Lindsay Lehr, a sophomore at Connecticut College, was honored with an economics award from the college at a ceremony held in April. Lehr received the Cynthia Paul Walker ’67 Prize, awarded to a woman in economics who demonstrates excellence and passion for the study of economics. Lehr, a 2003 graduate of Poland Regional High School, […]

On May 17, the MSAD#6 Reading Recovery and Reading Support Program staff hosted an educational evening focusing on literacy. Approximately 250 students, staff, and family members gathered in the Bonny Eagle High School cafeteria to celebrate learning and literacy. The goals of the event were for the students to show their parents some of what […]

U.S. Army Pvt. Matthew P. McGee has graduated from basic combat military training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. During the eight weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army’s mission and received instruction in drill and ceremonies, rifle marksmanship, weapons, map reading, tactics, armed and unarmed combat, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, […]

With the SAD 61 school budget “skyrocketing” and the Naples municipal budget actually less than last year, Naples residents this year can expect a win/lose situation when they receive their tax bills for this coming year. The $3.03 million Naples municipal budget for the upcoming fiscal year will be about three percent less than last […]

As Naples reaches the end of their contract with Regional Waste Systems (RWS), there has been much trash talk going on at Board of Selectmen meetings. For five years now, RWS has handled the disposal of Naples solid waste and recycling, and Pine Tree Waste has been responsible for the hauling of that garbage to […]

For well over 250 years, Windham men and women have been protecting our freedom. On July 4, 1991, a granite monument was unveiled and dedicated with a huge parade and appropriate ceremony. Former POW Anthony Pecoraro was the keynote speaker. Pecoraro was born in South Windham to an Italian immigrant. In the high school yearbook, […]

Astute Windham shoppers may have recently noticed a change at the North Windham Shopping Center with the closure of A Touch of Country and the subsequent opening Robert and Denise LeClerc’s The Odd Shop. Robert has a long history of owning bars and restaurants in Portland and neighboring communities. From 1975 to 1977, he owned […]

Astute Windham shoppers may have recently noticed a change at the North Windham Shopping Center with the closure of A Touch of Country and the subsequent opening Robert and Denise LeClerc’s The Odd Shop. Robert has a long history of owning bars and restaurants in Portland and neighboring communities. From 1975 to 1977, he owned […]

Paul Mosley, Chair of the Kiwanis Club of Standish Scholarship & Awards Committee, congratulates scholarship recipients (from left) Elaine Ritter, Kristen Willard, Kathryn Brooks. Each girl won a $1,000 scholarship offered by the Club at a special reception hosted by the Bonny Eagle High School Guidance Department. There was a Continental breakfast for students, parents, […]

Back in the 1940s, it seemed like a long way from Windham to Boothbay Harbor – especially if you were a kid. But for many years, my family traveled to Boothbay Harbor. We didn’t know it was a resort or famous for anything. This was a trip with a purpose and it happened every Memorial […]