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Windham replaces stolen stop signs

The new stop signs stolen from July 10 from the intersection of Windham Center Road and Pope Road have been replaced. The stop signs, approved by the Town Council June 28 and installed on Windham Center Road July 7, created a four-way intersection with Pope Road and Ward Road. The signs were meant to alleviate […]

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Lakes milfoil squad soldiers on

After successes last summer, the Lakes Environmental Association is now taking on Sebago Cove. The Lakes Environmental Association declared victory over the milfoil infestation in Songo River and Brandy Pond last year, after bringing the invasive plant to a manageable level. The work in the Sebago Lake region, however, is not over. So on the […]

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RSU 14 votes to build new middle school

RSU 14’s Board of Directors voted June 22 to build a new middle school in Windham rather than renovate the existing building. The board unanimously voted in favor of a recommendation from the four-person Facilities Committee, which advised the board at a June 15 meeting that a new school would be more energy efficient, less […]

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Bonny Eagle ceremony marches to own beat

  Interim school Superintendent Michael Roy kicked off the Bonny Eagle High School graduation ceremony last week with an up-tempo anecdote. As former principal of the middle school, he recalled when the class of 2016, then eighth-graders, had dance parties in the gym during school assemblies. “With this image in mind,” he told the 241 […]

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Class of 2016: WHS grad has good chemistry

Windham High School senior Sierra Yost graduates next week with a varied and lengthy resume. She’s an athlete, an environmentalist, civic-minded and active in school groups, not to mention outstanding in chemistry and the proud maker of “flat whoopie pies.” A three-season athlete, Yost ran on the cross-country and indoor track teams and plays lacrosse […]

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Class of 2016: WHS grad has good chemistry

Windham High School senior Sierra Yost graduates next week with a varied and lengthy resume. She’s an athlete, an environmentalist, civic-minded and active in school groups, not to mention outstanding in chemistry and the proud maker of “flat whoopie pies.” A three-season athlete, Yost ran on the cross-country and indoor track teams and plays lacrosse […]

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SAD 61 towns approve $29.37 million budget

Voters in Bridgton, Casco, Naples and Sebago approved the proposed School Administrative District 61 budget Tuesday. The $29.37 million budget passed 347-182, with the majority of voters in all four towns approving the measure. The new budget increased $272,182 from this fiscal year, or less than 1 percent.  The four towns will contribute approximately $26 […]