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Holiday help and a holiday alert

A couple of reminders during this busy time may make your “to do” list a little shorter. Free gift wrapping for veterans – this was something Windham’s American Legion Auxiliary tried last year and it was so popular, they decided to do it again. Local veterans can bring their gifts to the Windham Veterans Center […]

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Lessons to be learned in the community

Gray-New Gloucester Middle School students are helping to collect and prepare Thanksgiving food baskets. Eighth-graders at Gray-New Gloucester Middle School say they are thinking differently about Thanksgiving now that they’ve been working on a project to help provide holiday meal gift baskets to people in their community. Each fall, students in the National Junior Honor […]

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Lessons to be learned in the community

Gray-New Gloucester Middle School students are helping to collect and prepare Thanksgiving food baskets. Eighth-graders at Gray-New Gloucester Middle School say they are thinking differently about Thanksgiving now that they’ve been working on a project to help provide holiday meal gift baskets to people in their community. Each fall, students in the National Junior Honor […]

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Windham to put brakes on pot sales

The Windham Town Council is poised to approve an emergency moratorium on retail marijuana establishments next Tuesday. The vote anticipates that Question 1, a citizen’s referendum to approve the use of marijuana for recreational purposes, officially wins. As of Nov. 16, the Secretary of State’s Office said the question appears to have passed by a […]

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Standish kidney donor faces sex charges

A Standish man who made headlines when he donated a kidney to a stranger last year was indicted last week by a York County jury on five counts of sexual assault. Joshua Dall-Leighton, 31, faces four charges of gross sexual assault (a Class B crime) and one charge of unlawful sexual contact (a Class C […]

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Windham woman dies in house fire

A Windham woman died in a fire in her home Friday morning. State officials say they believe the victim is Mary McAllister, 60, who lived alone on Pettingill Road, off Route 302. The fire was reported around 4 a.m. at the one-story Pettingill Road home, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office, and the house […]

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Windham woman dies in house fire

A Windham woman died in a fire in her home Friday morning. State officials say they believe the victim is Mary McAllister, 60, who lived alone on Pettingill Road, off Route 302. The fire was reported around 4 a.m. at the one-story Pettingill Road home, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office, and the house […]

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One Windham twin charged in assault out on bail

UPDATE: One of the twin brothers from Windham charged with aggravated assault in connection with two separate assaults was released on bail earlier this week. Jame Byron Lewis, 26, was charged last week with two counts of aggravated assault against two women. As of Wednesday, Nov. 16, James Lewis had made his $25,000 bail and […]

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One Windham twin charged in assault out on bail

UPDATE: One of the twin brothers from Windham charged with aggravated assault in connection with two separate assaults was released on bail earlier this week. Jame Byron Lewis, 26, was charged last week with two counts of aggravated assault against two women. As of Wednesday, Nov. 16, James Lewis had made his $25,000 bail and […]

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Sebago: No more negotiating with SAD 61

A withdrawal panel is now looking for school to accept middle- and high schoolers. Members of the Sebago school withdrawal committee say they are intent on withdrawing from School Administrative District 61, despite their stated intentions earlier in the process to negotiate staying within the district. Lisa Johnson, a member of the Sebago withdrawal committee, […]