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Recreation directors grapple with how to handle summer camps

by Emily Bader June 3, 2020June 4, 2020

Directors say they know parents depend on summer programs for childcare but have had to ask themselves whether it’s right to bring people together because of the cornavirus outbreak.

Lakes Region Weekly

Couple hopes to revive historic Standish orchard

by Emily Bader May 27, 2020May 28, 2020

Alyssa Marchant and Jake Dube closed on the property a year ago and are working to bring it back to working condition.

Lakes Region Weekly

Letter: All aboard for Balentine’s ‘freedumb’ train

May 14, 2020May 13, 2020

So the pandemic is over and the pandumbic has started. Mr. Balentine’s Freedumb Shopping Train from Wuhan, China, has arrived right on schedule (“Give us liberty, or give us death,” May 8). Apparently not enough people have died (73,000 and counting) to satisfy Mammon (the Republicans’ true god). While Patrick Henry’s “Give me shopping, or […]

Lakes Region Weekly

Food pantries knee-deep during pandemic

by Emily Bader May 8, 2020

In the last month, some food pantries have served almost twice the number of families than before the coronavirus pandemic.

Lakes Region Weekly

Summer festivals on hold amid pandemic

by Emily Bader April 29, 2020

Facing continued social distancing orders, the odds are the usual fare of festivals in the Lakes Region won’t be offered this summer. But Windham’s Summerfest is going virtual.

Lakes Region Weekly

Municipal candidates line up for delayed election

by Emily Bader April 24, 2020April 22, 2020

Nomination deadlines have passed and municipal elections are postponed, but the dates for some town meetings are still up in the air.

Maine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion

Maine Voices: Quarantine advice from an old submariner

by Douglas Bonacum Special to the Press Herald April 20, 2020April 20, 2020

Many of the rules that helped make life manageable in a sub apply in our current situation.

Lakes Region Weekly

Inside Standish: April 17

by Matthew Gregoire April 17, 2020April 14, 2020

Town updates All town facilities will be closed to the public through April 30 and all in-person Parks and Recreation programs are suspended until further notice. Trails will remain opening for the time being. For further updates, visit standishrec.com. Remote activities The Standish Parks and Recreation Department is hosting remote activities for children in the […]