The Windham Public Library will be closed Thursday, August 18 and Friday, August 19. We will be moving shelves and shifting books in an effort to improve library access and space. No materials will be due on those dates. We will re-open Saturday, August 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

It’s official. Sen. Peter Mills of Somerset County will challenge Peter Cianchette of South Portland in a Republican primary fight the state party would have rather avoided but officially welcomes as part of its effort to unseat Democratic Gov. John Baldacci. Mills made a low-key announcement on Tuesday, following up on a 12-step plan he […]

Standish resident Kerry Dyer has been gardening most of his life. As a child of eight or nine, he helped weed his grandparents’ flower and vegetable gardens and picked their raspberries and blueberries. Their flower gardens were filled with roses, irises, and peonies, as well as a lilac hedge and a grape arbor. In exchange […]

Tax assessor David Sawyer came before the Windham Town Council on Tuesday to announce this year’s tax rate. As anticipated in the 2005-2006 budgets, the tax rate will be $17.90 per thousand, a drop of $1.10 from last year’s rate. Though this is good news for Windham residents who have seen their property taxes steadily […]

One of my favorite things to do is talk with older people – I mean those who are at least several decades older than I am. Of course, as the years go by, this becomes more difficult. I remember a summer when I interviewed four women who were over 100 years old, right here in […]

One of my favorite things to do is talk with older people – I mean those who are at least several decades older than I am. Of course, as the years go by, this becomes more difficult. I remember a summer when I interviewed four women who were over 100 years old, right here in […]

One of my favorite things to do is talk with older people – I mean those who are at least several decades older than I am. Of course, as the years go by, this becomes more difficult. I remember a summer when I interviewed four women who were over 100 years old, right here in […]

One of my favorite things to do is talk with older people – I mean those who are at least several decades older than I am. Of course, as the years go by, this becomes more difficult. I remember a summer when I interviewed four women who were over 100 years old, right here in […]

Two deaths in the same area of Sebago Lake occurred within hours of each other Monday evening. At about 5 p.m., three Revere, Massachusetts men fell into the water from the personal watercraft (Jet Ski) they were riding. According to Director of Information Services and Education Marc Michaud, of the Army Division of the Maine […]

Two deaths in the same area of Sebago Lake occurred within hours of each other Monday evening. At about 5 p.m., three Revere, Massachusetts men fell into the water from the personal watercraft (Jet Ski) they were riding. According to Director of Information Services and Education Marc Michaud, of the Army Division of the Maine […]