Editor, Love your editorial! Wish more people saw the folly of any registry. Here in Omaha, we have a residency law based off the sex offender registry, but just the other day, the federal government expanded the list significantly. The whole idea of registries is the illusion of control, that we can keep a utopia […]

Editor, Love your editorial! Wish more people saw the folly of any registry. Here in Omaha, we have a residency law based off the sex offender registry, but just the other day, the federal government expanded the list significantly. The whole idea of registries is the illusion of control, that we can keep a utopia […]

Aug. 5: Knights Of Columbus Roast Pork Supper at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Hall on Route 3092 in Windham from 5 to 6p.m. Pork roast, mashed potatoes, carrots, apple sauce, rolls, homemade desserts, coffee & punch. Price is $7 for adults, $3 per child 12 or under. Aug. 5: Home-baked blueberry goods and […]

Old-fashioned muskets will flare and powder will fly next weekend as the Windham Historical Society stages a reenactment of the most famous battle in the town’s history. On Saturday, August 4, actors will play out the legendary clash between Windham colonial settlers and a raiding party of American Indians led by Chief Polin. According local […]

Old-fashioned muskets will flare and powder will fly next weekend as the Windham Historical Society stages a reenactment of the most famous battle in the town’s history. On Saturday, August 4, actors will play out the legendary clash between Windham colonial settlers and a raiding party of American Indians led by Chief Polin. According local […]

Editor, I recently had the opportunity to hear Senate Candidate Lani Kelly speak and am very impressed with her. The people of the Windham, Standish area are very fortunate to have someone of her caliber running for the Maine State Senate. Maine is at a crossroads with its many challenges including taxes, health care and […]

State Education Commissioner Susan Gendron has written the U.S. Department of Education requesting it reconsider its rejection of parts of Maine’s assessment system under No Child Left Behind and change the state’s unflattering status as a “non approved” system under the federal law. Gendron met a Monday deadline to make her appeal. She asked the […]

Editor, Boat issues are many and confront us frequently. The biggest concerns are: imprudent speed in heavily trafficked areas, non-observance of ‘no-wake’ speed within 200 feet of shoreline, and no adherence to the state’s sound decibel requirements. Rarely are any of these laws enforced, nor will they be unless more frequent patrols are made by […]

With many of the summer visitors here in the Lakes Region now, and people spending a lot of times remembering the “good old days,” maybe someone can recall just where this scene is on “Main Street, North Windham.” One of a series of postcards, made in the early 1920s, which the Windham Historical Society has […]

With many of the summer visitors here in the Lakes Region now, and people spending a lot of times remembering the “good old days,” maybe someone can recall just where this scene is on “Main Street, North Windham.” One of a series of postcards, made in the early 1920s, which the Windham Historical Society has […]