Camp Sunshine announced last week that the New Balance Foundation has committed $250,000 to the non-profit organization to help expand its program assisting families of seriously ill children on a year-round basis. Camp Sunshine’s board of directors embarked upon a $14.5 million endowment campaign recently to help continue to expand the program year-round. To kick-off […]

June 2, 3: The American Cancer Society will hold the eleventh annual Relay For Life. Activities and events are held all night into the morning including 4 bands, three free meals, free coffee all night from Starbucks, and wacky lap walks all night! See www.greaterportlandrelayforlife.org for a full schedule. The public is welcome. It is […]

A dozen years before the Revolutionary War, a handful of pioneers were cutting trees and making shelters for their families, along the banks of the Presumpscot River in South Windham. They were the start of Windham – even though in the 1760s it was called New Marblehead and was still part of Massachusetts. All this […]

Sitting in the pews of a quiet, colonial chapel in Standish, members of the Charles A. Warren Patriotic Association gathered on Monday afternoon to commemorate the Grand Army of the Republic. The Grand Army organization was formed after the Civil War by veterans banding together to support one another and the families of fallen soldiers, […]

Sitting in the pews of a quiet, colonial chapel in Standish, members of the Charles A. Warren Patriotic Association gathered on Monday afternoon to commemorate the Grand Army of the Republic. The Grand Army organization was formed after the Civil War by veterans banding together to support one another and the families of fallen soldiers, […]

The state wants to continue to work with Anthem to provide Dirigo Health insurance to needy Mainers – despite political efforts to blame the company for the program’s ills – now that legislation to change the partnership has failed. Democrats came up short on votes for two bills to change the structure of the Dirigo […]

Editor, This is being written as a reflection on the two editorials on May 24. It seems they were both critical of the Windham Town Council. One for not spending money quickly enough and the other for spending too much. One appeared to find fault with the council for not putting a police officer in […]

The arrest of two teenaged brothers charged with selling marijuana to Windham High School students may have come as a surprise to many parents, but students at Windham High School say these drug deals had been going on long before the brothers’ arrest. “It wasn’t surprising because everyone knew (about the drug deals),” said Bennett […]

Editor, I would like to let folks in Windham know that we have an outstanding candidate running for a seat on the Town Council here. His name is Brian Butler and he has a wealth of experience as a project manager, fiscal planner and engineer. He has done environmental work and even spent some time […]

Editor, I would like to let folks in Windham know that we have an outstanding candidate running for a seat on the Town Council here. His name is Brian Butler and he has a wealth of experience as a project manager, fiscal planner and engineer. He has done environmental work and even spent some time […]