Despite news of the abysmal auto industry, bankrupt banks, and crumbling credit card companies, last week was inexplicably the best week on Wall Street in almost four decades. With rebounding stocks coupled with gasoline under $2 a gallon, it’s understandable why so many people are perplexed with American finance. If you have a job, no […]

Photo caption: Bonny Eagle Middle School students and Stirling Clan members Ryan Kern, Brad Jordan, Chris Miln, Maria Strumph, Zoe Goodwin and Isiah Reynolds help pack boxes that were mailed this week to U.S. troops at bases around the world. During the month of November, as part of their annual Veterans’ Day celebration, Stirling Clan […]

The following students have been named to the Windham Middle School honor roll for the first quarter: SIXTH GRADE High honors: Madison Aldrich, Emily Brady, Jackson Butts, Bailey Card, Amanda Clugston, Mikayla Cook, Andrew Cropper, Zachary Davis, Ian Donnelly, Alana Dube, Jasmin Eddy, Jackson Giampino, Derek Hammond, Hannah Haskell, Dexter Herald, Megan Jones, Daniel Kilgallon, […]

With the help of his beloved wife and kids, Ernest Russell II of New Gloucester built in 2003 his dream cabin. It is near Moosehead Lake, where he loved to hunt and fish, and where he built so many fond memories with his family. “He loved the outdoors. He loved Greenville,” said Russell’s daughter, Melissa. […]

Students, colleagues and family are mourning a longtime Bonny Eagle Middle School teacher after he died unexpectedly on Thanksgiving. Frank Damon, 57, died of a heart attack at his home in Standish Nov. 27. He had taught English, language arts and history at the middle school for 25 years. “He was a very, very caring […]

The Windham Post Office at 765 Roosevelt Trail is extending Saturday business hours at its retail window during the holidays to make it more convenient to ship holiday packages. During the week of Monday, Dec. 15 through Friday, Dec. 19 only, the Windham Post Office will be open for business from 7 a.m. until 5:30 […]

This vehicle is known as a stage auto (as opposed to a horse-drawn stage coach) and is parked at John Doherty’s Main Street stable. The vehicle traveled between Windham, Raymond and South Casco back in 1909. Note the John Deere sign over the door of the building to the left. (From Windham Historical Society collections).

Local school departments suffering greater than expected cuts in state subsidies are scrambling to fill the gap, superintendents said this week. Other school departments, like Windham’s, are looking ahead to next year’s budget, unsure of how they are going handle significant cuts that officials say will require more than the usual budget trimming. School Administrative […]

After fighting to reduce property taxes for more than 200 waterfront landowners in Casco, Robert Levesque has, at least for the time being, given up the fight against the town’s 2007 property revaluation. “For the moment, this is over,” Levesque said Nov. 26 from his winter home in Arizona. “I just want to forget it.” […]

With the election over and consolidation approved, Windham and Raymond school officials are expecting a seamless transition over the coming months to a new, combined regional school unit. “I think it will go quite smoothly,” said Jeri Keane, chairwoman of the Raymond School Board. There will likely be holdovers from the current boards elected to […]