Bernd Heinrich, a popular science-nature writer, has written 16 intriguing books that have fascinated me enough to write reviews on some of them — a must-read for outdoors folks who not only want to look at the natural world around them but also want to see it. This gifted naturalist pokes around the woods, observing […]

McCormack announces retirement from Maine Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Donald McCormack, of Windham, retired as Maine’s Assistant Adjutant General, Air, a position he has held since April 2011. McCormack’s retirement marks the end of more than three decades of decorated military service and leadership in Maine and around the world. McCormack graduated from the […]

Upcoming Events Nov. 9-11: Windham High School’s fall musical production, “Guys and Dolls” takes the stage at Windham Performing Arts Center at Windham High School on Nov. 9 and 10 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 11 at 4 p.m. Tickets are $7 for children and seniors, $11 for adults. Reserve tickets at 893-1742. Box office […]

Upcoming Events Nov. 9-11: Windham High School’s fall musical production, “Guys and Dolls” takes the stage at Windham Performing Arts Center at Windham High School on Nov. 9 and 10 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 11 at 4 p.m. Tickets are $7 for children and seniors, $11 for adults. Reserve tickets at 893-1742. Box office […]

WINDHAM – Thanks to the vision of one of its members, the Windham High School class of 1962 recently planted four American elm trees in Windham Center. The group’s choice of elm, the Valley Forge variety, is resistant to Dutch Elm Disease, which decades ago wiped out nearly all the tall shade elms in the […]

Republican Mike McClellan will be returning to serve a second term representing Raymond, Frye Island and parts of Standish and Poland in the Maine House. McClellan defeated Democrat challenger Jim Stephenson 53 percent to 47 percent in a rematch of the 2010 race. McClellan, a fiscal and social conservative, had been hammered in local letters […]

WINDHAM – Democrat Jane Pringle and Republican Tom Tyler earned seats in the Maine House with wins on Tuesday. In District 111, which covers most of Windham, Pringle defeated Republican Toby Pennels 2,545 votes to 2,262. Tyler claimed District 110, which includes East Windham and West Gray, over Democrat Ralph Johnston. Tyler garnered 2,071 votes […]

WINDHAM – Republican Gary Plummer, who served eight years representing Windham in the Maine House, will be taking a seat in the Senate chambers come January representing District 12. Plummer, a Windham native who served on the Town Council in the 1970s, as a county commissioner for 20 years, and then in the House, garnered […]

WINDHAM – Republican Gary Plummer, who served eight years representing Windham in the Maine House, will be taking a seat in the Senate chambers come January representing District 12. Plummer, a Windham native who served on the Town Council in the 1970s, as a county commissioner for 20 years, and then in the House, garnered […]

WINDHAM – Windham voters elected Peter Anania to a one-year term on the Windham Town Council and re-elected Matthew Noel and Dennis Welch to three-year terms. Anania defeated former Councilor Carol Waig, 3,907 to 3,773. Anania, a South Windham business owner, was appointed to the council in 2010 and will return for another one-year term […]