Tempers flared among town councilors and residents alike at a public hearing Tuesday night after they discovered that a proposed Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district in North Windham was based on inflated numbers. Despite the misinformation, the Windham Town Council voted five to two in favor of the new “Roosevelt Promenade” TIF district designed to […]

How should the U.S. handle immigration? Karen Clark, 40, Windham “I have very mixed emotions on it. We’re all descendents of immigrants that came here for a better life. But our economy is very poor right now and if we keep letting people in, it’ll only get worse. Our government is too interested in making […]

A bill to raise the current minimum wage of $6.50 to $6.75 this October and then to $7 in October of 2007 appears to be on its way to final approval after the Senate this week rejected an amendment to add a training wage to the proposal. The amendment, proposed by Sen. Dana Dow, R-Lincoln […]

Ed’s note: This is the first in a series of profiles on Maine organizations that attempt to influence the Legislature, the governor and the media through their research and advocacy. The two biggest complaints heard about the fledgling Maine Heritage Policy Center based in downtown Portland is it’s too conservative and run by Republicans. It’s […]

Ed’s note: This is the first in a series of profiles on Maine organizations that attempt to influence the Legislature, the governor and the media through their research and advocacy. The two biggest complaints heard about the fledgling Maine Heritage Policy Center based in downtown Portland is it’s too conservative and run by Republicans. It’s […]

Maine Sen. Bill Diamond has a monthly program on the local Windham community cable television network. It is called “Speak Out” and generally, Diamond hosts a live, call-in program on a variety of subjects of local interest. Sometimes he has Town Council members as his panel of experts and local folks can call in and […]

New Book Windham author, Michelle Libby, has a new book, “Kidnapped,” coming out Apr. 1. You can order a copy from www.champagnebooks.com or www.michellelibby.com. The intriguing plot of the story goes like this – Brice Lowell has always regretted the mistakes of his youth, especially the one he made with Natalie. He tried to replace […]

On Tuesday, Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Windham, urged Maine senators to back LD 2028, a bill that would help the state’s Computer Crimes Task Force fight Internet child pornography. Diamond, who chairs the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, said the unit, a division of the state Department of Public Safety, was understaffed and unable to […]

On Tuesday, Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Windham, urged Maine senators to back LD 2028, a bill that would help the state’s Computer Crimes Task Force fight Internet child pornography. Diamond, who chairs the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, said the unit, a division of the state Department of Public Safety, was understaffed and unable to […]