Adam Mack, the former state representative from Standish turned full-time developer, is one of five citizen sponsors of a petition asking the state to include the public in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), an online advertising vehicle used exclusively by real estate brokers. “Right now, the listing service is run by the Maine Association of […]

Windham Heritage Day Maurice Whitten, author of “Gunpowder Mills of Maine,” will present a lecture and slide show at 7 p.m. Aug. 11 at the Windham Public Library. On Aug. 12, Windham Heritage Day, he will give a guided tour of the Gambo Gunpowder Mill site at 9:30 a.m. The Parson Smith House also will […]

The seven councilors on the Windham Town Council will soon become the seven judges to rule on a proposed 75-acre quarry on the corner of Nash Road and Route 302. In deciding the quarry’s final approval, councilors will review all expert studies on the quarry, any new information or reports and all notes and conclusions […]

Editor, How do we protect ourselves from predators? One suggestion is to have a registry identifying such offenders. Well, perhaps it’s a good idea – where it makes sense. Having a registry for drug dealers doesn’t make sense, nor is it practical. Maine Community Epidemiology Surveillance Network April 2005 Report indicated Maine’s substance abuse problems […]

For the first time in years, a statewide effort is underway to hear from Maine’s older persons about the issues that are important to them. The 2006 Blaine House Conference on Aging, coordinated by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Elder Services, has been scheduled for Sept. 21 at the Augusta […]

Robert Skoglund, aka the Humble Farmer, will appear at the Casco Village Church Friday, Aug. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in a benefit for the Casco Public Library. Humble has had his own Maine Public Radio show for more than 25 years and has been called New England’s Garrison Keillor. He has written for more than […]

In the wake of last week’s fire, which displaced a Windham family and their seven dogs from their trailer home on Route 302, several community fund-raising efforts have sprung up to help the family. A bottle drive for the Bailey family is being held at the Southern Maine Redemption Center near Family Fitness Center on […]

In the wake of last week’s fire, which displaced a Windham family and their seven dogs from their trailer home on Route 302, several community fund-raising efforts have sprung up to help the family. A bottle drive for the Bailey family is being held at the Southern Maine Redemption Center near Family Fitness Center on […]

With gas prices rising and uncertainty in the Mideast, should highway speed limits be lowered to 55 mph? Jean Casey, 63, Windham “I think it’s a good idea. It would conserve gasoline. It’s common sense, right? I just got rid of a Ford Explorer for a Toyota Avalon. I used to get 10 to 12 […]

James P. Mains Sr., 67 Windham Primary School custodian for 10 years James P. Mains Sr., 67, of Seavey Street, died Saturday at his home following a brief illness. He was born in Gorham, on Jan. 10, 1939, a son of Raymond and Elsie Martin Mains. James served in the United States Army enlisting at […]