Editor, I am writing in regard to an article in the Friday, Oct. 5 Lakes Region Weekly “Sex offender registry may be unconstitutional.” How can they say that it is double punishment, doing his time in jail and then having to be subjected to a registry? Mr. Shelton says that he is under more restrictions […]

Editor, I am writing in regard to an article in the Friday, Oct. 5 Lakes Region Weekly “Sex offender registry may be unconstitutional.” How can they say that it is double punishment, doing his time in jail and then having to be subjected to a registry? Mr. Shelton says that he is under more restrictions […]

Editor, I am writing in regard to an article in the Friday, Oct. 5 Lakes Region Weekly “Sex offender registry may be unconstitutional.” How can they say that it is double punishment, doing his time in jail and then having to be subjected to a registry? Mr. Shelton says that he is under more restrictions […]

“Stuff Happens: The Catastrophic Stress-Cardiovascular Disease Connection” is the topic of a presentation that will be hosted by the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute, Lewiston, on Oct. 18. Liz Ashe, director of training at Affiliated EAP, will discuss how exposure to traumatic events relates to cardiovascular disease. Affiliated EAP is a subsidiary of Eastern […]

The annual spaghetti supper sponsored by Gray Fire-Rescue Association will take place on Saturday, Oct. 13, following the fire-rescue open house at Gray’s Public Safety building on Shaker Road. The supper will be served from 5-7 p.m. inside the building. The trucks will be pulled out of the bays to make room for the supper […]

Police are requesting the public’s help in apprehending a man suspected of an armed robbery in Casco. On Monday, Oct. 8 between 8:45 and 9 p.m., a man entered Bob’s Place, a convenience store at the intersection of Route 302 and the State Park Road in Casco, on two occasions. The second time he approached […]

In a recent conversation with some longtime Windham natives, I was asked if I remembered the Forest Fires of 1947. I vividly remember the fire, as many in Maine do. I would have been 15 years old that fall, soon to be 16. I was a student attending Frederick Robie Jr. High School in South […]

Kevin Avanzato, 37, a transient who lives in Standish, was arrested Sept. 20 on charges of burglary and gross sexual assault. Daniel Bandelt, 33, of 490 South Bridgton Road, Bridgton, was arrested Sept. 20 on a charge of assault. Ryan Bell, 20, of 8 Starlit Way, Windham, was arrested Sept. 19 on a charge of […]

Kevin Avanzato, 37, a transient who lives in Standish, was arrested Sept. 20 on charges of burglary and gross sexual assault. Daniel Bandelt, 33, of 490 South Bridgton Road, Bridgton, was arrested Sept. 20 on a charge of assault. Ryan Bell, 20, of 8 Starlit Way, Windham, was arrested Sept. 19 on a charge of […]

Rabies Clinic The town of Standish is holding a rabies clinic at the Sebago Lake Congregational Church, Route 35 in Sebago Lake Village on Monday, Oct. 15, from 5-6 p.m. Cost of rabies shot is $8 per animal. If this is a booster rabies shot for the animal; bring documentation of previous shot. Dogs must […]