Author Ed Rice visited Bonny Eagle Middle School to discuss his book “Baseball’s First Indian Louis Sockalexis: Penobscot Legend, Cleveland Indian” last week. Rice has taught journalism and communication studies at the college level and has written theater criticism and arts commentary for Maine newspapers and radio stations. In February 2000, he wrote a biographical […]

Incumbent State Sen. Bill Diamond defeated his Republican challenger Lani Kelly by a 2-to-1 margin in District 12, which covers the towns of Windham, Standish, Raymond, Casco, Frye Island and Hollis. In Windham, Diamond won by a margin of 4,402 to 2,128. In Raymond, he won 1,318 to 729 votes. In Casco, Diamond won 981 […]

Voters in Windham had to run the gauntlet of friendly candidates that formed outside the polls at the high school on Tuesday. More than 6,000 voters turned out in Windham with huge lines after 5 p.m. Other towns in area reported similar large turnouts. Staff photo by Rich Obrey

A “Drug Awareness Session,” sponsored by the Windham Parent Teacher Association and Windham Police Department is being held Wednesday, Nov. 15 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Windham High School Auditorium. The parent teacher association, Community Services Officer Matthew Cyr and other law enforcement officers will present information on the current teen drug culture […]

A “Drug Awareness Session,” sponsored by the Windham Parent Teacher Association and Windham Police Department is being held Wednesday, Nov. 15 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Windham High School Auditorium. The parent teacher association, Community Services Officer Matthew Cyr and other law enforcement officers will present information on the current teen drug culture […]

Nov 3-11: The Originals present “Proof” at Saco River Grange Hall in Bar Mills. Shows start at 7:30 a.m. The show runs Nov. 3, 4, 9, 10, 11. Tickets are $14, $12. FMI 929-6472. Nov. 3-18: Windham Center Stage Theater presents OLIVER! at the Windham Community Center/Town Hall, Nov. 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18 […]

Nov 3-11: The Originals present “Proof” at Saco River Grange Hall in Bar Mills. Shows start at 7:30 a.m. The show runs Nov. 3, 4, 9, 10, 11. Tickets are $14, $12. FMI 929-6472. Nov. 3-18: Windham Center Stage Theater presents OLIVER! at the Windham Community Center/Town Hall, Nov. 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18 […]

The Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center has awarded Dr. Mark Green, associate professor of marine science at Saint Joseph’s College, nearly $9,000 for a study on the use of submerged green-laser light to deter sea ducks from feeding on cultivated mussels. Maine’s 13 mussel farms face losing up to hundreds of tons of mussels each year […]

vote1: Standish voter Jim Durgin, of Whites Bridge Road, puts his ballot into the machine at George E. Jack Elementary School on Northeast Road Tuesday night. Standish had more than 3,100 voters with an additional 500 absentee ballots for this year’s election. Staff photo by Heidi MacVane vote2: Three-year-old Danae Steichen-Smith helps her mother, Tina […]

A proposed amendment to the town of Windham’s land use ordinance failed to win enough votes on Tuesday. Windham residents voted down a mineral extraction amendment 4,402 to 2,128. Proponents said the amendment would have protected Windham residential neighborhoods from unwanted rock and gravel quarries while opponents said the amendment would have threatened property development […]