Mark’s is back Happy spring, and hallelujah! We can all gloat a little today, having officially survived one of the snowiest winters in Maine history. Spring may not actually have sprung yet, as it must be impossible for crocuses and daffodils to bloom under three feet of snowpack, but it is a symbolic victory no […]

Mark’s is back Happy spring, and hallelujah! We can all gloat a little today, having officially survived one of the snowiest winters in Maine history. Spring may not actually have sprung yet, as it must be impossible for crocuses and daffodils to bloom under three feet of snowpack, but it is a symbolic victory no […]

Police said Friday they have concluded a Cumberland man who died in a head-on collision in Gray last month caused the crash intentionally. According to Sgt. Michael Edes of the Maine State Police, Beckmann died after his Ford Explorer collided head-on with a commercial truck driven by Frederick Capen, 37, of Lancaster, Mass., according to […]

Resignation accepted The resignation of David Lunt from New Gloucester’s board of selectmen was unanimously accepted, with regret, at the board’s March 17 meeting. He had served for four years, the last of which was in the role of chairperson. Within Lunt’s resignation letter, he had indicated an interest in remaining as a member on […]

Last week, hundreds of people filled the halls of the State House to oppose cuts to social services proposed by Gov. Baldacci in his budget. While these cuts will impact thousands of Mainers, I also want to call attention to the funding reductions proposed that will have a long-term impact on our state’s economic future. […]

David Lunt, chairman of the New Gloucester Board of Selectmen, announced his intention to resign from the position on Friday. In a letter to New Gloucester Town Manager Rosemary Kulow, and members of the board, Lunt said it is in his “best interests to pursue other ways in which to serve the town of New […]

Update: The three suspects in this case have been arrested and are currently being held at the Cumberland County Jail, pending arraignment later this week, according to Capt. Donald Goulet of the the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department. The following is a story that was printed in last week’s Lakes Region Weekly. Naples resident John Betz […]

On Monday, March 17, the New Gloucester Board of Selectmen is expected to approve the March 4 resignation of Chairman David Lunt, albeit with regret. Lunt, 71, submitted a letter of resignation the Town Manager, Rosemary Kulow, and his fellow board members after four years serving on the board, and one year as Chairman. “I […]

On Monday, March 17, the New Gloucester Board of Selectmen is expected to approve the March 4 resignation of Chairman David Lunt, albeit with regret. Lunt, 71, submitted a letter of resignation the Town Manager, Rosemary Kulow, and his fellow board members after four years serving on the board, and one year as Chairman. “I […]

I read in the letters to the editor of the Lakes Region Weekly that Kaile Warren, a member of the Windham Town Council, is asking for input from Windham citizens into his proposed Windham economic plan that he will soon be submitting to the council. It was so easy to make the call, and he […]