Let’s talk about extremists. Not the kind in Iraq, fashionably clad in explosive-laden undies and seriously distracted by visions of the 40 virgins awaiting martyrs in heaven. Not the kind that shows up for his mug shot decorated in bling and tats and seriously distracted by visions of the 40 non-virgins he saw in a […]

Despite an error in calculations and attempts to remove funding for the project, the expansion to the Standish Municipal Building is set to go ahead as planned after Saturday’s annual town meeting. Standish residents approved the town budget almost exactly as proposed. Besides the $1.21 million dollar bond for capital expenditures, the largest spending category […]

Windham residents approved the municipal and school budget in speedy fashion Saturday, tackling the town meeting warrant with little comment and in just over one hour. The 2008-09 budget, with an almost $30 million municipal budget and more than $14 million school spending plan, represents a 3.5 percent tax rate increase, to $11.70 per thousand […]

Ask Winnifred “Dolly” Ingalls of Windham for the secret to longevity, and she just shakes her head and shrugs her shoulders. But it just may have something to do with an exercise bike. A longtime exercise enthusiast, Ingalls, 98, put over 26,000 miles on her stationary bike before the odometer wore out. At age 90, […]

Ask Winnifred “Dolly” Ingalls of Windham for the secret to longevity, and she just shakes her head and shrugs her shoulders. But it just may have something to do with an exercise bike. A longtime exercise enthusiast, Ingalls, 98, put over 26,000 miles on her stationary bike before the odometer wore out. At age 90, […]

Ask Winnifred “Dolly” Ingalls of Windham for the secret to longevity, and she just shakes her head and shrugs her shoulders. But it just may have something to do with an exercise bike. A longtime exercise enthusiast, Ingalls, 98, put over 26,000 miles on her stationary bike before the odometer wore out. At age 90, […]

Raymond residents will have another opportunity to shape the school budget next week after rejecting the School Board’s first proposal at the polls on June 10. A special town meeting will be held Friday, June 27, at 6:30 p.m. at the Jordan Small Middle School to discuss and approve the school budget. A budget referendum […]

Raymond residents will have another opportunity to shape the school budget next week after rejecting the School Board’s first proposal at the polls on June 10. A special town meeting will be held Friday, June 27, at 6:30 p.m. at the Jordan Small Middle School to discuss and approve the school budget. A budget referendum […]

The Windham Town Council named its officers for the coming year Tuesday night, but not before engaging in a sharp debate that cast into doubt the councilors’ claims of moving past the acrimonious atmosphere of the past year. Carol Waig, recently elected to her second term on the Town Council, was named chairwoman, replacing John […]

Next year’s municipal spending is set and the town’s debt paid off after Bridgton residents approved a $5.57 million budget June 11. The largest spending categories in the town budget were $1.87 million for administration and $1.86 for public works. Town spending showed a 6.04 percent increase in the approved budget, which Town Manager Mitchell […]