Your community news from Windham.

New Web site

Windham Historical Society invites everyone to visit their new Web site for a wonderful array of photos old and new, and information about the organization, founded in 1967. Visit www.windhamhistorical.org.

Farmers Market

The Farmers Market will be open longer than usual on Saturday, July 25, as it celebrates Children’s Day. Extended hours are 8 a.m.-1 p.m. There will be storytelling with Sue Dries. The Capt’n Eli truck will be there, so everyone can sample Maine-made soda. The event will feature horse-drawn rides, face painting, a scavenger hunt and more.

Annual gathering

The annual July get-together of the Windham High School class of 1964 will be held at the home of Gary Plummer on Gray Road on the evening of Saturday, July 25. Anyone graduating from Windham High is invited to attend. The class of 1964 particularly encourages those who were in school with them to stop by and socialize. This very informal, outdoor gathering always has a bonfire, great conversations and many shared memories. For additional information please call Gary at 892-6088.

Library news

Works by artist Beth Kus of Windham are currently on display at the Windham

Public Library. The exhibit of mixed media and photographs depicts Sebago

sunsets, Quaker Ridge views and oceanside scenes. Kus’s work will be on

display through July 31. The Windham Public Library is located at 217

Windham Center Road. For more information, library hours, or

directions, please call the library at 892-1908.

Doll collecting

Windham’s Janice Graham has been collecting dolls and accessories for many years. On Monday, July 27, at 7 p.m. she will show her collection and explain about her hobby at Windham Historical Society, at the headquarters on Windham Center Road. The public is invited (and bring along your favorite doll). There is no admission but donations are always welcome.

Rebekah activities

The Rebekahs will be holding a yard sale Aug. 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. You can rent either space or a table inside or out for $10. There will be hot dogs, chips, punch and dessert available.

Family visit

Eddie Morrell has been here with Randy and grandson Nathaniel from Port Ritchie, Fla. They visited with his mother, Josie; brothers John and Peter, and his sister, Martha Poland. They also visited with his daughter, Michelle Farwell; her husband, Jim, and their children, and Dana and Lauren Morrell and Evan. There was a large party at Josie’s house July 12 with family and friends attending.

Windham Food Pantry

The Food Pantry would like to thank all who donated much-needed children’s clothing. The residents of the town of Windham are truly appreciated for their generosity and support of the Windham Food Pantry/Clothes Closet.

Concert on the Hill

For the final concert of the 2009 series, a southern Maine a cappella group, “Sidecar Heroes,” makes its first appearance with Music On the Hill on Saturday, July 25, at 7 p.m. The concert will be at the historic Windham Hill UCC Church, 140 Windham Center Road.

This six-man vocal group is made up of fragments of previous vocal groups, including The Maine Steiners, 6-Day Week, Fourtnight, and Audiologic. They’ve got rock, they’ve got doo-wop, they’ve got Motown and funk. No genre is safe from their ever-searching arrangers.

The group’s members are Patrick McCarthy, Jason Paquette, Mark Rowe, Dennis Boyd, Mac Mullen and Lee.

Refreshments will be served after the concert, with a chance to meet the performers. Ticket prices are: adults, $12.; over 65 and under 12, $8. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance at the Little Sebago Gallery and Frame (cash or check only), 889 Roosevelt Trail, Windham, 892-8086. For concert reservations, call 892-0136.

Thought of the Week:

You are more important than you realize.