Holidays at the Library Saturday, Dec. 6 is the Gray Public Library’s annual and traditional Gingerbread House-making event. If you have attended it before, no description is necessary. If this is new to you, it is an event you don’t want to miss. The Gray Public Library Association supplies the materials and you supply the […]

Recently Pakistan agreed to take a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). That country’s economy was on the verge of collapse and the $7.6 billion dollars they are borrowing will help pay for fuel and food for the 140 million people who live there. You may already know that Pakistan is a member of […]

Recently Pakistan agreed to take a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). That country’s economy was on the verge of collapse and the $7.6 billion dollars they are borrowing will help pay for fuel and food for the 140 million people who live there. You may already know that Pakistan is a member of […]

Hello to all of my friends. This is a very difficult article for me to write, but for those of you who know me, I hope you understand. This is going to be my last article for the Lakes Region Weekly for the foreseeable future. My editor, mentor and friend, David Harry has left the […]

Robert LaPointe, found guilty last month in a criminal case stemming from a 2007 boat collision on Long Lake, is likely to soon settle a civil suit with the families of the two victims in the crash, lawyers representing both sides said this week. LaPointe was convicted of two counts of aggravating operating a watercraft […]

Holiday Open House The Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals welcomes the public to its free Holiday Open House Saturday, Dec. 6, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the farm at 279 River Road. Children’s activities will include ornament making and face painting. Carolers are welcome, of course. Gorgeous, native Christmas trees will be sold, […]

This summer, with gas prices north of $4 per gallon, Scott Forbes of Windham cut his car time where he could. He cut back on long trips, consolidated his shorter trips and used his wife’s more efficient car whenever possible. And now that gas in the Lakes Region is hovering at around half that price, […]

Dance for toys The dancers from Center Stage Performing Arts will once again team up with the Studio for the Living Arts Dance Center in Gray to hold a performance to benefit the Bruce Roberts Toy Fund. The Bruce Roberts Toy Fund is a popular non-profit organization that has been providing Christmas toys for area […]

Two Lakes Region fire departments recently received grants from the Department of Homeland Security. The Sebago Fire Department will provide training for firefighters from Sebago and other area towns with the help of a $32,860 grant. Raymond firefighters will use a $156,655 grant to pay for the purchase of around 20 Scott Air-Pak self-contained breathing […]

Nutcracker The 2008 Children’s Nutcracker Theater wants to celebrate the holidays with a performance of the ballet, The Maine Nutcracker on Dec. 19-20 at Bonny Eagle High School. A twist on the ballet classic will feature live Taiko drumming, original sets and costumes, and of course sugar plum fairies. The theater group was put together […]