It doesn’t take a return to lockdowns, business closures, mandated vaccinations and firing of health care workers during COVID to see our steady march toward authoritarianism. Unelected bureaucrats trying to take away your right to choose a political candidate and what kind of car we can drive – those are the most recent and blatant […]
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Libraries want to get people talking – 10 minutes at a time
“Big Conversations in 10 Short Minutes” will virtually connect people from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, in an effort to prevent social isolation.
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UMaine Cooperative Extension offers backyard maple sugaring workshop
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a workshop on maple syrup production Feb. 3. The workshop is split into two parts, the first from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Standish Town Hall. It then moves to the Dunn Family Maple farm, 419 Chicopee Road in Buxton, from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Participants in […]
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Inside Windham: Jan. 5
Nickerson Scholarship Concert The Richard Nickerson Scholarship Concert featuring the Windham High School choral program and its alumni will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at the high school. The concert will benefit the Nickerson scholarship, which is awarded annually to a WHS student planning to make choral music a part of their college experience. […]
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Windham man faces child porn charges, admits to abuse
Cote Noonan, 32, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Portland on Friday for a detention hearing.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Rick Gouzie remembered as easygoing, popular Westbrook official and friend to many
Rick Gouzie, a longtime Westbrook code enforcement officer, died last week at age 70.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Inside Windham: Dec. 22
Author to visit Maine author David Florig will be at the Windham Public Library at 6 p.m. Jan. 3 to discuss his novel, “The Stones of Ailsa Craig.” The story is set in present-day Belfast, Maine, and in 1880s Scotland and is centered around the centuries-old sport of curling. The event can be attended in […]
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It Happened in Windham: Walter Corey was master of mass production
Not too many people in Windham today are familiar with the area of town referred to as Great Falls. Located just past the rotary on Windham Center Road, it is now a small neighborhood of lovely 19th century homes, but two centuries ago, it was a small business hub. There had been sawmills in this […]
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Forum: County to host listening session on homelessness in Lakes Region
When you hear about people struggling with homelessness, it’s natural to think of the growing crisis in Portland and other big cities. But a person can experience homelessness or housing insecurity anywhere – including the Lakes Region. We know this to be true; we’ve heard too many examples in our small towns of families living […]
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Inside Windham: Dec. 8
Salvation Army bell ringing Town councilors and school board members will be ringing bells for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 16 at the Windham Walmart. Seven elected officials will be guest ringers: RSU 14 school board member Jodi Carroll and Councilor John Henry, from 10 a.m. to […]