Saint Joseph’s College elementary education major Jessica Allison joins Raymond third-graders Parker Perkins (left) and Jennifer Ryan for a celebration of the Book Buddies program, which sets up online book discussions between Saint Joseph’s students enrolled in a Children’s Literature course and elementary schoolchildren. Courtesy photo

My favorite toy is also my most expensive one. It’s a 1980 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham that’s stretches more than 19 feet long and weighs several tons. The engine is a 368-cubic-inch monstrosity with a carburetor larger than a washing machine that, by the way, is fully capable of sucking every ounce of gasoline faster than […]

There will be no immediate changes to the state sex offender registry in response to the Easter Sunday murders of two convicted offenders. The sex offenders were targeted by Stephen Marshall, a young Canadian who used the state’s Web site to find his victims. Police believe Marshall searched Vermont and New Hampshire sex offender registries […]

Some people were out raking leaves last Saturday but a group of firefighters was out burning them. Actually, responding to a controlled burn in the field next to the Standish Municipal Building was just one part of the day’s training for the 20 area firefighters. They attended three stations during their eight hours of field […]

Whose decision is it, anyway? Windham leaders shouldn’t capitulate to Nash Road area neighbors by giving up their right to legislate concerning the proposed quarry. Instead of passing the buck and okaying a moratorium or referendum, as neighbors demand, the town should stand up and make a decision regarding local builder Peter Busque’s proposal to […]

In the latest round of the town of Standish versus the Portland Water District, a judge ruled last week that the town’s March 14 acceptance of a range road encompassing Northeast Road Extension must wait on the outcome of a pending appeal to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Judge Thomas D. Warren, who wrote the […]

As our Maine towns and villages are being transitioned from a rural-based culture to a suburban lifestyle, is much thought given to planning for older populations? There are a lot of things I’d like to see when planners roll out the blueprints and flash their laser pointers onto the maps. I’d like to see where […]

Spring is the time when Windham’s Public Works crew can be seen in the old graveyards of town, clipping, pruning and mowing – a tough job when most of the old yards don’t accommodate riding equipment or even power push mowers! This old disintegrating gravestone, with its carved “angel of death” head at the top, […]

Editor, I am writing this letter to anyone who may be interested in goings-on at SAD 6 or in substitute teaching in that district. If you wish to substitute teach for SAD 6, you should know that certain administrators of the district appear to be in the habit of crossing people off the list without […]

Have you thrown away any food this week? Do you have several boxes of “oven ready” packaged products up in the cupboard, that you bought on sale and haven’t used? Are there two or three jars of peanut butter and jelly unopened? Well, there are people in Windham who could use this food. We have […]