The South Portland Maine Military Museum hosted a contingent of about 35 Windham veterans, their wives and friends at the Maine Military Museum and Learning Center in South Portland on Tuesday. Veterans from the Windham American Legion and VFW Post along with other local vets attended an impressive display of military artifacts, uniforms, weapons, and […]

STANDISH – A group of Standish residents, including former Town Councilor Lou Stack, has submitted a petition calling for Town Council term limits. The group’s proposed charter amendment would limit councilors to a maximum of two consecutive three-year terms. After serving either four successive years or two consecutive terms, councilors would have to wait three […]

STANDISH – A group of Standish residents, including former Town Councilor Lou Stack, has submitted a petition calling for Town Council term limits. The group’s proposed charter amendment would limit councilors to a maximum of two consecutive three-year terms. After serving either four successive years or two consecutive terms, councilors would have to wait three […]

STANDISH – A group of Standish residents, including former Town Councilor Lou Stack, has submitted a petition calling for Town Council term limits. The group’s proposed charter amendment would limit councilors to a maximum of two consecutive three-year terms. After serving either four successive years or two consecutive terms, councilors would have to wait three […]

Village Festival After months of planning and hard work, the Village Folk Festival is finally here! A celebration of the artists, artisans, musicians and growers who add so much to the creative fabric of Bridgton, the party kicks off this Friday, Aug. 22, at noon on Depot Street, and runs all the way through Saturday […]

Fleeting Moments First day of school is Tuesday, Sept. 2, if you can believe it. Summer always goes so quickly here. The nights are already cooler…counting down the days. Free Concert at Cornerstone Church Join “The Puffers” for a instrumental concert this Friday night, Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. at Cornerstone Church. Called a music […]

New Trail and Bridge at Shaker Village In July 2013, when Boy Scout Bryce Neal of New Gloucester was searching for an Eagle Scout project, he contacted the Sabbathday Lake Shakers to find out if they needed anything done. The suggestion made was to create a new segment of their trail system, which is used […]

The Maine Office of the Attorney General released a lengthy report Thursday morning regarding the April 12 incident in Windham during which a Cumberland County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed an armed man in the driveway of his 2 Searsport Way residence. Attorney General Janet Mills found the deputy, Nicholas Mangino, 25, acted in self-defense […]

WINDHAM – Just weeks after several families were removed from an apartment house in South Windham, the town of Windham has condemned a single-family home on Anthoine Road, citing unsafe and unsanitary conditions. Four people were living in the home at the time of the eviction. On Aug. 5, inspectors from the Windham Code Enforcement […]

STANDISH – The Standish Town Council rejected an effort to scrap a special town meeting referendum scheduled for Sept. 9, in a 5-2 vote on Tuesday night. At the meeting, Councilor Wayne Newbegin introduced a motion to reconsider the special town meeting on the basis that it violated two sections of the town’s charter. Many […]