WINDHAM – Windham will have another full slate of candidates from which to choose on Election Day. In the Legislature, the three Windham representatives – Gary Plummer, Mark Bryant and Bill Diamond – are all running for their fourth terms and will be term-limited for a fifth term if elected. Incumbent state Sen. Diamond, a […]

WINDHAM – The Windham-Raymond School Department’s share of the federal Education Jobs Bill, a total of $860,000, will allow the district to fill teaching positions lost to budget cuts, according to Superintendent Sandy Prince. Much of the news regarding local budgets has been negative for the past few years, forcing Windham-Raymond to cut 43 full-time […]

Happy Birthday ?to Bert Many of us remember the beautiful gardens at the corner of Pope and Gray roads, just below the high school. Well, that gardener, Bertram Beal, will be 100 years old on Sept. 30. He originally came from Jonesport up the coast of Maine and is now a resident at Seaside Nursing […]

The bridge The elephant in the room these days is “When is the work on the new non-movable bridge going to start?” Visiting the town’s website garnered no new information. What I did learn is that there is a Causeway Renaissance Group that meets every other Wednesday at 6 p.m. I am assuming this is […]

WINDHAM – Windham Town Councilor Scott Hayman can continue to serve on council after temporarily moving out of his district, fellow councilors ruled this week after hearing from the town attorney. Lane Hiltunen, a Windham resident and Lakes Region Weekly columnist, questioned Hayman’s residency at the Sept. 14 meeting, saying Hayman had moved out of […]

RAYMOND – Dana Desjardins, the Raymond selectman who refused to turn in backup disks connected to his town-owned laptop at last week’s board meeting, apparently turned the disks in to town hall on Friday of last week. In doing so, Desjardins avoided a possible lawsuit being threatened by Laurie Forbes, the chair of the Raymond […]

RAYMOND – Dana Desjardins, the Raymond selectman who refused to turn in backup disks connected to his town-owned laptop at last week’s board meeting, apparently turned the disks in to town hall on Friday of last week. In doing so, Desjardins avoided a possible lawsuit being threatened by Laurie Forbes, the chair of the Raymond […]

Tater pickin’ Don’t mind getting dirty? Help bring in the potato harvest at New Gloucester’s Community Garden at Opportunity Farm from approximately 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 9. The rain date is Oct. 10. A mechanical potato digger will be doing the bulk of the work, so volunteers will just have to pick up […]

Happy fall, everybody. Thursday’s autumnal equinox was coupled with a full moon, which I see as an auspicious way to usher in Maine’s most beautiful season (and bid farewell to our warmest summer on record). Whether you are checking out the local harvest at the Depot Street Farmer’s Market every Saturday, getting lost in the […]

WINDHAM – Citing rising tensions with council leadership and a new policy limiting councilors’ contact with town employees, long-serving Windham Town Councilor Carol Waig resigned Tuesday night, effective at the end of the meeting. The policy, adopted Tuesday by a 6-1 vote, with Waig opposed, was inspired by a situation involving Waig. Windham police Detective […]