Winter Carnival Join the fun at Pineland Farms’ Winter Carnival Saturday, Jan. 26 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. A few of the many activities include horse-drawn carriage rides through the campus from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., an all-day bonfire, ski races, and wax clinics with a Swix representative. Admission is free, however trail […]

The jan. 18 story about George Carman highlighted the tragic shortage of human organs for transplant operations. Over half of the 98,000 Americans on the national transplant waiting list will die before they get a transplant. Most of these deaths are needless. Americans bury or cremate about 20,000 transplantable organs every year. Over 6,000 of […]

A public hearing at Songo Lock Elementary School in Naples Wednesday, Jan. 30, will give residents and business owners the chance to comment on state plans for a new bridge over the Naples Causeway. It once it appeared the hearing might be hostile. The Maine Department of Transportation has nixed a 12-foot high drawbridge over […]

A public hearing at Songo Lock Elementary School in Naples Wednesday, Jan. 30, will give residents and business owners the chance to comment on state plans for a new bridge over the Naples Causeway. It once it appeared the hearing might be hostile. The Maine Department of Transportation has nixed a 12-foot high drawbridge over […]

Friday, Jan. 25: Mostly sunny, no chance of precipitation. High: 20 Low: 8 Saturday, Jan. 26: Mostly cloudy with snow showers, chance of precipitation 30 percent. High: 29 Low: 14 Sunday, Jan. 27: Partly sunny with no chance of precipitation. High: 34 Low: 17 Weather words of the week: Snow squall: A particularly heavy snow […]

Republicans Meet Windham Republicans will hold their caucus on Feb. 2. All interested Republicans and un-enrolled voters are urged to gather at the Windham Community Center at 10 a.m. According to Gary Plummer, the main purposes of the caucus are to elect delegates to the 2008 Republican Convention, to nominate election clerks, to nominate four […]

The 2008 Images of Sebago Lake Calendar, published and produced by the Portland Water District, is now available. The calendar features dramatic images of Sebago Lake from amateur photographers who have captured the many moods of Maine’s second largest lake. This is the third in the Images of Sebago Lake Calendar series. The calendar recognizes […]

The 2008 Images of Sebago Lake Calendar, published and produced by the Portland Water District, is now available. The calendar features dramatic images of Sebago Lake from amateur photographers who have captured the many moods of Maine’s second largest lake. This is the third in the Images of Sebago Lake Calendar series. The calendar recognizes […]

The following students from the Lakes Region were recently sworn in as members of the Maine Maritime Academy Regiment of Midshipmen at a ceremony held earlier this fall during the college’s annual family weekend. They are all members of the school’s Class of 2011. The midshipman oath was administered to the 176 candidates by Capt. […]

Library News An assortment of “Peanuts” memorabilia from the collection of Deborah Sampson of Windham will be on display through Jan. 25, at the Windham Public Library. Sampson was hooked on “Peanuts” from the first time she saw a Charlie Brown special on TV, but has only become a serious collector for about 10 years. […]