While Wednesday’s snowstorm left most Lakes Region residents curled up under warm quilts, some town employees were up and moving before the first flakes touched the ground. Don Staples, the road foreman for the town of Standish, had his alarm clock set on the hour every hour from midnight until he made his way to […]

Barns were essential to the farming community Windham once was. This old lop-sided barn has been taken down, but it was once located on Falmouth Road, directly across from McIntosh Cemetery. A Windham native remembered her aunt telling of the caskets of Jeremiah Field and his wife Mariah Doughty Field being moved from the property […]

Ongoing events: Steep Falls Public Library: Hours are Tuesday and Wednesday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Story hour for toddlers and preschool children is held Wednesday at 10 a.m. Story hour is free and open to the public. Active Senior Citizens of Standish holds meetings the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 11 […]

Who is Joseph and why did his brothers treat him so badly? What makes a woman eligible for inclusion in the stories of the Hebrew Patriarchs? Was that a whale I saw near Jonah’s boat? And why, oh why, did Job have to suffer so? For those interested in any of these questions, St. Peter’s […]

A deer, likely spooked by dogs from woods surrounding busy North Windham, found itself on Route 302 last Saturday afternoon confused, lost and desperate for a way out. The deer – a 100-pound, 1-year-old doe – was first seen by Thomas Lau, owner of the Fortune Cookie Chinese restaurant near the intersection of routes 115 […]

“The promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.” -William L.M. King Lane/Tommy: Windham has applied for approximately $400,000 in federal grants to be used for a multitude of community projects such as a bus line between Portland, Windham and Bridgton and relocating the Family Resource Center. While we agree that Windham or any other […]

Meeting The Windham Historical Society will meet 7-9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26 at the Fellowship Hall, back of the Windham Hill Church. Following a brief business meeting, the program will be “Show and Tell.” Members whose last name begins with M-Z will bring items to “stump” those who attend. Refreshments will be served. The public […]

At 6 a.m. I made a list of some of the items of interest over the past week, here in Windham. I didn’t lose the list, as I usually do, so here goes: A reminder about the “Monday meals” program, an effort to reach out to the community with a free meal every Monday at […]

State Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Cumberland County, is questioning the effectiveness a proposed bill, sponsored by a fellow Democrat, would have on drunk drivers. State Sen. Lynn Bromley, a Democrat from South Portland, is behind a bill that calls for the installation of ignition locking devices in cars owned by convicted drunk drivers. The devices, often […]

Do you think Windham needs a community park? Gordon Phinney, 60, Standish “Sure. I think Standish needs one worse!” Oliver Johnson, 66, Windham “Definitely. They should have had it back when my kids were younger.” Thomas Stevens, 50, Raymond “Yeah, I think it’s a good idea to have a place for people to go. It’s […]