Harley Lee has a lot to learn about running a scam. Fortunately for Lee, president of the Yarmouth-based wind-power firm Endless Energy Corp., I’m here to point out the flaws in his little confidence game. Consider it a favor to a friend. Well, not exactly a friend. I did once threaten to poison his drink. […]

Looking back I was referencing a past column yesterday while writing about Winter Carnival, and marveling that a whole year has come and gone since the last one. What surprised me even more was the number of Lakes Region Weekly “Inside Bridgton” columns I had saved in my e-mail draft folder. As this week’s edition […]

Bridgton Hospital joins hospitals nationwide in celebrating National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Week, Jan. 25-31. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists are advanced practice nurses who administer around 30 million anesthetics per year in the United States. CRNAs are the sole anesthesia providers at Bridgton Hospital and nearly all rural hospitals in America, and they have been […]

On Saturday, Feb. 7, from 12-3 p.m., Skyline Farm, 95 The Lane, in North Yarmouth will host its 10th annual Sleigh Day, and the carriage museum will feature a new sleigh exhibit, “It’s Wintertime in the City,” depicting a city street winter scene from the late 1800s. Dress warmly and come to this double-header where […]

Welcome to town New Gloucester’s Welcome, Neighbor project is a grass-roots community effort loosely based on the old-fashioned welcome wagon concept. In coordination with the town office, it has handed out over 120 welcome packets to new residents during the past two years. The packets contain items donated by New Gloucester-based businesses and organizations including […]

Welcome to town New Gloucester’s Welcome, Neighbor project is a grass-roots community effort loosely based on the old-fashioned welcome wagon concept. In coordination with the town office, it has handed out over 120 welcome packets to new residents during the past two years. The packets contain items donated by New Gloucester-based businesses and organizations including […]

Local children are invited to St. Joseph’s College in Standish for Kids Night Out and bedtime stories. Kids, wear your pajamas and come join elementary education majors for reading, learning, and fun, starting Monday, Jan.21 and continuing once a month through April. Children from area schools, grades K-3, are invited to listen to education majors […]

Temporary jobs paying between $10 and $17.50 an hour will be available to Windham residents through the U.S. Census Bureau for the 2010 population count, according to a press release from the local census office in Portland. The overall concept is to hire local residents who know the most about their own communities. They know […]

In a vote followed by cheers and applause, Casco residents overwhelmingly approved renovations to the town Community Center. The special town meeting Saturday was called for residents to vote on a $530,000 bond to perform the minimum repairs needed to re-open the building for recreation programs and meeting space. Residents also approved a second item […]

“These southbounders are all the same. They hype everything up. And it’s never as bad or good as they say.” So said one of my hiking buddies, Hungry Brett, after months of walking the Appalachian Trail. We were going north, from Georgia to Maine. When we’d come upon a southbound hiker, we’d instinctively ask about […]