Windham Town Hall: Windham residents: Your town hall is not Las Vegas. What happens here shouldn’t stay here. Standish Town Hall: Standish residents: Your government is of, by and for you. Raymond Town Hall: Raymond residents: It’s your right to ask how your leaders are handling your future. Casco Town Hall: Casco residents: Don’t forget […]

All-Sate Academic Team Jeremy Egan, a senior at Windham High School and the son of Mr. and Mrs Donald Egan, of Highland Shore Road was recently named to the 2006 McDonald’s All-State Academic Basketball Team. The awards banquet was held March 10 in the Newman Gymnasium at Husson College in Bangor. Jeremy has had a […]

A cast of more than 100 dancers from Maine gather together next week in Windham for an evening of performances to raise awareness of autism. Dance routines will include tap, ballet, jazz, lyrical, hip-hop and modern. The show starts at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 25 at the Windham High School Theater. Admission is $7 […]

Schoolhouse Arts Center at Sebago Lake is presenting a Magic Show on Saturday, March 25, at 3 p.m. to benefit the Education Program. The show will be performed by Dennis Labbe of Magical Wonders in Steep Falls. Dennis is a magician that performs classical and comical magic that is guaranteed to entertain the whole family. […]

While only a handful of voters met last Friday for Windham’s first Green Party caucus, it was nevertheless an historic occasion with gubernatorial candidate Pat LaMarche discussing her campaign for Governor and the opportunity Greens have to take a stand in local politics this November. “We’re the fastest growing party in the country,” LaMarche, of […]

More than 100 years ago, these summer residents at Little Sebago do their laundry. In those days there were three main ingredients: a galvanized tub, scrub board and plenty of elbow grease. We sure hope that’s biodegradable detergent they’re using. (Photo from Maine Historical Society archives)

The Natural Resources Committee will recommend the Legislature approve rules protecting the four-and-a-half-acres around the most productive vernal pools – where salamanders and frogs breed – but enforcement would be phased in so landowners are not caught by surprise. A compromise reached by the committee would give landowners two spring breeding seasons to figure out […]

Raymond’s Lindsay Lehr is studying in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the spring semester. A junior at Connecticut College, Lehr is one of many students to take advantage of the wealth of study-away options offered each year by the college. Lehr, a 2003 graduate of Poland High School, is the daughter of Tish and Ron Lehr […]

For the first year since 2000, no new infestations of invasive aquatic plants were discovered in 2005, David Littell (above), commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, announced last Friday at the seventh annual Maine Milfoil Summit. A record was set for statewide courtesy boat inspections in 2005 and the inspections paid off – […]

Access to governmental information is essential if we want a government that implements our values in a fair and democratic manner. That’s why progressives have fought so hard over the years for the state and federal freedom of information laws that we now take for granted. The freedom of information laws make government work better. […]