Nearly two months after a fire destroyed the Sebago Lake State Park headquarters, officials are busy drafting plans to replace the building by mid-summer. Last weekend, park staff moved from their temporary work location in a Maine Warden Service facility at the park into an office trailer located just across the road from a snow-covered […]

Nearly two months after a fire destroyed the Sebago Lake State Park headquarters, officials are busy drafting plans to replace the building by mid-summer. Last weekend, park staff moved from their temporary work location in a Maine Warden Service facility at the park into an office trailer located just across the road from a snow-covered […]

Nearly two months after a fire destroyed the Sebago Lake State Park headquarters, officials are busy drafting plans to replace the building by mid-summer. Last weekend, park staff moved from their temporary work location in a Maine Warden Service facility at the park into an office trailer located just across the road from a snow-covered […]

The Snow Days of Winter Snow Day No. 6 is upon us as I write this. Four-day weekend for the kiddos. They will take it! Maybe the snow day was nature’s way of celebrating the Patriot’s historic win at the Super Bowl. Or maybe it was confirming the groundhog’s forecast of six more weeks of […]

Guns in the foundation In the 1970s, a Windham school bus driver named Eph Jillson bought one of the historic old homes on Route 302 in the middle of town. The old house had originally belonged to an Anthoine family, who had come here in the 1700s. John Anthoine was born in this house in […]

The Regional School Unit 14 board is scheduled to hold a public hearing Wednesday, Feb. 11, on a new district cost-sharing formula that would increase taxes for Windham residents and reduce Raymond’s burden. The hearing will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Windham High School Auditorium, setting the stage for a March 18 vote […]

Welcome to the Snow Globe After a quiet start to 2015, it looks like winter has finally rushed in. Just as I was beginning to feel sorry for the plow drivers and ski bums, they’ve all suddenly got more powder than they know what to do with. Snow doesn’t slow us down though, and even […]

Timely Reminder Free sand is available at Public Works throughout the winter months. The pickup hours are Monday through Friday from 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and weekends that Public Works crews are plowing. Please remember that sand is for residents only. No contractors will be allowed. When you enter through the gates follow the driveway down […]

A Boston federal appeals court has tossed former Raymond Selectman Dana Desjardins’ lawsuit back to the states level. On Jan. 23, Chief Judge Sandra Lynch of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, upheld the dismissal of Desjardins’ 4th and 14th Amendment claims, and sent the state claims of defamation and “false light invasion […]

After an illegal vote on Jan. 23, the Standish town manager’s contract renewal is headed to a second vote next week. Amid criticism from local government watchdogs, the three-year contract renewal for Standish Town Manager Gordon Billington is headed for a re-vote. With three councilors absent due to illness, the Standish Town Council voted 4-0 […]