What a week to be in the great state of Maine! There’s no sky bluer, no leaves redder, no friends truer, no fair better… Although this column is called “Inside Bridgton”, I seemed to have spent most of this past week outside Bridgton. It all relates though, so here goes – what a whirlwind. Just […]

A Windham woman is in serious condition at Maine Medical Center after a motorcycle crash that occurred in Standish Saturday. Kathie Watts, 53, was a passenger on a motorcycle owned by 51-year-old Alan Arnott of Windham. The pair was traveling northbound on Bonny Eagle Road when a 1986 Subaru Legacy traveling southbound made a left-hand […]

Chasing the Moon Were you fortunate enough to see the moon last week? I found myself distracted as it peeked up over the horizon each day, huge and orange. My family spent one early evening having a dinner picnic on the shore of Sebago Lake after visiting Camp Sunshine’s record-setting sandcastle. Looking out on the […]

The principal, Robert Strong of Bonny Eagle High School recently announced that Senior Victoria Negus has been named a Commended Students in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue on the 2008 competition for Merit Scholarships, […]

The principal, Robert Strong of Bonny Eagle High School recently announced that Senior Victoria Negus has been named a Commended Students in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue on the 2008 competition for Merit Scholarships, […]

“Process won’t help you if you suck. It will just make you suck more repeatedly.” -Eric Hancock Lane/Tommy: We have some serious questions about the agendas for the Windham Town Council workshops and formal meetings. What seems absent is how agenda items are prioritized and scheduled. The frustration is obvious because some councilors feel they […]

20,000: Volunteers who fought the fires around the state 35: Communities that lost homes and public buildings 10: Number of days the fires burned with highest intensity, Oct. 16-25. The fires were declared completely extinguished Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. 113: Days without rain before the fires began 15: Number of people who died statewide […]

20,000: Volunteers who fought the fires around the state 35: Communities that lost homes and public buildings 10: Number of days the fires burned with highest intensity, Oct. 16-25. The fires were declared completely extinguished Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. 113: Days without rain before the fires began 15: Number of people who died statewide […]

The native people who lived in New Gloucester some 10,000 years ago will be the subject of a presentation at the New Gloucester Historical Society on Oct. 18 beginning at 7 p.m. at the New Gloucester Meetinghouse next to the Town Hall on Route 231 (Intervale Road). The presenter will be Canyon Wolf, education director […]

The native people who lived in New Gloucester some 10,000 years ago will be the subject of a presentation at the New Gloucester Historical Society on Oct. 18 beginning at 7 p.m. at the New Gloucester Meetinghouse next to the Town Hall on Route 231 (Intervale Road). The presenter will be Canyon Wolf, education director […]