Ashley Riley of Windham has been named to the President’s List at Southern New Hampshire University. Riley is a Windham High Schol graduate and is majoring in Business Studies at the university. To be eligible for this honor, a student must compile an academic GPA of 3.5 to 4.0.

In response to your “It’s about learning, not earning” editorial of Mar. 10, some states and, most especially, teachers’ unions wish we would all forget about the education reforms, accountability and choice built into the No Child Left Behind law. Accountability, soberly applied, now threatens to move reform beyond the mere intent phase; parental choice, […]

The Bonny Eagle High School honor flag was raised for freshman Serena Freitas who received a Teens Who Care Award sponsored by WCSH Channel 6. She was nominated for her work supporting female inmates at the Windham Correctional Facility. Photo courtesy of Kathy Campbell

The Bonny Eagle High School honor flag was raised for freshman Serena Freitas who received a Teens Who Care Award sponsored by WCSH Channel 6. She was nominated for her work supporting female inmates at the Windham Correctional Facility. Photo courtesy of Kathy Campbell

State Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Cumberland, of Windham announced earlier this week that “Tina’s Law” was given a unanimous “ought to pass” vote by members of the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. Senator Diamond’s legislation, An Act to Safeguard Maine’s Highways, seeks to stiffen penalties against repeat offenders operating a vehicle after […]

Unable to control the national debit card companies that put a hold on people’s accounts when they fill up at the pump – sometimes for two to three times the amount owed – the Legislature’s business committee is divided over a watered-down rule requiring Maine gas stations to warn people their money has been frozen. […]

Mar. 3-19: Neil Simon’s “Rumors” directed by Linda Sturdivant. Fri/Sat at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Schoolhouse Arts Center. Tickets $14/$12. Call 642-3743 to make reservations, or purchase same day tickets at the box office open one hour before each performance. Mar. 17. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with festival food (tender corned […]

Access to governmental information is essential if we want a government that implements our values in a fair and democratic manner. That’s why progressives have fought so hard over the years for the state and federal freedom of information laws that we now take for granted. The freedom of information laws make government work better. […]

Access to governmental information is essential if we want a government that implements our values in a fair and democratic manner. That’s why progressives have fought so hard over the years for the state and federal freedom of information laws that we now take for granted. The freedom of information laws make government work better. […]

For the first year since 2000, no new infestations of invasive aquatic plants were discovered in 2005, David Littell (above), commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, announced last Friday at the seventh annual Maine Milfoil Summit. A record was set for statewide courtesy boat inspections in 2005 and the inspections paid off – […]