Riding To The Top Therapeutic Riding Center in Windham has been named one of the beneficiaries of the annual Maine Marathon events set for Oct. 6. The nonprofit Riding to the Top, which serves children and adults with disabilities, will receive a $10,500 donation from the marathon, according to a press release. The Maine Marathon, […]
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Inside Windham: March 1
Legion honors town’s last WWII veteran on his 99th birthday The American Legion Field-Allen Post 148 honored Windham’s last living WWII veteran, Carroll McDonald, with a 99th birthday party at the Windham Veterans Center Wednesday. McDonald was a P-51 fighter pilot at the end of WWII and after was a flight instructor. In Windham, he […]
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Grants available for community projects for watershed protection
Applications are available for watershed protection grants in Windham. Volunteer and educational organizations looking to fund projects promoting community efforts to protect and restore the environment can apply for a grant. The form can be downloaded at windhammaine.us. Applications must be sent to Environmental and Sustainability Coordinator Gretchen Anderson at gaanderson@windhammaine.us. They must be received […]
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MaineCF scholarship workshop at Windham library
A representative from the Maine Community Foundation will present a scholarship workshop for students March 5 at the Windham Public Library. The workshop, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., will cover scholarships for traditional students, awards based on academic performance, financial need, extracurricular activities and work experience. For more information on attendance, including the option to […]
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Inside Windham: Feb. 16
Winter vacation activities Kids in grades K-5 can go sledding at Pineland Farms or take a trip to the USM Southworth Planetarium with Windham Parks and Recreation next week. Thursday, Feb. 22, meet at the Town Hall gym at 9 a.m. with a lunch, water bottle, sledding-appropriate clothes and a sled, if you have one, […]
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It Happened in Windham: Abba Goold, Windham’s woman of the 19th century
If you have visited the Village School at the Windham Historical Society’s Village Green, you know that the schoolmarm’s name is Miss Goold. When students come for a living history class in the schoolroom, they take on the personas of students from 1898, when their imaginary class would have taken place. Miss Goold, likewise, is […]
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Inside Windham: Feb. 2
Anne Gass library guest Maine author Anne B. Gass will be at the public library to discuss her book “We Demand: The Suffrage Road Trip,” based on the true story of Swedish immigrants Ingeborg Kindstedt and Maria Kindberg traveling from San Francisco, California, to Washington, D.C., with women’s suffrage activists in 1915. The discussion will […]
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It Happened in Windham: Community rallies behind Chamber Singers of ’96
It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 30 years since the Windham Chamber Singers made history by winning the Prize of Vienna at the 25th International Youth and Music Festival in Austria. It was an exciting time for the students and their conductor Richard Nickerson, and one that will be long-remembered by the Windham community. […]
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Inside Windham: Jan. 19
Community suppers American Legion Field-Allen Post 148 is hosting its first bean supper of the year at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Windham Veterans Center. The Auxiliary will hold a pie auction to help raise money for the Legion’s scholarship fund. The cost for dinner is $10, with kids under 12 eating for […]
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Accidents on rise at little roundabout in Gorham’s Little Falls
The traffic circle at Routes 202 and 237 is too small by today’s standards, according to the Maine Department of Transportation.
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