What started as a pop-up store last winter is now a permanent, year-round marketplace operated by Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association.
Lakes Region Weekly News
Posted inLocal & State, News
Sebago residents enact 6-month moratorium on new quarries
The vote is in response to Gorham Sand & Gravel’s plans to operate a quarry off Route 11 in the town’s Village District.
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Gorham public works director shifts gears, takes Windham job
Bob Burns is leaving Public Works after 18 years to become the assistant town manager in Windham.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
So close
Marshwood holds off the Windham Eagles 14-13 to take the state championship title.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Portland Forecaster
‘Why would they not help?’ Tucker family seeks answers from Westbrook police
The family of Terry Tucker Jr. say they feel the police didn’t give their concerns enough weight and as a result, the body of their loved one wasn’t found for more than four months after they reported him missing.
Posted inCops & Courts, Lakes Region Weekly, Local & State, News
Judge orders no prison time for Naples woman charged in bogus marriage
Desperate for money at age 18, Raeanna Johnson advertised for a job and got caught up in a fraudulent marriage scheme with a Russian man.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Lewiston-Auburn, News
MPA names Sun Journal’s Emily Bader this year’s best young journalist in Maine
Emily Bader, a former staff writer at the Lakes Region Weekly, won the award based on her reporting at that weekly newspaper, where she worked from March 2020 to April 2021.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Lakes Region Sportsman: Favorite deer spots – we all have them
This time of year, I like to think back on successful deer hunts of the past. Sitting with my back against a tree awaiting a deer to come into view, I often reminisce about those hunts. I have a list of all the dates I took deer. Some dates stick out like those taken on […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Freeport family targets nurse shortage with large donation to SMCC
John and Candy Boyne’s latest donation of $500,000 will endow a nursing faculty position at the community college.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
North Yarmouth exhibit honors local veterans
The photograph display of local veterans at the North Yarmouth Community Center will be become an annual event each November, National Veterans Month.