Left to right, Governor John Baldacci, State Sen. Bruce Bryant (D-Oxford), Representative Mark Bryant (D-Windham), and Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Commissioner Dan Martin speak about the bill sponsored by the Bryant brothers that passed last week. The bill, LD 612, expands the issuance of turkey permits for 2005. Turkey permits had already been issued to […]

Acorn Productions’ Producing Director Michael Levine will be teaching an acting class for teenagers on Thursday afternoons from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. beginning May 5. This class will be very similar to his Actors’ Workshop process class, only for younger participants. A few spaces are still available in Actors’ Workshop on Wednesday nights from 6:30 […]

Dear editor, Change and Progress are at the height of discussion in our community, whether it be buildings, taxes, schools or business growth/demise. The cause for the talk recently seemed to be the piece on the educational references/home life of the current Superintendent in the Road Runner and the coming “Changes and Progress.” I have […]

The Windham Fire Department responded to a brush fire off River Road last Friday night. The brush fire was one of many happening in the Lakes Region because of recent dry weather. According to Fire Chief Charles Hammond, a brush pile located near the Maine Humane Society caught on fire after embers, leftover from a […]

Several Windham community service organizations, along with local churches, have organized into a group called Food & Fellowship, Inc. They began a program called “Monday Meal”, about four or five years ago. It started out with the idea of a free meal offered to local residents, as a change for people to get to meet […]

A Windham man was a bit of a celebrity at this year’s 109th running of the Boston Marathon held on Patriot’s Day. The fame did not arise from his finish time, but rather from his stamina. Before the start of the world’s oldest annually contested marathon, Carlton Mendell was approached by a number of Portland […]

Around 3 p.m. on Thursday April 14, a car burst into flames on Franklin Drive in Windham. Ryan Murphy, 20, had been doing cookies in his ’83 Monte Carlo in a nearby parking lot when he was pulled over by Detective Jim Boudreau. “He was doing a little smoke-show behind the Hannaford Supermarket,” Boudreau said. […]

April vacation arrived this week for area students with great weather in its pocket. Children were all over the Lakes Region enjoying their week free from teachers, classes, and homework. Five days without alarm clocks, backpacks and tests are liberating for every student from Kindergarten to senior year and it is then you can discover […]

Cutline: The view to the R.J. Grondin and Sons gravel pit off Middle Jam Road may change soon. According to Ken Grondin, “The entry can be bermed with dirt to obscure the pit and trucks from the road.”

A group of five Middle Jam Road property owners met with officials of a local firm to exchange views regarding proposed expansion of a Gorham gravel pit. The pit, owned by R.J. Grondin & Sons, is located in the Middle Jam Road area of the towns of Standish and Gorham. Recent plans to expand the […]