Standish resident and Bonny Eagle High School graduate Michele Trumble has to come back down to earth now. Trumble, a geology major at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Penn., participated in NASA’s Student Internship Program at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The 10-week program took place this summer from early June […]
Lakes Region Weekly News
Rain turns to sun this weekend
Weather Word of the Week: Weather elements: Terms that scientists use to study the weather and current conditions. Terms include air temperature, air pressure, humidity, clouds, precipitation, visibility and wind. Friday: T-storms likely 60% chance of precipitation Hi: 60 Lo: 50 Saturday: Showers likely 60% chance of precipitation Hi: 60 Lo: 47 Sunday: Mostly sunny […]
Hancock Lumber earns forest management honors
Hancock Lumber’s three Eastern White Pine sawmills and six retail locations have earned their Forest Stewardship Council chain of custody certification, making the Hancock entirely council-certified from its timberlands, to their Eastern White Pine sawmills, to the pine in their retail locations across the state. Hancock Lumber is one of only a small handful of […]
It's other people's money
“A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.” -G. Gordon Liddy Lane/Tommy: Wouldn’t it be nice if you could spend money other than your own? There’s a sure way to accomplish that and it is to run for a political […]
john's editorial 1019
Milk, it does the community good According to the Maine Milk Commission, milk prices are almost double what they were five years ago. In December 2002, the price of a gallon of whole milk at Hannaford or Shaw’s supermarkets was $2.59. Now it’s $4.69. Here in the Lakes Region, the price per gallon approaches $5 […]
john's editorial 1019
Milk, it does the community good According to the Maine Milk Commission, milk prices are almost double what they were five years ago. In December 2002, the price of a gallon of whole milk at Hannaford or Shaw’s supermarkets was $2.59. Now it’s $4.69. Here in the Lakes Region, the price per gallon approaches $5 […]
john's editorial 1019
Milk, it does the community good According to the Maine Milk Commission, milk prices are almost double what they were five years ago. In December 2002, the price of a gallon of whole milk at Hannaford or Shaw’s supermarkets was $2.59. Now it’s $4.69. Here in the Lakes Region, the price per gallon approaches $5 […]
Casco's Thibodeau completes Air Force basic training
Air Force Airman 1st Class Donald L. Thibodeau has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Thibodeau is a 2003 graduate of Lake Region High School in Naples. He is the son of Robert Thibodeau of Fountain Hill Road in Casco. During the six weeks of training, the airman […]
Casco's Thibodeau completes Air Force basic training
Air Force Airman 1st Class Donald L. Thibodeau has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Thibodeau is a 2003 graduate of Lake Region High School in Naples. He is the son of Robert Thibodeau of Fountain Hill Road in Casco. During the six weeks of training, the airman […]
Quilting show raises $1,000
The Nimble Thimbles quilting group raised about $1,000 at last Saturday’s quilt show and raffle at the North Windham Union Church, United Church of Christ. Co-president Lisa Simmons said about 135 people attended. She said the good weather kept attendance down. “In October, we do better on rainy days because everyone’s trying to clean up […]