Remember 11/11@11 Veterans Day is approaching. This is a time set aside to honor all military personnel, past and present. Show your support and respect by attending the annual Veterans Day Ceremony at the Windham Veterans Center on Monday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. Visit the Memorial Garden and enjoy the music provided by our […]
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Inside Standish – 10/25
Annual Wreath Sale Bonny Eagle High School’s Project Graduation will be holding its annual Christmas Wreath sale through Oct. 31. The wreaths are 22-24-inches wide and made of double-sided balsam fir. Wreaths are $12.50 without a bow and $14.50 with a bow. To order your wreath, contact a member of the senior class or order […]
Inside Standish – 10/25
Annual Wreath Sale Bonny Eagle High School’s Project Graduation will be holding its annual Christmas Wreath sale through Oct. 31. The wreaths are 22-24-inches wide and made of double-sided balsam fir. Wreaths are $12.50 without a bow and $14.50 with a bow. To order your wreath, contact a member of the senior class or order […]
Here comes the sun
Seth Kieran, in foreground, and Joe Maisonave, installers for ReVision Energy, ready the next solar panel for a new system on the roof of the East Windham Fire Station on Falmouth Road. Under the power-purchase agreement with Windham, ReVision, based in Portland, purchases, installs and maintains the solar equipment at the fire station. For the […]
IT HAPPENED IN WINDHAM: Old Home Week celebrates 200 years
Seventy-five years ago in the summer of 1938, Windham held Old Home Week, to celebrate the 200th birthday of the town. During the last week of July that year, the town was filled with activities for all to enjoy. A small booklet was published that described such events as how the town got “public” water, […]
Standish residents question SAD 6 withdrawal proposal
STANDISH – After learning that leaders of Standish and Frye Island agreed to hire a consultant to study the feasibility of both towns withdrawing from School Administrative District 6, Standish residents differ widely in their reaction to the proposal. “What would happen to the other towns?” asked Freda Hobbs, a seasonal resident, when interviewed last […]
A good sign for Lippman Park
NORTH WINDHAM – Just a week after the Windham Town Council awarded a contract for the first phase of improvements to Donnabeth Lippman Park in North Windham, the town had a granite sign installed at the entrance of the park on Route 302. The town bought the property situated behind Sherwin-Williams in May 2011 for […]
Johnson Field playground breaks ground
STANDISH – After more than three years of fundraising to build a playground on Johnson Field in Standish, community volunteers as well as the town’s recreation committee and playground committee members, finally put their shovels in the ground and spent the day erecting the new 50-by-80-foot playground on Route 35. “It’s really nice to see […]
Corsetti to serve six months for fire
WINDHAM – Donato Corsetti, a well-known Windham business owner who faced two charges of class A arson, agreed to a plea-bargain agreement in Cumberland Unified Court on Friday, Oct. 18, in which he will serve six months in jail. The arson charges, stemming from a fire last December in an apartment building he previously owned […]
Corsetti to serve six months for fire
WINDHAM – Donato Corsetti, a well-known Windham business owner who faced two charges of class A arson, agreed to a plea-bargain agreement in Cumberland Unified Court on Friday, Oct. 18, in which he will serve six months in jail. The arson charges, stemming from a fire last December in an apartment building he previously owned […]