WINDHAM – An analysis of retail and restaurant activity in North Windham shows the area takes in nearly $300 million in annual revenue, but is still falling short of its potential. The Retail Coach, a Dallas-based company hired in March by the Town Council, said in its initial report last week that North Windham, by […]
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Study says North Windham has billion-dollar potential
WINDHAM – An analysis of retail and restaurant activity in North Windham shows the area takes in nearly $300 million in annual revenue, but is still falling short of its potential. The Retail Coach, a Dallas-based company hired in March by the Town Council, said in its initial report last week that North Windham, by […]
Q&A with Dr. Joseph Lee, former St. Joe's president and head of Sebago Lakes chamber
WINDHAM – Dr. Joseph Lee, former president of Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, has accepted a position as interim executive director of the Windham-based Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce. He replaces Barbara Clark, who resigned in April after serving the chamber for nine years. Lee, a 68-year-old Windham resident who’s venturing out of the […]
Q&A with Dr. Joseph Lee, former St. Joe's president and head of Sebago Lakes chamber
WINDHAM – Dr. Joseph Lee, former president of Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, has accepted a position as interim executive director of the Windham-based Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce. He replaces Barbara Clark, who resigned in April after serving the chamber for nine years. Lee, a 68-year-old Windham resident who’s venturing out of the […]
Inside Windham – 7/6
Music on the Hill opens Big Ben Hillman kicks off the annual July concert series, “Music on the Hill”, Saturday, July 7, at 7 p.m. at Windham Hill UCC Church, 140 Windham Center Road. Tickets at the door, $12 for adults, $8 for seniors and age 12 and under. Call 892-2154 or 892-4217 or go […]
Windham attracts high-tech manufacturer
WINDHAM – Tube Hollows International, a Maine-based manufacturing company spun off from Dearborn Precision in Fryeburg, has announced its plans to move to North Windham after recently closing on a property off Enterprise Drive. According to general manager David Morse, Tube Hollows manufactures metal tubes used in medical procedures and other applications. Formed when Dearborn […]
Leadership of Windham veterans group changing hands
WINDHAM – After meeting his promise to lead a renewal of the Windham Veterans Association, longtime association president Don Swander, who resigned the position last week, is now fulfilling another obligation to his wife, Camille. “I had promised my wife long ago that when she retired from the Portland school system that I would retire […]
Windham student chronicles trip to Africa
WINDHAM – Wilkes University senior Kirstin Cook, of Windham, is learning lessons about AIDS policy in Africa as part of a service-learning trip to Karagwe, Tanzania. Cook, a communication studies major at the northern Pennsylvania university, is spending a month in Tanzania to learn more about the impact of AIDS in the African country. She […]
Windham student chronicles trip to Africa
WINDHAM – Wilkes University senior Kirstin Cook, of Windham, is learning lessons about AIDS policy in Africa as part of a service-learning trip to Karagwe, Tanzania. Cook, a communication studies major at the northern Pennsylvania university, is spending a month in Tanzania to learn more about the impact of AIDS in the African country. She […]
Inside Gray – 7/6
Vets roadtrip The July get-together of the Southern Maine Squadron of the Sampson Air Force Veterans Association will be Thursday, July 12, in Harpswell, The group will meet at Bellevue By the Sea Bed and Breakfast, 118 Lookout Point Road, Harpswell, around 10:30 a.m. From there they will go to the Dolphin Marina, 515 Basin […]