WINDHAM – Phase 1 of a project to replace the 22-year-old playground equipment at the Windham Primary School has been completed, and a grand opening will take place on Monday, Nov. 4, according to Michelle Jordan, a parent and coordinator of the Windham Primary Playground Fund, which made the project possible. A community build, which […]

On a cool day in October 2013, some visitors to the Windham Historical Society were examining an elaborately decorated “certificate” given to Frederick Augustus Motley, who so far as anyone could determine, never lived in Windham. The much-decorated proclamation was in honor of his service in the Civil War. Motley may not have been a […]

On a cool day in October 2013, some visitors to the Windham Historical Society were examining an elaborately decorated “certificate” given to Frederick Augustus Motley, who so far as anyone could determine, never lived in Windham. The much-decorated proclamation was in honor of his service in the Civil War. Motley may not have been a […]

On a cool day in October 2013, some visitors to the Windham Historical Society were examining an elaborately decorated “certificate” given to Frederick Augustus Motley, who so far as anyone could determine, never lived in Windham. The much-decorated proclamation was in honor of his service in the Civil War. Motley may not have been a […]

WINDHAM – Lisa McLellan, a chemistry teacher at Windham High School, is one of four teachers in Maine in the running for the nation’s highest honor for mathematics and science, according to Sandy Prince, superintendent of Regional School Unit 14. “I am really delighted that she’s been nominated for this prestigious award,” Prince said. McLellan, […]

WINDHAM – Dozens of streetlights that fail to meet the criteria of a new policy adopted by the Windham Town Council this summer have been marked with a bright green notice indicating that they could be removed on Nov. 18, according to assistant planner Ben Smith. Windham’s Energy Advisory Committee, which drafted the streetlight policy […]

Curious Climate I have lived in Maine for 16 years, 10 of which were spent off the grid on a mountainside in Hiram, where I was deeply attuned to nature and the cycles of the seasons. Although I have since moved to the “big city,” a.k.a. Bridgton, I still maintain extensive gardens at my Hiram […]

A letter signed by officials from School Administrative District 6 and the president of the Saco Valley Teachers’ Association was sent to the families of children in the district and town officials on Oct. 28 in an effort to move past allegations that Superintendent Frank Sherburne had been placed on paid administrative leave for text-messaging […]

Singing and dancing students use their mascot to parody the hit video ‘The Fox.’

Singing and dancing students use their mascot to parody the hit video ‘The Fox.’