Companies in charge of oil pipelines in eastern Canada and Maine renewed their promise that oil sands from northern Alberta are not on their way to Portland, though an application filed this week has environmental groups sounding alarms. Groups such as Environment Maine and the Natural Resources Council of Maine raised the issue earlier this […]

WINDHAM – For years, Windham leaders have talked about finding a role in local government for the town’s several thousand youth, but until last month it was all talk and no action. That all changed recently when the Windham Town Council unanimously voted to allow a student representative, Courtney Merrill, to sit with the council […]

Thanks to the Varneys A generous donation was recently made to Windham Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a local non-profit group which assists Windham residents with emergency need of fuel. Accompanying the donation was this note: “The Varney family (Marcia and Earlon’s children) had our family Christmas party on Saturday and took a collection, vs. buying each […]

Stuff the Ambulance Starting Saturday, Dec. 1, the Gray Fire Rescue Association will be sponsoring a food drive. They want to “Stuff the Ambulance.” Please bring non-perishable food items or personal/home-care items to the Central Fire Station at 125 Shaker Road in Gray. Donated items will be delivered to the Gray Food Pantry on the […]

Free landowner assistance and grant funds are available to those living in Gray and Windham along the Pleasant River. Due to a two-year grant awarded to the Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District, all residents living near Pleasant River are eligible for free technical assistance and potential funding to address erosion and polluted runoff […]

WINDHAM – Despite frigid temperatures, hundreds of people attended the Christmas open house at Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals on River Road in Windham last Saturday. In addition to sleigh rides, face painting, crafts and treats, the public was able to meet several of the horses that are being rehabilitated there. “This […]

UPCOMING Until Dec. 16: Schoolhouse Arts Center will present Miracle on 34th Street on Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 7, 8, 14, and 15 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 2, 9, and 16 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $14 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. Schoolhouse Arts Center is located at 16 Richville Road […]

UPCOMING Until Dec. 16: Schoolhouse Arts Center will present Miracle on 34th Street on Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 7, 8, 14, and 15 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 2, 9, and 16 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $14 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. Schoolhouse Arts Center is located at 16 Richville Road […]

Peter MacVane, 61, who died of cancer, was known for his generosity and his devotion to Maine Special Olympics.

WINDHAM – Two Windham residents were arrested in York County on Tuesday, Dec. 3, on prescription drug-related charges. At about 11 p.m., York County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Bob Carr conducted a routine traffic stop on Main Street in Cornish on a vehicle that appeared to display registration plates assigned to another vehicle. The driver of […]