Windham teacher wins grand prize It was an early Christmas for Manchester School special education teacher Megan Juhase-Nehez and the school when she was chosen as the grand prize winner in the Dunkin’ Raise a Cup to Teachers sweepstakes. Juhase-Nehez was chosen from more than 6,000 sweepstakes nominations for a Dunkin’s grand prize of $5,000, […]
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Here’s Something: Predictions from the all-knowing Magic 8-Ball
When I worked at Current Publishing, a family of weekly newspapers covering southern Maine before the company was sold in 2015 to the Forecaster family of publications (which is now owned by MaineToday Media), we had a fun newsroom tradition of asking the Magic 8-Ball to predict events for the following year. Reporters and editors […]
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It Happened in Windham: Here we come a-caroling
Christmastime is here, happiness and cheer and the sounds of Christmas carols are just about everywhere. But where did Christmas carols get their start? Actually, the word “carol” means a dance or song of praise or joy and the first carols were sung thousands of years ago when ancient Celts danced around standing stones in […]
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Windham police officer retires after 37 years of service
“This is a job where you get a lot of self-satisfaction and self-fulfillment,” Capt. Jim Boudreau said.
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Windham Santa delivers Christmas cheer
Eric Twitchell and his helpers visited more than 100 youngsters in dozens of neighborhoods over the past few weeks.
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Inside Windham: Dec. 18
Snowshoes available Winter’s here and it’s the perfect time of year to explore some of Windham’s many trails. To help you along, the Windham Parks & Recreation Department is offering free snowshoes that you can borrow for a day, a few days or a weekend. The snowshoes are available in men’s, women’s and youth sizes […]
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COVID-19 outbreaks on the rise at area schools
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has designated two more schools as open outbreak sites, in addition to two open investigations at other schools in the Lakes Region.
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Superintendent’s Notebook: Keeping schools open
RSU 14 has not been spared from the recent increase in COVID-19 cases that have been experienced across the country and in our state. Over the past couple of weeks, we have seen an upward trend in the number of cases within our district. While our overall case number has been smaller than other districts […]
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Route 202/Falmouth Road traffic light delayed until February
WINDHAM — Residents will have to wait another month for the installation of a traffic light at the high crash intersection of Route 202 and Falmouth Road. The completion has been delayed from Dec. 31 to Feb. 1 because a contractor installed “inadequate components that must be replaced, Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Windham, and Reps. Mark […]
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Here’s Something: Vaccine is best Christmas gift ever
The No. 1 thing we should be thankful for this holiday season is the speedy delivery of an effective COVID-19 vaccine. The proverbial and actual shot in our arms comes courtesy of Operation Warp Speed, the most remarkable and effective private-public partnership the nation has seen since World War II. The scientists at Pfizer, which […]