Bring on the bus A regional bus service in the Lakes Region makes sense especially with gas prices holding steady above $3 a gallon and Portland housing prices still unaffordable for the majority of workers. As proposed by the Greater Portland Council of Governments – which is in the process of rolling out the bus […]

Here’s a Tax Break For You The Homestead Exemption is offered to residents who have lived in Maine for at least one year, claim sole residency here for that amount of time, register their vehicle here and are registered to vote. The exemption reduces the owner’s property value and bases the town taxes on that […]

Ms. Sarah Milleville’s homebase at Bonny Eagle High School, Room 229, recently won first place in the homebase fund-raising Penny Drive for Camp Sunshine located in Casco. The total amount raised by this homebase was $93, all in coins. Money raised was collected from all the homebases at Bonny Eagle High School by the Future […]

Ms. Sarah Milleville’s homebase at Bonny Eagle High School, Room 229, recently won first place in the homebase fund-raising Penny Drive for Camp Sunshine located in Casco. The total amount raised by this homebase was $93, all in coins. Money raised was collected from all the homebases at Bonny Eagle High School by the Future […]

Ms. Sarah Milleville’s homebase at Bonny Eagle High School, Room 229, recently won first place in the homebase fund-raising Penny Drive for Camp Sunshine located in Casco. The total amount raised by this homebase was $93, all in coins. Money raised was collected from all the homebases at Bonny Eagle High School by the Future […]

Snow07-1&2: Kids in South Windham take advantage of day with Monday’s snow day and snowboard down a white hill next to River Road. Towns in the Lakes Region area received between 8 and 10 inches of snow in the season’s dramatic first storm. Snow07-1&2: Kids in South Windham take advantage of day with Monday’s snow […]

Incoherent politicians are as common as criminals. Although not quite as beneficial to society. Incoherent journalists are somewhat more unusual, their employment opportunities being limited mostly to TV news and the pages of the weekly Original Irregular in Kingfield. But when one of the latter attempts to cover one of the former, the results can […]

Hello again, It’s time once again for that portly man in a red suit to visit your household in a few short weeks. I have a few suggestions for that outdoors person in your life that they probably would love to receive this Christmas. If you have deer hunters you’re trying to buy gifts for, […]

‘Tis the season for Christmas music! Get in the spirit by attending the annual Christmas concert at the Casco Village Church on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 4 p.m. in the church’s sanctuary. Under the direction of Eugene Long, with accompaniment by Lynn Foss on organ and piano, the program will include selections from a wide […]

Hunting season is over and the turkey bones are in the trash. Families are cruising the aisles of the stores, with their wish lists in hand. Regardless of the cost of gasoline and fuel, most people in our town will proceed through the holidays, the same as they have in other years. Some will be […]