Walk this way Have you ever noticed the wonderful couples who walk our Causeway together every day? Sometimes hand in hand and at other times engaged in a lively conversation, or just enjoying our wonderful scenery? Normally there will be Dave Gerrish with his wife Kathy and their black lab, Bob Boyer and his wife […]
Lakes Region Weekly News
Crooked River dam could impact wild salmon
After traveling the world on an oil tanker for 30 years, Jim Hathaway said he likes Sebago Lake the best, as much for the salmon fishing as anything else. Hathaway, who lives in Naples, has been fishing for 60 of his 68 years and has been fishing regularly in Sebago Lake since 1998. It’s relaxing, […]
Good work for a bad policy
The profile of Windham High School senior Sydney Andrei and her work to coordinate the new community service requirement at the school is a refreshing look at someone who is determined to make a bad policy work well. By beginning the Community Service Club and surveying the volunteer needs to help residents and organizations, Andrei […]
What do they think?
Windham High School students are split on the worth of a new policy requiring they complete 10 hours of community service for each year in high school. While many students feel the policy will foster a greater partnership between the school and the community at large, others say it is an unnecessary imposition that contradicts […]
What do they think?
Windham High School students are split on the worth of a new policy requiring they complete 10 hours of community service for each year in high school. While many students feel the policy will foster a greater partnership between the school and the community at large, others say it is an unnecessary imposition that contradicts […]
Disturbed (letter)
As I perused the usual school forms for my daughter’s eighth-grade year I was thunderstruck by a new policy being instituted that requires a $50 fee (modified to $30 for reduced lunch rate families) for “added insurance protection” on the laptop my daughter is issued as part of her educational experience. It is stated that […]
Disturbed (letter)
As I perused the usual school forms for my daughter’s eighth-grade year I was thunderstruck by a new policy being instituted that requires a $50 fee (modified to $30 for reduced lunch rate families) for “added insurance protection” on the laptop my daughter is issued as part of her educational experience. It is stated that […]
Disturbed (letter)
As I perused the usual school forms for my daughter’s eighth-grade year I was thunderstruck by a new policy being instituted that requires a $50 fee (modified to $30 for reduced lunch rate families) for “added insurance protection” on the laptop my daughter is issued as part of her educational experience. It is stated that […]
Fully involved
Sydney Andrei first realized the true benefits of community service during a puppet show when she was in seventh-grade. Andrei and her fellow students labored to design the sets and create the puppets, and the crowds joyous and thankful response to the show made a lasting impression. “It’s not just for something,” said Andrei. “It […]
Asset on the Airwaves
As the political season heats up both nationally and locally, I’d like to commend Lake Region Television for its efforts to provide information to the citizens of the Lake Region. I refer particularly to the District 13 Senate Race between Democratic candidate Lisa Villa and incumbent Republican David Hastings. I can’t help but be impressed […]