentine@keepmecurrent.com) Until June 30: Limington Ext. Yard Sales take place every dry Saturday in June, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., 476 Sand Pond Road, Limington. Gallons of paint $2, new underwear & clothes $1 and $2, party goods 25 cents. Hundreds of children’s clothes […]

NAPLES – The seventh annual Maine Blues Fest, begun by locals Michael Bray and Kevin Kimball, is set for this weekend in Naples. This year’s edition features 40 acts playing at 13 venues, a record for the weekend music festival. Music lovers can get their motor running starting Friday night and enjoy the tunes on […]

RAYMOND – By a 324-302 vote, Raymond residents on Tuesday narrowly defeated a proposal that would have imposed fines on owners whose animals make noise lasting longer than 10 minutes. The noise ordinance was proposed by Leach Hill Road resident Wayne Gelston, who approached town officials last summer for a solution when his neighbor, Julie […]