The resurrection of the Summerfest festival in Windham is prepared to emerge next Saturday on the grounds of the high school on June 23. “It’s certainly been a lot of work,” said Ron Eby, Summerfest organizer and the owner of Windham Automotive on Route 302. “But it’s been worth it.” Eby estimated he’s put in […]

Newcomers dominated Standish’s election on Tuesday with Wayne Newbegin and Jeffrey Burgess securing seats on the town council. Newbegin, a retired U.S. Army engineer, beat longtime incumbent Larry Simpson, 592-273, for the Area 3 seat. Jeffrey Burgess defeated incumbent Betty Edwards, 555-287, for a one-year term representing Area 2. Edwards was appointed to the Area […]

Newcomers dominated Standish’s election on Tuesday with Wayne Newbegin and Jeffrey Burgess securing seats on the town council. Newbegin, a retired U.S. Army engineer, beat longtime incumbent Larry Simpson, 592-273, for the Area 3 seat. Jeffrey Burgess defeated incumbent Betty Edwards, 555-287, for a one-year term representing Area 2. Edwards was appointed to the Area […]

A recent Grandparents Day Celebration at George E. Jack Elementary School in Standish featured music programs for the visiting grandparents. Grandparents included, from left, Gloria Miller, Connie Murdock, Joanne Waltz, Dick Dubois, and Rose Ratte and George E. Jack music students Caleb Garland, Summer McDonald, Shelby Jackson, Carly Biegel, and Rachel Ratte. Courtesy photo by […]

The cold, gray concrete of the Cumberland County Civic Center was lit up Sunday with Windham’s awestruck and eager graduating Class of 2007, along with a crowd of proud parents and the occasional bored younger sibling. While those younger siblings still have years of thick textbooks and No. 2 pencils ahead of them, Windham High […]

The cold, gray concrete of the Cumberland County Civic Center was lit up Sunday with Windham’s awestruck and eager graduating Class of 2007, along with a crowd of proud parents and the occasional bored younger sibling. While those younger siblings still have years of thick textbooks and No. 2 pencils ahead of them, Windham High […]

Marrett House circa 1789 The Marrett House has opened for the summer season. This is a yearly event that brings out-of-town people as well as locals to visit the historic house that sits at Standish Corner. The Marrett Family gifted their home to Historic New England in 1944 and since then it is opened annually […]

A white powder found in a vial in the parking lot of the Shaw’s Supermarket in North Windham was cocaine, according to officer Ray Williams of the Windham Police Department. A customer found the small vial of powder, about a gram in mass, and turned it into the store on Friday, June 8 at about […]

A white powder found in a vial in the parking lot of the Shaw’s Supermarket in North Windham was cocaine, according to officer Ray Williams of the Windham Police Department. A customer found the small vial of powder, about a gram in mass, and turned it into the store on Friday, June 8 at about […]

The following students graduated from Saint Joseph’s College in Standish on May 12: Naples: Janie Joyce, Jeffrey Peterson. Raymond: Nikki Emery, Parker LaChance, Matthew LeBlanc, Andrew Young. Standish: Jennifer Clarke, Daniel Currier, Christopher Doughty, Marie Eckstein, Lisa Moesel, ChristiAnne Proctor, Andrew Walker. Windham: Jeremy Ackroyd, Mariya Barankevich, Diana Dorval, Jessica Laflamme, Amy Melanson, Chad Pulkkinen, […]