It’s a real shame that Nancy Chesley in her May 5 word salad of xenophobia and vitriol, “Legal immigrants have no reason to fear deportation,” feels the need to parrot the same litany of demeaning tropes and malarkey about immigrants the former president, now criminal defendant, spewed on Day 18 of his election interference trial […]
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Windham man acquitted on manslaughter charge in 2022 Turner fatal
A jury also finds Curtis Randy Fogg not guilty on another felony charge in connection with the crash that killed a Fayette woman.
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Inside Windham: May 10
WHS student places in app challenge Alex Pooler of Windham High School placed third in the annual Maine App Challenge by Tyler Technologies, an opportunity for students to explore software design and development by building a mobile app. Pooler developed Good Morning Class, an interactive check-in app for elementary school teachers and students. He received […]
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School Notebook: May 8
Maine App Challenge winners announced Four area students received top places in the annual Maine App Challenge by Tyler Technologies, an opportunity for students to explore software design and development by building a mobile app. Violet Blum Levine of Deering High School won first place with her app PTConnect, a system for scheduling parent-teacher conferences. […]
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Windham Weaponry reopens with gun orders strong, co-owner says
A year after its founder’s death, the manufacturer of AR-15-style rifles has relaunched and its new owners are looking forward to rising sales.
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Windham company receives renewable energy grant
Funds from the USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program will help McDonnell Brothers Custom Builders install solar panels.
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It Happened in Windham: The history of Route 302 and the Roosevelt Trail name
I have often wondered why Route 302 is also called Roosevelt Trail. I assumed it was because the road was built during President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal as part of the Works Progress Administration that supplied paying jobs to unemployed people during the Great Depression. I was wrong. The road’s beginnings go back to […]
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Inside Windham: April 26
Opening for the season The Windham Historical Society will open for the season on Wednesday, May 1. Visit on Wednesday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon. The historical society has also added open hours for the Village Green on the last Saturday of each month from June through September from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. […]
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East Windham Conservation Area opens May 4
The East Windham Conservation Area, which features 700 acres of protected land, will hold a grand opening May 4 from 10 a.m. to noon, with a rain date of May 5. Roughly the size of Bradbury State Park, the East Windham Conservation Area, which offers year round opportunities for wildlife and outdoor enthusiasts, is now […]
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Remains of missing Windham man found in New Hampshire
Alex Jackson, 34, had been missing for nearly a year before his remains were found Friday. Joseph Chute, of Leeds, had been arrested and charged with murder following Jackson’s disappearance.