Weather phrase of the week: Trace of precipitation: An amount of precipitation that is less than .01 of an inch. Friday: Sunny skies with no chance of precipitation. High: 67 Low: 44 Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers. High: 64 Low: 52 Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers. High: 68 Low: 49

0530memories.jpg Windham was still New Marblehead, Mass., when Sam Elder built his house on River Road in 1753. He came here in 1743 and settled on Lot 40. The Historical Society in Windham receives many calls from people asking about the oldest house. If this isn’t the oldest, it is one of them. The nearby […]

My name is Shelley Lufkin-Staples and my husband and I live at Emery Road, which is the road that runs parallel to MemoryLane Music Hall and abuts Blake Road. Standing on my front steps I can see the side profile of MemoryLane as well as part of the smoking area that is fenced in. I […]

What’s a canicross? As part of the second annual Pineland Farms Trail Challenge Sunday, 20 teams of humans and canines joined forces to compete in a canicross. This is a sport in which a person is being pulled by a harnessed dog while running or walking. A line with an integrated shock cord is attached […]

It seems that Steve Collins, proprietor of the Oak Hill General Store in Standish, is a bit ahead of his time. A while back he began selling bright red shirts emblazoned with the logo “Peoples Republic of Standish.” On Monday morning, April 28, calls began coming to me from startled Standish residents reporting and complaining […]

A Standish man was sentenced today in Portland Superior Court to at least three years in jail for attempting to take sexually explicit photographs of children. James Linscott, 38, of 694 Pequawket Trail, received a seven-year sentence with all but three years suspended for sexual exploitation of a minor. He will serve the sentence concurrently […]

An antique car show will be held Sunday, June 8, at Shawnee Peak Ski Resort in Bridgton. The pre-registration fee is $5 per car, which includes two persons. On site registration is $8 per car, which includes two persons. Children under 12 are free. Admission for the show is $3. There will be 15 classes […]

An antique car show will be held Sunday, June 8, at Shawnee Peak Ski Resort in Bridgton. The pre-registration fee is $5 per car, which includes two persons. On site registration is $8 per car, which includes two persons. Children under 12 are free. Admission for the show is $3. There will be 15 classes […]

An antique car show will be held Sunday, June 8, at Shawnee Peak Ski Resort in Bridgton. The pre-registration fee is $5 per car, which includes two persons. On site registration is $8 per car, which includes two persons. Children under 12 are free. Admission for the show is $3. There will be 15 classes […]

In a debate over additional cuts to the school budget, Windham town councilors differed on how to take another $110,000 off the tax burden before finalizing the 2008-09 budget. In the end, by a 4-3 vote Tuesday, the council decided to take the funds from the school department’s surplus rather than cut overall spending, giving […]