Schoolhouse Arts Center at Sebago Lake is offering some new classes this spring. Classes start Feb. 26 and run through May 12. Tuition for classes varies from $50 to $125 for a 10-week class. New this spring are classes in Beginning Bagpiping (ages 10 and up) and Skincare & Make Up (ages 15 and up) […]

Schoolhouse Arts Center at Sebago Lake is offering some new classes this spring. Classes start Feb. 26 and run through May 12. Tuition for classes varies from $50 to $125 for a 10-week class. New this spring are classes in Beginning Bagpiping (ages 10 and up) and Skincare & Make Up (ages 15 and up) […]

Abraham Eaton knows quite a bit about chickens. The young Windham entrepreneur, who turns 10 on March 26, is flying into his third year in the “raised-to-order” chicken business. The business model is pretty simple. Customers place their order by April 1 and Abraham will raise the birds from chicks and deliver a “ready-for-the-oven” roaster […]

The 1948 graduating class of Windham High School held a class reunion last summer at a restaurant in Gray. Those classmates attending were included Wallace Wyman and wife Charlotte, Lorraine (Doiron) Demmons and husband Robert, Anne (Elder) Berry and her husband, Larry, all of Windham. William Warren and his wife Teresa of Cornish; George Woodman […]

What do you think about the new surge strategy in Iraq? And how has the war affected you personally? Jane Chipman Noonan, Raymond “We’ve got a good friend that’s over there. I wish they’d get the job done so those people can get on with their lives. Our friend is doing a fabulous job, but […]

For the second time this week, a home in Windham has been destroyed by fire. At about noon on Wednesday, firefighters were called to 20 Motorcycle Drive for a fire at a large, two-family home. Tenant David Higgins said he was in his upstairs office when he smelled smoke. He tried to go down the […]

Almost 5 million children nationally have received a dictionary thanks to the generosity of sponsors who have participated in the Dictionary Project. The sponsors provide a dictionary for the children in their community each year, so the students can enjoy the benefits of a large vocabulary. In Standish, dictionaries were given to students in 2007 […]

The town of Windham will be investing its funds with the Municipal Bond Insurance Association of Maine after the town council approval of an amendment to the town’s investment policy last week. Town Manager Tony Plante said the MBIA of Maine is an investment group that is formed from municipalities like Windham that pool their […]

Is it just me or are people driving really crazy lately? I’ve really noticed an increase in reckless driving habits over the last five years or so. It’s not always teenagers either. I’ve had all kinds of people cut me off, ride my bumper or pass me in unsafe ways. Most of the court and […]

In a curious move, Maine Republican Party Chairman Joe Bruno has asked his conservative allies to attack the widely-supported Brookings Report and GrowSmart Maine’s proposals to streamline government, lower taxes and get Maine’s economy moving. These are proposals Republicans have advocated for years. Part of the goal of the Brookings report has been to spark […]