WINDHAM – Maine Maple Sunday was a rousing success due to enormous crowds and a decent maple-sugaring season, said Mark Cooper, owner of Cooper’s Maple Products and Cooper’s Royal Heritage Farm on Chute Road in Windham. Cooper, who is also an official in the Maine Maple Producers Association, said of his brisk sales, “we sold […]

WINDHAM – Maine Maple Sunday was a rousing success due to enormous crowds and a decent maple-sugaring season, said Mark Cooper, owner of Cooper’s Maple Products and Cooper’s Royal Heritage Farm on Chute Road in Windham. Cooper, who is also an official in the Maine Maple Producers Association, said of his brisk sales, “we sold […]

Crews on Monday began installing one of two concrete conduits, each capable of preventing one million gallons of sewer and storm water from washing into the cove during significant rain events.

WINDHAM – Earlier this week, Jeanne Reilly, the food services director at Windham-Raymond schools, was awarded Outstanding Director of the Year by the Maine School Nutrition Association. Reilly was nominated by the district’s nutritionist, Stephanie Joyce, and was chosen based on five criteria, according to the state association’s executive director, Ellen Demmons. Reilly is now […]

WINDHAM – As proposed by Superintendent Sandy Prince at last week’s Regional School Unit 14 school board meeting, the preliminary school budget for next year is up 2.26 percent, a “modest” increase Prince said. Driving the budget increase is a 2 percent, across-the-board salary hike for teachers, support staff and central office staff, as well […]

WINDHAM – Audience members at the first night of the annual Dancing with the Staff event at Windham High School saw a first-time dancer become a front runner, sock monkeys getting down, and a school board member riding a pink bike to the “Thrift Shop.” The event, which benefits Windham’s Project Graduation, kicked off with […]

Sweet Spot Along with sump pumps, snowdrops and baby skunks frolicking in the compost pile, one of the surest signs of spring in the ’hood is my neighbor Dick Danis tapping his maple trees. His set-up is urban gardening at its finest, as he has a corner lot on a densely developed street yet maintains […]

Speakout On Thursday, March 28, Bill Diamond will host Speakout on Windham’s local channel 7 at 7 p.m. and he’ll be talking with a new group about restarting/continuing Summerfest for this year. Viewers are welcome to call in with questions during the show at 892-0546, or come to the Windham Town Office, Council Chambers, and […]

WINDHAM – Windham resident Cole Moran, a senior, has been selected to receive the 2013 Principal’s Award for Windham High School, Principal Chris Howell announced last Friday. The award, which is sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. Moran, Howell and other award […]

March Madness This has got to be one of the most confusing months of recent memory. Today the temperature read 12 degrees and yet Easter is less than two weeks away. Spring will be here by the time you read this, and so will, very likely, a fresh pile of new snow, judging by the […]