0926memories.jpg Ever wonder where the Hall Road got its name? This is one of the Hall homesteads, built between 1830 and 1840 and formerly the home of Persis Hall Harding and her ancestors for many generations. The brick used to build this sturdy Windham home came from nearby brickyards. Photo courtesy of the Windham Historical […]

Service honors education The Sebago Center Community Church will host a special ecumenical worship service for students, teachers, administrators and anyone involved in the field of education Sunday, Sept. 28. The service gets underway at 10 a.m. in the church located on Route 107, across the road from the town hall. There will be special […]

Michaela Davis.jpg. Gray resident Michaela Davis, 18, gives Tate, her 2-year-old Holstein dairy cow at bath at the Cumberland Fair Tuesday. Davis, a 2008 graduate of Gray-New Gloucester High School, is also a member of the All Star 4-H Dairy Club. Staff photo by Harmony Motter

Air Force airmen Joshua L. Prescott and Zachary M. Malinowitz have graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. During the six weeks of training, the airmen studied the Air Force mission, organization, and military customs and courtesies; performed drill and ceremony marches, and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field […]

On behalf of the Greater Portland organizations for adults with special needs we would like to thank Jim Paquette and Diane York, owners of Memory Lane Music Hall in Standish, for their overwhelming generosity. When we approached Jim and Diane to put on a dance for adults with special needs in the Greater Portland area […]

In New England, storms tend to move from south to north. Rain or snow will hit Connecticut first, then spread across Massachusetts and drift northward from there. What’s true for weather patterns may hold true for school mascot names. There are folks south of the Lakes Region who are hemming and hawing, ripping and roaring […]

Will the real John Balentine please stand up? I wondered how long it would take for Balentine to surface with the election around the corner. I’m sure that he has been just chafing at the bit to get his opinion out there. This new approach of my old friend John, his “I don’t really care […]

The Lakes Region Weekly, Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce and Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce are coming together to sponsor two forums featuring local candidates running for seats in the Maine Legislature. The first forum, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. at Windham High School, will host candidates for Senate […]

0919Optelec Windham Lions Club President Cathy Fortier, standing, shows Virginia Billings of Southern Maine Agency on Aging how to use the Optelec Spectrum Unit. Windham Lions recently presented the equipment for use at Unity Gardens Senior Housing on Tandberg Trail. The Optelec enables individuals with vision problems to read printed materials such as maps and […]

Surely, it’s an ominous beginning for the fall season. The news is full of strange, unrelated odds and ends of things to make one think. First, John McCain, the conservative dream captain, selects a woman as his running mate. Not just any woman, either, but a former beauty queen who can shoot and dress (butcher […]