I don’t know how many of our male readers have reached the age of 85, but a recent article on the subject, posted on the Internet at seniorjournal.com, is apparently the most popular article the Web site has had in quite a spell. A study released in November advises men who wish to live to […]

While many people this month scramble to check off items on their long Christmas gift lists, one Naples family is hoping for only one thing this holiday season: a home to live in. Coming back from a Special Olympics event at Sugarloaf in January, Jon and Shirley Edwards and their four children found themselves homeless […]

A Steep Falls family struggling to cope with two sons suffering from a debilitating disease, could receive a significant boost with the proceeds of an upcoming concert. On Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. the Portland Faith Center is hosting a benefit Christmas Concert entitled, Extreme Makeover HOPE Edition. Proceeds from the concert will benefit a […]

Starting out as Cumberland Street in Westbrook, River Road in Windham is known well to local commuters trying to avoid Route 302. The bucolic byway rolls along green hills peppered with cows and farms and pauses to catch its breath with a stoplight at the intersection of Route 202. Driving toward North Windham, the road […]

Starting out as Cumberland Street in Westbrook, River Road in Windham is known well to local commuters trying to avoid Route 302. The bucolic byway rolls along green hills peppered with cows and farms and pauses to catch its breath with a stoplight at the intersection of Route 202. Driving toward North Windham, the road […]

Windham musician Rick Charette has been honored with his alma mater’s highest award. This week, Cheverus High School in Portland announced that Charette, along with three other alumna, have earned the Magis Award for living a life of integrity and compassion for others. The hallmark of the Cheverus experience is in its adherence to the […]

Dec. 1-17: The Schoolhouse Arts Center presents Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella.” Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. Tickets are $14/$16. Call 642-3743 for reservations. Dec. 9: One-Day Childbirth Class Offered at Bridgton Hospital. In response to requests from mothers-to-be for a condensed version of the usual […]

The following outstanding Windham students earned high honors and honors for the first quarter: Grade 9 High Honors: Christina E Agneta, Cecelia Conroy, Daniel Crocker, Jenna L. Eastman, Timothy J. Gifford, Daniel S Juergens, Kylie K. MacKinnon, Samuel McFarland, Nicholas R. Rallis, Kirstin Russell, Viktor Shoberg, John Skvorak, Kimberly Sundquist, Alexandria Valente, Renee Warrow. Honors: […]

This stagecoach, which carried people, packages and mail, was one of several operating throughout Windham in the early days. By the mid-1800s, there were at least six “taverns,” places where stagecoach driver and his horsepower could stop for the night. Most of these old taverns have been converted to homes. Photo from Windham Historical Society […]

Why the delay? The Maine Department of Transportation should act on a request submitted earlier this year from the town of Windham to reduce the speed limit on River Road. The Windham Town Council earlier this year requested the transportation department take a look at speed limits on the road that links North Windham with […]