Lane/Tommy: Remember the promises of our governor, legislature and organizations like the Maine Municipal Association about projected property tax relief when Maine voters approved LD 1? LD 1 was heralded as tax relief because the state would have to fund 55 percent of the cost of local education. Supposedly this would reduce local property taxes, […]

Award-winning PBS filmmaker Ginger Kathrens, creator of “Cloud, Wild Stallion of the Rockies” will be at the Pineland Farms Equestrian Center Sunday, Oct. 28, on behalf of the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals. Kathrens is executive director of the Cloud Foundation, dedicated to the preservation of wild horses on public lands. She […]

Award-winning PBS filmmaker Ginger Kathrens, creator of “Cloud, Wild Stallion of the Rockies” will be at the Pineland Farms Equestrian Center Sunday, Oct. 28, on behalf of the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals. Kathrens is executive director of the Cloud Foundation, dedicated to the preservation of wild horses on public lands. She […]

Some Windham residents share a unique common thread: their ancestors were hanged more than 300 years ago. It is autumn in New England. Piles of pumpkins brighten the roadsides and markets, and the plentiful hardwood trees offer streaks of color unseen at any other time of year. In this cheery environment, the dark side appears. […]

While most people associate ghosts and spirits with the month of October, people like 47-year-old Ahura Z. Diliiza of Westbrook say they see them year-round. “What you call unusual is usual to us,” said Diliiza, the chief commissioner of the Unicorn Rangers Psychic Police, a private group based out of Westbrook. “My job is to […]

Editor, I would like to say my first few months on the Windham Town Council has not been without criticisms. I am OK with that, we are all different, but trying to serve the good of the town for all citizens, I get a little dismayed when people pass judgment when we do not attend […]

Commended Student Bonny Eagle High School senior Victoria Negus has been named a Commended Student in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program, it was announced recently by Principal Robert Strong. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2008 competition for […]

Commended Student Bonny Eagle High School senior Victoria Negus has been named a Commended Student in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program, it was announced recently by Principal Robert Strong. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2008 competition for […]

November Astronomy Highlights Nov. 3 Crescent Moon near Saturn: 5-6 a.m. Nov. 5 Thin crescent Moon near Venus : 5-6 a.m. Nov. 14 Thin crescent Moon near Jupiter 5-6 p.m. Nov. 18 Leonid meteor shower: 1-5 a.m. Nov. 24 Full Moon: “Beaver Moon” near Pleiades Nov. 26 & 27 Moon near Mars after 7 p.m. […]

Nature Trail Update The nature trail, lovingly created by Patricia Lyons and her sixth-grade class many years ago, has fallen into disrepair due to time, weather and vandalism. But an up-coming project hopes to reverse the decline. This project has the approval of the Portland Water District and the Sebago code enforcement officer. Participants will […]