Transportation – or lack of it – is one of the biggest issues of concern for elders in all of rural Maine. Alternatives to driving your own car are few, but Independent Transportation Network is working to find solutions. As his health declined, Irving Anzmann of Portland, decided it was no longer safe to drive. […]

Transportation – or lack of it – is one of the biggest issues of concern for elders in all of rural Maine. Alternatives to driving your own car are few, but Independent Transportation Network is working to find solutions. As his health declined, Irving Anzmann of Portland, decided it was no longer safe to drive. […]

On Thomas Pond in Casco, Tom Noonan, co-owner of Allied Real Estate and avid angler, churns out a hole in the ice with his metal auger and guides a line into the water underneath to test the depth. The waters are shallow on Thomas Pond, he says, good fishing for warm-water fish like bass and […]

The Windham Parks and Recreation Department has scheduled two upcoming community forums to receive input from Windham residents on future goals of the program. The first meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 19 at the Manchester School and the second is set for Tuesday, Feb. 17 at the Windham Primary School. Both forums start at […]

Second chances In your reading of this week’s edition, you’ve perhaps picked up on the fact that we seem to have a running theme: What’s old is new again. That’s right. Almost every story in this week’s paper, in its own way, is a sort of “new beginnings” piece. From Jeff Richardson getting back on […]

Municipal officials have been asked to help draft a bipartisan plan that would exempt most businesses from the personal property tax that currently brings millions into local coffers but arguably discourages business investment in the state. “It’s the first time we’ve ever been asked – been invited into this discussion,” said Geoff Herman of the […]

Compiled by Staff Writer Peggy Roberts, the 2005 Year in Review recaps the last year of news events in the Lakes Region. This week’s entries wrap up the second half of the year. Check last week’s newspaper for the January through June’s items. We wish you a safe and happy new year, and, as always, […]

To help celebrate Maine Libraries Week (Jan. 8-14), the Windham Public Library is hosting an Open House on Wednesday, Jan. 11 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Library Meeting Room. Stop by and chat with your library staff as they demonstrate MARVEL, the statewide database of magazine and newspaper articles and online reference sources […]

Over three dozen Windham High School alumni and friends will present the ninth annual Richard Nickerson Scholarship Fund Benefit Concert in the WHS Auditorium at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7. The 2006 benefit concert is dedicated to Bob McLeod of Windham, a founding member of the Richard Nickerson Scholarship Committee who bravely fought brain […]

Renovations began this week at the Windham Town Office annex to transform the former community center into office space for cramped town employees. Abatement Professionals of Westbrook draped the halls in plastic and spent the week removing old asbestos tiles from the annex. In coming weeks, the company will tear down certain interior walls while […]