Santa Claus to Visit Gray Village The Gray-New Gloucester Lions Club and Gray Recreation Department are once again sponsoring Santa’s annual visit to Newbegin Community Center on Main Street. The free holiday event for the whole family will be held on Sunday, Dec. 16 from 2-4 p.m. Enjoy a horse drawn sleigh ride from 2-4 […]

In an editorial last week, Colonel Toby Pennels, who has recently returned to Windham after serving in Iraq for a year, was incorrectly identified as a corporal.

A True Friend (pic and caption) For more than 35 years, Linda True of Windham, has been playing the dice game Bunco with a group of Windham women, keeping them laughing the whole time. Here she comically uses a card to block the sunlight pouring into the patio where the group was playing last summer. […]

“Ooh that smell, can’t you smell that smell.” -Lynyrd Skynyrd Lane/Tommy: We have asked many questions about the sewer pipe extension from Westbrook to South Windham and we would like to report that all questions have been answered, but they haven’t. Our most important unanswered question addresses how the project will be paid for. Perhaps […]

A blanket of snow covers Route 302 in Windham and the area known 100 years ago as Morrell’s Corner (named for a grocery store). In this view, looking north, you can see the Pleasant River Grange building on the left, and the low building on the right is the blacksmith shop of Lott Morrell. Today […]

For some time now there has been a decline in the political discourse in Windham. It is not something that is exclusive to Windham and is in many ways, a regrettable part of our national dialogue. We need only look at such media luminaries as Bill O’Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, and Don Imus. It is not […]

Richard Charles Anderson, 48, of 11 Justine’s Way, Windham, was arrested Nov. 24 on a charge of operating under the influence. Glenn Allen Baker Jr., 32, of Standish, was arrested Nov. 23 on a charge of operating after suspension. Keith Martin Bennett, 44, of 135 Pond Road, New Gloucester, was arrested Nov. 20 on a […]

The following students from the Lakes Region were recently sworn in as members of the Maine Maritime Academy Regiment of Midshipman at a ceremony held earlier this fall during the college’s annual Family Weekend. Midshipman Dylan Kluna, Standish Kluna, a graduate of Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, is a member of the Maine Maritime […]

A recent volunteer watershed survey on Parker Pond in Casco and Pleasant Lake on the border of Casco and Otisfield has revealed oxygen depletion in the lower levels of the two bodies of water. The survey was a joint project between the Pleasant Lake-Parker Pond Association, the Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District and […]

Patient Advocates, LLC, a strategic health management company announced this week the promotion of Sandra Colter, of Standish, to disease management unit leader. Overseeing this division, Colter and her team will work with employers to identify eligible candidates utilizing predictive modeling software that isolates certain health risk factors. Working with the candidates, they monitor progress […]