At a glance Tuesdays, Jan. 9 and 16 – Microsoft computer workshop, 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24 – Create Valentine Floral Arrangement, 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31 – Reading Group, 7 p.m. Creating, Formating and Using Tables in Microsoft Word A free, basic computer workshop sponsored by the Raymond School Department and the Raymond Village […]

“Global warming.” Does that sound cozy and comforting? The 10,000 people who lived on Lohachara island, in India’s part of the Sundarbans where the Ganges and the Brahmaputra rivers empty into the Bay of Bengal, don’t feel cozy or comforted. They fled their island home when one of the most apocalyptic predictions of environmentalists and […]

It was reported in “Councilor announces opposition to quarry” in last week’s issue that Windham Councilor Robert Muir intends to vote against the Busque quarry application. Muir has since clarified that he was announcing that he will be voting against one of the 17 “conclusions of law” surrounding the application, not the quarry application itself. […]

Two Westbrook men were released from Maine Medical Center this week after a brush with the tardy Old Man Winter. Shortly after 9 a.m. on New Year’s Day, Kosal Duong, 29 and Ver Soriya, 24, were driving on Falmouth Road when their new 2007 Nissan skidded on some ice. Windham Police Sgt. David Thomas said […]

With the possibility of the Busque quarry hearing ending next month, reflections on the long public hearing process will focus on the two resources the hearings absorbed. Time and money. The public hearings dominated the Windham Town Council meetings, held every other Tuesday since last April. The town council passed a rule for the hearings […]

Unity Gardens on Route 115 in North Windham is hosting a free Agewell Exercise Series starting Jan. 11. The goal of the program is to help seniors strengthen muscles that help in balance and . The program meets every other Thursday for one hour from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Contact Anne Murray at 396-6500 to […]

The Maine Department of Education would have to fail itself – if it used the same grading system that high school students use. More than half of the grade 11 students who were tested with the annual Maine Educational Assessment failed to meet the standards set by the state. Some educators question the validity of […]

It was reported in “Councilor announces opposition to quarry” in last week’s issue that Windham Councilor Robert Muir intends to vote against the Busque quarry application. Muir has since clarified that he was announcing that he will be voting against one of the 17 “conclusions of law” surrounding the application, not the quarry application itself. […]

It was reported in “Councilor announces opposition to quarry” in last week’s issue that Windham Councilor Robert Muir intends to vote against the Busque quarry application. Muir has since clarified that he was announcing that he will be voting against one of the 17 “conclusions of law” surrounding the application, not the quarry application itself. […]

Cheers for the New Year! Where everybody knows your name! We all know of folks who regularly meet at a local coffee shop or restaurant just to “shoot the breeze” and catch up on what’s going on. It surely isn’t just for the coffee, which most of us could brew right in our own kitchen. […]