WINDHAM – Windham and Raymond students are set to receive a sobering and inspiring life lesson March 19, when the father of Rachel Scott – the first victim of the Columbine school shooting – will visit Windham High School to share his daughter’s “pro-kindness” philosophy of life. Darrell Scott, who founded Rachel’s Challenge shortly after […]
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Lakes Region races set for the State House
With the deadline for major party candidates passing Thursday, March 15, the races for Maine House and Senate seats are finalized. In Windham, longtime Democrat representatives Bill Diamond and Mark Bryant are term-limited and aren’t running for another office, while Republican Gary Plummer is seeking Diamond’s Senate seat. Plummer will face off in the Senate […]
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Lakes Region races set for the State House
With the deadline for major party candidates passing Thursday, March 15, the races for Maine House and Senate seats are finalized. In Windham, longtime Democrat representatives Bill Diamond and Mark Bryant are term-limited and aren’t running for another office, while Republican Gary Plummer is seeking Diamond’s Senate seat. Plummer will face off in the Senate […]
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Lakes Region races set for the State House
With the deadline for major party candidates passing Thursday, March 15, the races for Maine House and Senate seats are finalized. In Windham, longtime Democrat representatives Bill Diamond and Mark Bryant are term-limited and aren’t running for another office, while Republican Gary Plummer is seeking Diamond’s Senate seat. Plummer will face off in the Senate […]
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Afghan runway attacker was targeting top Marines
Emerging details fuel speculation that the attacker may have been targeting Defense Secretary Leon Panetta or at least may have been aware that a VIP was about to land.
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Inside Windham – 3/16
Remembering the Civil War On Saturday, March 17, two sisters will present a program about their great-great-grandfathers’ experiences during the Civil War, at 9 a.m. at Windham Public Library. This will be a lively event with music of the time, artifacts, diaries and letters to pursue. There’s no charge for the program which is hosted […]
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Sen. Diamond: No plans for politics
WINDHAM – Bill Diamond, a Democrat from Windham, has served in the Maine Senate since 2004. As a result of term limits, which hold legislators to four consecutive two-year terms, the former Windham Field-Allen School principal is stepping down at the session’s end in December. Diamond, who ran a security company and The Suburban News […]
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Wescott to kids: Get outside and play
Playing outside was what it was all about Thursday for 375 Skowhegan third- and fourth-graders, who were treated to a show-and-tell by the two-time Olympic gold medalist.
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Inside Raymond – 3/16
Wiley is going to States! Congratulations to the Windham High School One Act team who won the Maine Drama Festival Regional Class A Competition held this weekend. In their infamous way, our talented students performed “Wiley and the Hairy Man” to perfection and received an instant standing ovation. Under the direction of Matthew Ryder, they […]
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Ex-Chelsea selectwoman, husband plead not guilty
Carole J. Swan and her husband, contractor Marshall Swan, plead not guilty to a series of federal offenses, including fraud and failing to report more than $600,000 in income.