Drama clubs from Windham High School and Gorham High School are presenting a showcase of two one-act plays this weekend. On Saturday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Windham High School Auditorium, the Windham High Drama Club presents “Crying Out” by Matthew Hunt. The play is directed by Tom Vail and has a cast […]

Eleven-year-old Emily Audette, of Windham Center Road in Windham, creates a wonderful soup concoction in the kitchen of Freeport’s Harraseeket Inn last Wednesday afternoon. Emily, who loves making soup at home, is coping with a life-threatening heart condition known as hypo-plastic left heart syndrome. With the help of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Emily will travel to […]

Back in the day, train deliveries and train travel were a vital part of life in Windham. This is the South Windham station or depot. The street name was changed from Cross Street to Depot Street with the advent of rail lines. Chartered in 1867, the first train passed from Portland to Sebago Lake in […]

With all three entities on board, Maine’s Department of Conservation is moving ahead with its plan to locate a new boat launch site on Sebago Lake in Standish. The Department of Conservation, the Portland Water District and the town of Standish appear to be acting cooperatively in the venture, which would locate a new, multi-lane […]

Editor, This letter is in response to your “Town manager’s a citizen, too” (Feb. 17, 2006) editorial. I do not believe anyone suggested the Billington’s do not have the right to subdivide lands, but without questions. Appropriateness has been suggested, but this is subjective to one’s personal level of ethics. The problem is differences between […]

In lowering revenue projections by $9 to $13 million over the next year and a half, forecasters are betting personal income tax collections won’t fall even further and corporate taxes – fueled by national companies – will continue to rise at unprecedented levels. The state Revenue Forecasting Committee last Thursday recommended reducing the individual income […]

Senator Susan Collins met with the Wilson family from Standish last week during their visit to Washington D.C. From left to right, Keegan, Timothy, Erin and Deborah Wilson were in the city on vacation, which included meeting the senator and touring the U.S. Capitol building. Courtesy photo

The Portland Water District, Maine Department of Conservation and the town of Standish should be praised for teaming together to bring another boat launch to Sebago Lake. After decades of conflict between the town of Standish and the water district, it is heartening to see this renewed attempt to bring boating access to the eastern […]

Mar. 8: Public hearing on proposed school budget Mar. 15: School Committee budget deliberations Mar. 22: Further deliberations followed by adoption of budget Mar. 23: Proposed budget goes to town manager, Town Council June 17: Annual Town Meeting to vote on town, school budgets

If a petition drive to put a Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights on this year’s ballot passes muster in court, its chances of being adopted could come down to whether voters think Gov. John Baldacci’s tax reform initiative is working. Also in play is how voters here view the experience of Colorado, which was the first […]