The Windham Way In early March, I reported on an incident that exemplifies The Windham Way – heartwarming actions that show the true meaning of community – when one needs help, there is someone there to help. Madeline Roberts, who runs the Windham Food Pantry, tells us that “at Christmas time the Food Pantry helped […]

Chocolate buffet Indulge on platters upon platters of decadent chocolates, such as rich raspberry creams, luscious pecan turtles and creamy peanut butter cups at a chocolate buffet to benefit Open Gates Equine Rescue. Wilbur’s of Maine Chocolate Confections, 174 Lower Main Street in Freeport, is the site of this fundraiser. Visit chocolate heaven on Saturday, […]

Spring is a time of the new and renewal. This is very obvious in Naples right now. A new and improved Causeway area and bridge are in the works, new businesses are popping up all over, and the spring cleanups are in the works. Read on. Spring cleaning Grab your rake, shovel, wheelbarrow, and work […]

Help needed On Memorial Day, the American Legion would like to recognize all the veterans that passed away this past year and read their names at the Memorial Day observance at the Windham High School. It would be a great help if readers of this column who know of a late veteran with a Windham […]

NEW GLOUCESTER – George Carman, the New Gloucester firefighter who underwent double lung transplant surgery in February, is stunning his doctors, family and friends with his rapid return to health. Carman, who is known for his positive attitude despite suffering from cystic fibrosis, is living in a hotel close to the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center […]

RAYMOND – After being closed last summer due to trash and high bacteria counts in the water, Raymond Beach will be reopened to the public under a deal struck between the town and the proprietor of a floating cafe? to be located at the beach. The proposal, which was approved Tuesday afternoon, was put on […]

RAYMOND – After being closed last summer due to trash and high bacteria counts in the water, Raymond Beach will be reopened to the public under a deal struck between the town and the proprietor of a floating cafe? to be located at the beach. The proposal, which was approved Tuesday afternoon, was put on […]

Representing well Four Maine secondary schools, Gray-New Gloucester High School being one of them, have been invited to represent the state at a regional conference on effective strategies for improving teaching and learning in the 21st century. The conference, High School Redesign in Action (newenglandssc.org/conference), took place April 7-8, in Nashua, N.H., and was sponsored […]

Slam-dunk champ Last month, the Southern Maine Athletic Association basketball league held an exhibition game at Deering High School for this year’s boy and girls high school all-star players. Twenty players were chosen by the coaches for this event, which was meant to showcase the talented Maine basketball seniors for the 2011 season. The event […]

On Thursday, Bonny Eagle High School Resource Deputy Kim Emery from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office received notification from a Bonny Eagle High School official that a “bomb threat” had been received via a text message. The students and faculty were immediately evacuated, with the students being transferred to the middle school next door. Several […]