This is the time to enjoy a hard earned summer, but throughout the Lakes Region and the state, officials and residents are worried about next winter. It is because this July 4, the rising cost of energy is now the biggest threat to our “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Thomas Jefferson’s declaration must […]

Dan Abbott said deciding to volunteer to deliver Meals on Wheels for the past 10 years was a selfish choice. “I get a great deal of satisfaction from contact with people and the sense that I make a difference in peoples’ lives,” said Abbott, 76, of Bridgton. He started delivering meals after he retired in […]

Tammy Locke is no stranger to farming. Growing up on her parent’s 42-acre farm in New Gloucester, Locke became accustomed to fresh vegetables and produce throughout the year. Click here to see photos and hear Locke speak about the Lakes Region Farmers’ Market. Locke is one of eight sisters in her family (if you ask […]

Tammy Locke is no stranger to farming. Growing up on her parent’s 42-acre farm in New Gloucester, Locke became accustomed to fresh vegetables and produce throughout the year. Click here to see photos and hear Locke speak about the Lakes Region Farmers’ Market. Locke is one of eight sisters in her family (if you ask […]

The town of Frye Island will celebrate its tenth anniversary as an independent town with three days of activities July 4-6. Through votes in the Maine Legislature and by island residents, Frye Island separated from the town of Standish in 1998. The town operates a ferry to the mainland in Raymond during the summer, but […]

Officials in Lakes Region towns were disappointed to learn this week that proposed weekday bus service from Harrison to Portland will not become a reality. David Willauer of the Greater Portland Council of Governments sent a memo to town officials Monday saying that higher estimated operating costs and only five towns voting to pay a […]

Though Saturday was cool and cloudy, Maine Game Warden Mike Pierre was out patrolling Sebago Lake. After watching a fishing boat through his binoculars, Pierre waved in operator Jeff Smalley, who reeled in his three fishing lines to talk with Pierre. Pierre asked to see his fishing license and boat registration, also asking about safety […]

When I was a kid, fireworks were legal How many people reading this remember when fireworks were legal in Maine? Back when you didn’t need to smuggle them over the border from anywhere? At the Kelley house on Chute Road, there were bags of rockets and all kinds of exploding things, sitting on top of […]

After last winter’s snow and ice, Friderika Gilroy, 88, realized the upkeep on her three-story house in Fryeburg was too much for her and her husband. So Gilroy and her husband bought the first house at the Bridgton Senior Courtyard, a proposed 60-unit condominium project that has been planned for three years. Gilroy herself has […]

When fire ripped through the LeClair’s Gray home May 3, it left nothing but part of the house frame and some smoke-stained clothes. All the family’s belongings, their furniture, photos, pots and pans, were reduced to black ash. But out of that ash has come hope for Michael and Melanie LeClair. Now staying in a […]