Windham police are not ruling out the possibility that two burglaries in North Windham this week are connected. Tanorama Suntanning Center and Sebago Gardens were robbed within a few days of each other. Someone gained entry through a basement door to Tanorama at 11:35 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30. Someone got in through a window […]
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Tanorama, Sebago Gardens robbed
Windham police are not ruling out the possibility that two burglaries in North Windham this week are connected. Tanorama Suntanning Center and Sebago Gardens were robbed within a few days of each other. Someone gained entry through a basement door to Tanorama at 11:35 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30. Someone got in through a window […]
Sebago Lakes Chamber delivers jolly visitor
The Sebago Lakes Chamber of Commerce welcomed the holidays with Santa’s Sunday afternoon whirlwind tour down Route 302. Beginning at the Chinese Auction, held at the Naples Town Office, Santa and his sleigh, along with his two elves, visited several area locations on their way to the tree lighting ceremony in Windham. With stops at […]
Correction
Last week, Linda McKenny’s photo mistakingly ran under Celestia Josephine McIntyre’s obituary. We regret the error. McKenny, a South Portland resident who had family in the Lakes Region, is pictured above.
Raymond residents question revaluation
About 20 Raymond property owners gathered at Raymond’s Public Safety Building last Thursday to voice concerns over the recent revaluation. Most of those attending own waterfront property, which was hardest hit by Vision Appraisal Technologies revaluation, increasing in many cases by two and three hundred percent from the previous valuation. Some of these residents expressed […]
Inside Windham this week
Visits George Libby, of New York, visited his family over the Thanksgiving weekend. He stayed with his mother and visited his sister and brother. He enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner with his mother and step-father. Library This is the last week to view the display of paperweights at the Windham Public Library. This is a collection belonging […]
Thank you
The Windham Veterans wants to thank everyone who responded to the news last week about the recent vandalism at the Windham Veterans Memorial Park. We have received numerous phone calls from Windham, Standish, and Raymond people expressing their disgust for anyone who would destroy and misuse a Veterans Memorial. Many of the callers had some […]
Faith Lutheran celebrates 'Christmas in the Barn'
By Dee Eisenhauer Special contributor Once again, the Christmas season is upon us and as we prepare for this special occasion we sometimes lose sight of what the true spirit of Christmas really is. Three years ago I took time out from my hectic schedule to spend a Sunday afternoon watching an enactment on the […]
Windham educator wins Adult Education 'teacher of year'
Eva Giles of Windham Adult Education received Adult Education Teacher of the Year honors at the recent Maine Adult Education Association fall conference held at the Sable Oaks Marriott in Portland. At the conference, Adult Education Director Tom Nash cited Giles’ enthusiasm for the field of adult education, particularly in the area of College Transitions, […]
SMART teen helps Katrina families
Foster child Angela Richards, 15 of Harrison, wants to make sure foster families displaced by Hurricane Katrina are taken care of this Christmas. To that end, Richards donated $300 – mostly of her own money – to a “Katrina fund” during a holiday party last Sunday at SMART Family Services on Route 115 in North […]