Meeting three Israeli teenagers Tuesday afternoon at Windham’s Wal-Mart was the highlight of my week. Being very interested in what’s happening in the Middle East, it was sobering to meet three boys from northern Israel who were stocking up on American clothes and music before flying back to Israel that night. As I spoke to […]

The state has proposed new rules about how much water farmers and water districts can draw down from lakes, rivers and streams – rules opponents say could mean higher taxes to maintain public water systems and force farmers to give up their rights to irrigate the land. The state Department of Environmental Protection has been […]

The state has proposed new rules about how much water farmers and water districts can draw down from lakes, rivers and streams – rules opponents say could mean higher taxes to maintain public water systems and force farmers to give up their rights to irrigate the land. The state Department of Environmental Protection has been […]

Should trains be allowed to pass by the edge of Sebago Lake’s Lower Bay, greater Portland’s source of drinking water? Sheila Parker, 38, New Gloucester “I understand the problem of the water concern but I feel that access to the railway would be a great thing for the Sebago Lake area.” Rena Wynn, 68, Casco […]

On July 26, Naples Public Library will present Taxing Maine, a short theatrical piece commissioned by the Maine Humanities Council. The performance is free to the public, and starts at 7 p.m. Almost 20 years ago, the Maine Humanities Council supported the creation and performance of a short play by David Greenham, a director, actor, […]

Talk about how things have changed! Can you imagine the uproar today if an actual gunpowder manufacturing plant was built in Windham? But this is the way things were in Windham. During the Civil War, the gunpowder manufacturing plant at Newhall ran day and night to meet the demand of the war. It was the […]

Editor, We went to Cole Farms on Sunday the 25th of June for lunch. While waiting to be seated, a party of three came and sat down beside us. One Lady was a Great-Grandma with a walker; the other was the Grandma and then there was Kelly, a beautiful special 13-year-old girl. In conversation Grandma […]

Cumberland County Soil & Water District is expanding its fight against erosion and pollution on local waters this summer. Thanks to an increase in federal aid, two new youth conservation teams began work this year on the Presumpscot River and Little Sebago Lake in Windham. On Monday, the Presumpscot River Youth Conservation Corps planted more […]

The state’s superintendent of insurance was expected to decide by July 14 if a $41.7 million assessment to keep the subsidized Dirigo Health insurance program going in 2007 can be collected from health insurance companies and self-insured businesses on top of the $43.7 million that already is being charged this year. That assessment is being […]

Planning files and papers clutter Windham’s vacant town planner office. Now used for storage, the office looks much the same as it did when former town planner George Dycio was still rifling through building applications and reviewing projects. When Dycio left unexpectedly this March, his duties fell on the shoulders of Community Development Director Roger […]