Pot roast supper A public “comfort food” supper will be held on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Tuttle Road United Methodist Church, Cumberland. The menu includes pot roast and gravy, mashed potato, vegetables, salad and gingerbread with whipped cream. Adults $9, children 5-12, $5. The church is handicap accessible. Democrats caucus On […]
Lakes Region Weekly News
Standish beach on Sebago closer to reality
STANDISH – Residents of Standish have long fantasized about the day when the town would offer a public beach on the shores of Sebago for all to enjoy. On Tuesday night, the first step was taken to make that fantasy a reality. The Standish Town Council voted to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the […]
Owner, town battle over café on Raymond Beach
RAYMOND – The Black Ghost Cafe, designed and approved last summer as a dock-accessible floating snack shack located in the water off Raymond Beach, has likely served its last lobster roll. Due to friction between the town and the cafe?’s owner over what town leaders say are violations of Raymond’s shoreland zoning requirements, the Black […]
Owner, town battle over café on Raymond Beach
RAYMOND – The Black Ghost Cafe, designed and approved last summer as a dock-accessible floating snack shack located in the water off Raymond Beach, has likely served its last lobster roll. Due to friction between the town and the cafe?’s owner over what town leaders say are violations of Raymond’s shoreland zoning requirements, the Black […]
Burglar cuts hole in wall to steal cigarettes
GRAY – A burglar with some apparent carpentry skills and a taste for quality smokes drilled a hole through the wall of the Big Apple on Route 100 in Gray early Monday morning and made off with several thousand dollars worth of name-brand cigarettes. According to Lt. Donald Foss of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, […]
Burglar cuts hole in wall to steal cigarettes
GRAY – A burglar with some apparent carpentry skills and a taste for quality smokes drilled a hole through the wall of the Big Apple on Route 100 in Gray early Monday morning and made off with several thousand dollars worth of name-brand cigarettes. According to Lt. Donald Foss of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, […]
Burglar cuts hole in wall to steal cigarettes
GRAY – A burglar with some apparent carpentry skills and a taste for quality smokes drilled a hole through the wall of the Big Apple on Route 100 in Gray early Monday morning and made off with several thousand dollars worth of name-brand cigarettes. According to Lt. Donald Foss of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, […]
Inside Windham – 2/17
Speakout on state budget On Thursday, Feb. 23, Bill Diamond will host “Speakout” on Windham’s local channel 7 at 7 p.m. This month’s show starts with an interview with Windham town councilor Tommy Gleason. The second half of the program will consist of a discussion of the emergency budget just presented to the Maine Legislature, […]
Inside Windham – 2/17
Speakout on state budget On Thursday, Feb. 23, Bill Diamond will host “Speakout” on Windham’s local channel 7 at 7 p.m. This month’s show starts with an interview with Windham town councilor Tommy Gleason. The second half of the program will consist of a discussion of the emergency budget just presented to the Maine Legislature, […]
Windham hunter indicted in fatal shooting of Sebago man
WINDHAM – The Windham hunter who fatally shot a Sebago hunter in early November was indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury on a manslaughter charge last week. William Briggs, 61, of Highland Cliff Road, was hunting in Sebago about a half-mile from Hogfat Hill Road when he shot 46-year-old Peter Kolofsky, who was wearing […]