If you have visited the Village School at the Windham Historical Society’s Village Green, you know that the schoolmarm’s name is Miss Goold. When students come for a living history class in the schoolroom, they take on the personas of students from 1898, when their imaginary class would have taken place. Miss Goold, likewise, is […]

It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 30 years since the Windham Chamber Singers made history by winning the Prize of Vienna at the 25th International Youth and Music Festival in Austria. It was an exciting time for the students and their conductor Richard Nickerson, and one that will be long-remembered by the Windham community. […]

Not too many people in Windham today are familiar with the area of town referred to as Great Falls. Located just past the rotary on Windham Center Road, it is now a small neighborhood of lovely 19th century homes, but two centuries ago, it was a small business hub. There had been sawmills in this […]

Last Saturday, Nov. 11, we celebrated the holiday of Veterans Day. It’s the kind of holiday that has individual meanings to each of us. To me, it brings back memories of my favorite veteran, my father John Haley. When I was in high school, my dad worked shifts, and when on the “afternoon shift,” he […]

Sawyer’s Store opened its doors in 1910. South Windham was a much different place in those days. There was a pulp mill and a woolen mill in town, both working at full capacity. L.C. Andrew was a major enterprise on Depot Street. The business employed many locals and goods produced there were shipped all over […]

In the 19th century, North Windham was not the business hub of town. In those earlier days, many people did their shopping, attended church services and conducted business in Windham Center. The Old Town House was not only used for town business, it also served as a school to many of Windham’s early students. Hawkes’ […]

An open house will be held Aug. 26.