Greetings, Well, we just got our first decent snowfall and that really gives the skiers and snowmobiles that crazy “snow itch.” I personally ski about once every three or four years. I think I’m due again this winter but I’ve got to come up with a way to “weasel out of it!” Skiing is a […]
Lakes Region Weekly News
'Snow itch' is in full force
Greetings, Well, we just got our first decent snowfall and that really gives the skiers and snowmobiles that crazy “snow itch.” I personally ski about once every three or four years. I think I’m due again this winter but I’ve got to come up with a way to “weasel out of it!” Skiing is a […]
Canoe crook no turned self in
The Raymond man who fled from police in a canoe on Oct. 23 turned himself in at York District Court last month. On Nov. 15 Nicholas Mains, 29, turned himself in after seeing his photo splashed across the news. “A lot of people do it when they realize they’re wanted,” said Deputy Joe Schnupp of […]
Inside Standish 1214
Local College Student is Miss Maine 2008 Kaetlin Parent, a sophomore at St. Joseph’s College, was crowned Miss Maine 2008 at competition held Nov. 25 at the Sheraton Tara Hotel in South Portland. A communications major, Parent will go on to compete at the National Miss USA pageant, which will be broadcast on NBC next […]
john's editorial 1214
All wet on this one The Windham Town Council was right to stand up to the Portland Water District during last week’s meeting when the district asked the town to pay for cost overruns with the South Windham sewer project. In particular, Councilor Elizabeth Wisecup was right to point to a signed contract based on […]
A bus to Fantasy Island
Lane/Tommy: Will the proposed bus service from Bridgton to Portland be a boon or boondoggle? When one looks at a government project, whether the sewer extension from Westbrook to South Windham, a ship for the Navy or bus parts for the Windham School Department, all the taxpayers see are tremendous cost overruns for which we, […]
A bus to Fantasy Island
Lane/Tommy: Will the proposed bus service from Bridgton to Portland be a boon or boondoggle? When one looks at a government project, whether the sewer extension from Westbrook to South Windham, a ship for the Navy or bus parts for the Windham School Department, all the taxpayers see are tremendous cost overruns for which we, […]
Strategic Diagnostics announces expansion
Strategic Biosolutions, an antibody production company located on Anderson Road in South Windham, recently celebrated a ribbon cutting for its new 15,000 square-foot barn (circled in photograph below) to hold rabbits, whose blood is used for antibody research and vaccine development. Above, Windham Economic Development Director Keith Luke presents Strategic Biosolutions president Matthew Knight a […]
Strategic Diagnostics announces expansion
Strategic Biosolutions, an antibody production company located on Anderson Road in South Windham, recently celebrated a ribbon cutting for its new 15,000 square-foot barn (circled in photograph below) to hold rabbits, whose blood is used for antibody research and vaccine development. Above, Windham Economic Development Director Keith Luke presents Strategic Biosolutions president Matthew Knight a […]
Strategic Diagnostics announces expansion
Strategic Biosolutions, an antibody production company located on Anderson Road in South Windham, recently celebrated a ribbon cutting for its new 15,000 square-foot barn (circled in photograph below) to hold rabbits, whose blood is used for antibody research and vaccine development. Above, Windham Economic Development Director Keith Luke presents Strategic Biosolutions president Matthew Knight a […]