WINDHAM – Windham’s race for Town Council and School Board were the only political races facing Lakes Region voters Tuesday. And with 40 percent of Windham voters turning out – a “good turnout” for a off-year election, according to Assistant Town Clerk Rita Bernier – voters re-elected Tommy Gleason to the council and welcomed newcomers […]

WINDHAM – Election results for Windham are in. Longtime school board member Kate Brix won re-election, gaining 2,165 votes to take one of two three-year terms, along with Dawn Perkins, who received 2,595 votes. Bethany Ann Davis was third with 1,767. In the Town Council races, Tommy Gleason beat Patrick Corey, 2,036 to 1,801, to […]

<p style=" “margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;”>Two men were injured in hunting-related shooting incidents Friday afternoon. <p style=" “margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px;”> <p style=" “margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;”>Mark Mattson, 60, of Portsmouth, N.H., was shot in the stomach at around 2:30 p.m. […]

WINDHAM – It only comes once every century, organizer Col. Bob Akins says, so the Windham veterans are going to make the best of it. At 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 11, the Windham Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion Field-Allen Post 148 are gathering at the Windham Veterans Center behind the Windham Mall […]

Talented locals There are two events showcasing local talent coming up right here in Naples. The first is this weekend, Salute our Vets! A Star Spangled Cabaret, honors our soldiers this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4 and 5 starting at 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion in Naples, Route 11. Admission is $10 for adults, […]

Talented locals There are two events showcasing local talent coming up right here in Naples. The first is this weekend, Salute our Vets! A Star Spangled Cabaret, honors our soldiers this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4 and 5 starting at 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion in Naples, Route 11. Admission is $10 for adults, […]

WINDHAM – Sierra Yost, a Windham eighth-grader, learned recently she doesn’t like the taste of shaving cream. Also, she thinks rabid chickens are a little crazy. And maybe a little funny, too. Yost and two of her Windham Middle School classmates, Eric Webb and Elliot Clark, learned about rabid chickens and cream pies as contestants […]

WINDHAM – By teaming with a local nonprofit, the Windham Food Pantry is now able to get more bang for its buck. On Monday, the first shipment of food from the Good Shepherd Food-Bank arrived, courtesy of a new arrangement the food pantry has brokered with the Sebago Lake Rotary Club. Since the Rotary club […]

LAKES REGION – With many towns in the Lakes Region holding local elections in June, it will likely be the county and statewide referendums causing area voters to head to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 8. Without local races or referendums on their ballots, residents of Standish, Raymond, Naples, Gray and New Gloucester can focus instead […]

Honor all veterans ?on Nov. 11 Windham schools and the Windham Chamber Singers will join with Windham VFW Post 10643 to make this year’s Veterans Day special. At 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 7, a “Freedom is not Free” presentation will be given for 250 fourth graders at Manchester School. On Friday, Nov. 11, at […]