The large panes of glass may be papered over for a few more days, but the Raymond Shopping Center building that was formerly home to Raymond Foodmarket is about to reopen as a Family Dollar store. According to Mark Accousti, who manages the strip mall for his father Tony, the discount store chain is “taking […]

This F.W. Turner Trucking dump truck, seen here just off Route 302 at Boody’s Corner, sprung a leak, spilling hydraulic fluid all over the intersection of routes 302 and 115 on Tuesday. The hydraulic fluid made the road as slick as ice and forced Windham Fire and Safety to take precautionary measures. As luck would […]

The Chewonki Foundation will visit the Naples Public Library on Wednesday, August 10 at 7 p.m. to present “Fur, Feathers & Feet: Introduction to Birds and Mammals.” Live, non-releasable specimens will be used to demonstrate each animals special features. The Chewonki Foundation is a non-profit educational institution organized in 1962 and based in Wiscasset. One […]

Windham Town Manager Anthony Plante was elected vice chairman last week of the Board of Officers at Regional Waste Systems. In addition to Plante, the slate of officers who will lead the 28-member RWS Board include Jeffrey Jordan of South Portland as chairman, Duane Kline of Portland as treasurer, and Susan McGinty of Cumberland as […]

Identifying old houses and their history is an on-going project of Windham Historical Society. Many of the oldest homes in the town are located in the southern end where in the mid 1700s, settlement began. This old house on River Road was probably built in the late 1700s, and today is owned by Jean and […]

“Do we have to take an elevator to get to your house?” asked eight-year-old Erik Moore from the Bronx in New York City. The question surprised the Saladino family as they drove him from the bus station to their Windham home for a two-week visit last year. Erik, now nine-years-old, is back with the family […]

The Appropriations Committee, which this session helped shape two controversial budgets and this week put the final touches on a bond package, arguably is the most powerful group in the Legislature outside of leadership, yet many of its members have professions that rely on public funds. Two committee members run agencies that receive funding from […]

The Appropriations Committee, which this session helped shape two controversial budgets and this week put the final touches on a bond package, arguably is the most powerful group in the Legislature outside of leadership, yet many of its members have professions that rely on public funds. Two committee members run agencies that receive funding from […]

The Appropriations Committee, which this session helped shape two controversial budgets and this week put the final touches on a bond package, arguably is the most powerful group in the Legislature outside of leadership, yet many of its members have professions that rely on public funds. Two committee members run agencies that receive funding from […]

The Portland Water District closed a popular beach on Sebago Lake for two days earlier this week after finding high levels of water-borne bacteria in the water. Sand Bar Beach, known as a place where boaters congregate on weekends, was closed Monday and Tuesday after E. coli and fecal coliform bacteria were found at levels […]