Supper Cancelled The Windham Community Garden committee regretfully has to postpone their Oct. 12 Harvest Dinner, due to a conflict. It will be rescheduled for the spring of 2014. Check their website at windhamcommunitygarden.org. Bean Supper On Saturday, Oct. 5, from 5-6:30 p.m., a baked bean supper will be held at Friends Church, Route 202. […]

Supper Cancelled The Windham Community Garden committee regretfully has to postpone their Oct. 12 Harvest Dinner, due to a conflict. It will be rescheduled for the spring of 2014. Check their website at windhamcommunitygarden.org. Bean Supper On Saturday, Oct. 5, from 5-6:30 p.m., a baked bean supper will be held at Friends Church, Route 202. […]

Sunny Days, Spooky Nights Usually by Oct. 1, I’m writing about Indian Summer and the melancholy of summer’s passing, but at press time it is a sunny 70-degree day, the delphiniums and lavender have produced a second round of flowers and I’m still rocking my flip-flops. Old-timers have warned of a cold, long winter but […]

Sunny Days, Spooky Nights Usually by Oct. 1, I’m writing about Indian Summer and the melancholy of summer’s passing, but at press time it is a sunny 70-degree day, the delphiniums and lavender have produced a second round of flowers and I’m still rocking my flip-flops. Old-timers have warned of a cold, long winter but […]

Apple Saturdays, and More at Shaker Village The Shakers have cultivated apples for more than 200 years, even developing two varieties of their own that were named the James Sweets and the Oliver Sweets. Explore interesting aspects of the Shakers’ heritage during Apple Saturdays. Try your hand at free cider pressing all day long, 10 […]

At this time, Maine and the nation are marking the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War with a variety of special events. Locally, a committee is planning book-talks, tours of historic sites, speakers and more. In Windham, 302 men left their farms and families to fight for the country. In the Knight cemetery on the Pope […]

WINDHAM – Due to ongoing pollution issues and the likelihood that North Windham could become more heavily populated, the Windham Town Council is weighing alternatives for a sewer project that was rejected by a strong majority of Windham voters last November. At their Sept. 24 meeting, councilors designated a new geographical area for installation of […]

LAKES REGION – A long-awaited shuttle bus connecting Naples to Portland, with a stop in each of the towns along the route, is expected to launch soon, said Dan Goodman, customer and community relations coordinator for the Regional Transportation Program. As of last week, the Lakes Region Shuttle is either a few weeks or a […]

LAKES REGION – A long-awaited shuttle bus connecting Naples to Portland, with a stop in each of the towns along the route, is expected to launch soon, said Dan Goodman, customer and community relations coordinator for the Regional Transportation Program. As of last week, the Lakes Region Shuttle is either a few weeks or a […]

WINDHAM – Singer-songwriter Jonathan Edwards is scheduled to perform at the North Windham Union Church (723 Roosevelt Trail) at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 11, with a portion of the proceeds to benefit Windham Neighbors Helping Neighbors’ fuel fund. The acoustic folk-rock artist’s concert is the ninth concert in the “Music With a Mission” series […]