About 50 area residents attended a public hearing at Windham High School last Thursday night to discuss the relicensing of the Eel Weir Dam which feeds the Presumpscot River. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission held the meeting to give people a chance to respond to the commission’s draft Environmental Assessment, or recommendations governing lake levels […]

About 75 Standish residents packed Council Chambers at town hall for Tuesday night’s range ways public hearing. Town Councilor Terence Christy, who headed the two committees that investigated the development of the range ways, opened the meeting with an overview of the history of the roads and the steps taken to pursue their possible use. […]

About 75 Standish residents packed Council Chambers at town hall for Tuesday night’s range ways public hearing. Town Councilor Terence Christy, who headed the two committees that investigated the development of the range ways, opened the meeting with an overview of the history of the roads and the steps taken to pursue their possible use. […]

When Gary and Rita Moore moved to their farmhouse on Oak Hill Road in Standish, Rita couldn’t begin to think of gardening before they removed all the barbed wire and fence posts that remained on the old cow farm. Now, 30 years later, their property abounds with an array of wonderful, colorful flowers, shrubs and […]

Aug. 26: Windham Hill UCC Senior Pilgrim Fellowship sponsors an evening of music at Windham High School from 7-10 p.m. Three bands with a member of the church in each. Donation $5. Proceeds help Maine Honduras Fellowship. FMI 892-9972, 892-2314. Aug. 27: Blood drive, Standish Town Hall, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 27: Chair caning workshop […]

Windham High School Class of 1955 held their 50th reunion in August at Joanne and Don Vance’s summer place on Sabbady Point Road. From left, Joanne Lawrence Vance, Marilyn Glantz Sawyer, Shirley Shaw Irish, Virginia Wescott Voter, Jean Erickson Hamlin, Ernest Nichols, Kathleen Kelley Soldier, Bill Vaughan and Ronald Langille. Back row, Stanley Brown, Roger […]

The “Silver Bullets” recycling containers are open once again in Windham. Closed earlier this summer because some users were dropping off trash instead of recyclables, the containers are now located behind the Public Works Building on Windham Center Road. “We are hoping the abuse won’t happen again now that they’re located here where there are […]

It’s known around New England as a summer destination spot, but for many residents and visitors, fall is the favorite season in the Lakes Region. What is there to do in the Lakes Region in September? Since September brings warm Indian Summer days, summer activities such as fishing are popular. September is also Fair Season. […]

This busy intersection of Route 202 and Windham Center Road will be getting a traffic light in 2006, according to the latest word from Augusta. Times have certainly changed since this photo was taken, when the small building on the left was the Public Library (that’s what the sign says!) and the other building was […]

It’s 5 o’clock on a hot Friday afternoon in August. Cars piled high with floats and coolers, vans toting kayaks, and SUVs towing motorboats – all trying to make their way northwest through Raymond – are backed up to the Puffin Stop and beyond in North Windham. Toddlers scream from back seats, older children ask, […]