Ed’s note: Compiled by Staff Writers Ken Tatro and Christy McKinnon, the Year-in-Review special feature revisits and updates several important news items from the past year. While the demanding news cycle in the communities of Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth and South Portland seldom lends itself to follow-up features on important newsmakers, the following section is an […]

Library art Artist Varvara Harmon will be displaying her artwork over the next six months at the Windham Public Library. Each month between now and the end of April, Harmon will have a rotating display of her pieces, photography, oils, acrylics, watercolors, pen and inks and prints (not neceessarily in that order). Beginning wth the […]

Library art Artist Varvara Harmon will be displaying her artwork over the next six months at the Windham Public Library. Each month between now and the end of April, Harmon will have a rotating display of her pieces, photography, oils, acrylics, watercolors, pen and inks and prints (not neceessarily in that order). Beginning wth the […]

Just a few days after their police academy graduation in Vassalboro, new Windham recruits Joseph Bureau and Wayne Cote were at the Gorham range Monday practicing with their firearms. Officer Rob Hunt and Sgt. Michael Denbow led the new officers through a series of shooting exercises while evaluating them on their performance. “Unholster and bring […]

Is your Christmas tree looking a little ratty? Is it sagging, leaning, or dropping needles? Well, don’t just fling that flagging fir into a snow bank – recycle it. And by recycle, I mean prop it up in front of your windows and redecorate it for the birds to enjoy. No, not to enjoy visually […]

House Speaker John Richardson, who paid his own way to go to Cuba with Gov. John Baldacci last week, said he was part of the discussion with President Fidel Castro and that meeting the dictator was crucial to winning what the administration says is a $20 million export deal for Maine. “You’ve got to understand, […]

House Speaker John Richardson, who paid his own way to go to Cuba with Gov. John Baldacci last week, said he was part of the discussion with President Fidel Castro and that meeting the dictator was crucial to winning what the administration says is a $20 million export deal for Maine. “You’ve got to understand, […]

House Speaker John Richardson, who paid his own way to go to Cuba with Gov. John Baldacci last week, said he was part of the discussion with President Fidel Castro and that meeting the dictator was crucial to winning what the administration says is a $20 million export deal for Maine. “You’ve got to understand, […]

Bright red kettles. Bundled bell ringers exhaling smoky plumes of breath. And bells – shiny golden bells clenched in mitten-clad hands. Is there anyone who doesn’t remember the excitement of hearing those bells for the first time each Christmas season? Anyone who didn’t experience a small thrill when mom or dad would slip them a […]

Towns are planning for winter snow plowing of local roads, but they have good, modern equipment. This old wooden snow plow was used to clear the train tracks in Windham from 1923 to 1963! the first train came through South Windham on Sept. 12, 1870. (Photo from Windham Historical Society archives)