The parents of 8-year-old Owen Oates remained hospitalized Monday at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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Inside Standish: Dec. 27
Senior lunch Active Senior lunches for the month are at the Standish Municipal Center on Wednesdays, Jan. 1, 15 and 29. All seniors from the Standish community are welcome, though reservations must be made by the Thursday before each lunch. The meetings begin at 11 a.m. and lunch is served at noon. Lunch is catered […]
Letter: Congratulate EPA, at 50, for job well done
Mainers under 50 were not yet born when the modern-day environmental movement was born out of general outrage over the smog suffocating our urban areas, widespread pesticide use and harmful discharges into our waterways rendering it unsafe to drink and lethal to fish. The youthful rebellion took the form of Earth Day (April 21, 1970) […]
Boys Basketball: Gorham makes it tough, but Bonny Eagle prevails
Zach Maturo led the Scots’ attack with 20, but Jake Esty had the team’s most fiery points.
Inside Standish: Dec. 13
Sing along with ukuleles The Standish Historical Society is holding an all-ages holiday ukulele concert and sing-along with the Slukes at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, at the Old Red Church. For more information, visit the Standish Historical Society’s Facebook page. ‘Almost Maine’ auditions Schoolhouse Arts Center is holding auditions for its upcoming play, “Almost, […]
‘The real Christmas tree’ still going strong
Farms in the Lakes Region report that a large number of young people purchased real Christmas trees this year.
Church hosts Caroling in the Barn event
STANDISH — Faith Lutheran Church will host a Christmas Caroling in the Barn event on Sunday, Dec. 15. The old-fashioned community carol sing will be held at 1 p.m. in the barn with live animals at the Hartwell Farm, 443 Sebago Lake Road, Gorham. There also will be storytelling, hot cocoa and Christmas cookies.
Standish council postpones marijuana discussion
STANDISH — A Town Council discussion about allowing certain recreational marijuana establishments was tabled Tuesday night until the council’s next meeting in January. The postponement came after the council cast a tie vote on amendments to town code to allow product manufacturing facilities, testing facilities and cultivation facilities for recreational marijuana in town. Councilor Michael […]
Letter: Balentine needs better schooling on Thanksgiving, socialism
“White man speaks with forked tongue,” Chief Joseph Thanksgiving! What a perfect time to extol the wonders of capitalism (avarice, envy, greed and gluttony) and to castigate the horrors of socialism (a system in which the production of goods and services is a shared responsibility of a group of people). Mr. Balentine’s rosy picture of […]
Towns prepare for ice skating season
Municipalities across the Lakes Region are setting up for icy winter activities.