Public meeting ?on Windham park A public meeting to review and discuss conceptual plans for the Donnabeth Lippman Park, will be held Thursday, March 29, at 6:30 p.m., at Town Hall Council Chambers. The three conceptual plans were developed with ideas from prior public meetings and an online park survey. The Donnabeth Lippman Park, formerly […]

Sample maple syrup at Norumbega Farm Norumbega Farm, the Fralich’s family home at 402 Woodman Road in New Gloucester, will be open for Maine Maple Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., March 25. The public is invited to tour the classic maple sugar shack, built by hand in the winter of 2011, and to […]

With the deadline for major party candidates passing Thursday, March 15, the races for Maine House and Senate seats are finalized. Last week, the Lakes Region Weekly detailed races affecting Windham and Gray voters. Those included District 111 in Windham, District 110 in East and North Windham and West Gray; and Senate District 12, which […]

Causeway Update A special town meeting was held last Monday asking residents to vote on a bond of $220,000 to cover capital improvements to the Naples Causeway area. This bond will cover many of the expenses while also providing a cushion that selectmen can utilize for unforeseen costs. Bridging the Generations Raffle Naples Main Street […]

STANDISH – Police are investigating an armed home invasion in Standish early Friday morning. Witnesses told police that three to four men, dressed in black and wearing masks, forced their way into a home on Pequawket Trail, according to a press release from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. The men identified themselves as “federal drug […]

WINDHAM – Windham and Raymond students are set to receive a sobering and inspiring life lesson March 19, when the father of Rachel Scott – the first victim of the Columbine school shooting – will visit Windham High School to share his daughter’s “pro-kindness” philosophy of life. Darrell Scott, who founded Rachel’s Challenge shortly after […]

With the deadline for major party candidates passing Thursday, March 15, the races for Maine House and Senate seats are finalized. In Windham, longtime Democrat representatives Bill Diamond and Mark Bryant are term-limited and aren’t running for another office, while Republican Gary Plummer is seeking Diamond’s Senate seat. Plummer will face off in the Senate […]

With the deadline for major party candidates passing Thursday, March 15, the races for Maine House and Senate seats are finalized. In Windham, longtime Democrat representatives Bill Diamond and Mark Bryant are term-limited and aren’t running for another office, while Republican Gary Plummer is seeking Diamond’s Senate seat. Plummer will face off in the Senate […]

WINDHAM – Bill Diamond, a Democrat from Windham, has served in the Maine Senate since 2004. As a result of term limits, which hold legislators to four consecutive two-year terms, the former Windham Field-Allen School principal is stepping down at the session’s end in December. Diamond, who ran a security company and The Suburban News […]

Wiley is going to States! Congratulations to the Windham High School One Act team who won the Maine Drama Festival Regional Class A Competition held this weekend. In their infamous way, our talented students performed “Wiley and the Hairy Man” to perfection and received an instant standing ovation. Under the direction of Matthew Ryder, they […]