Annual tree lighting Tree lighting festivities will begin promptly at 3:50 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, at the Henry Pennell Municipal Complex. The high school chorus will lead the Christmas carols, Santa will arrive on a fire truck about 4:15 p.m. and, using his magic candy cane, will light the tree shortly after. From 4:30-6 p.m., […]
November 2016
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Reefer zombies
“Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.” President-elect Donald Trump This is a column that I have been dreaming about writing and this year’s election handed it to me. Let me start by stating the choice of presidential candidates seemed to be between equal evils and more than […]
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Inside Windham
Meatballs for all On Saturday, Nov. 19, the Knights of Columbus will hold an Italian dinner at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church on Route 302 in Windham from 5-6 p.m. The menu includes antipasto, homemade meatballs and marinara sauce, pasta, garlic rolls, beverages and a dessert buffet. The cost is $9 for adults and […]
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Inside Windham
Meatballs for all On Saturday, Nov. 19, the Knights of Columbus will hold an Italian dinner at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church on Route 302 in Windham from 5-6 p.m. The menu includes antipasto, homemade meatballs and marinara sauce, pasta, garlic rolls, beverages and a dessert buffet. The cost is $9 for adults and […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Inside Raymond
Raymond ShinesThe 1st Annual Raymond Shines Talent Show was held Nov. 10 at Jordan Small Middle School. Participating K-8 students performed 21 acts. Kids sang, danced and played piano and violin. The final act of the show was from first-grader Kayleigh Gervais, who painted a picture by popping balloons with a bow and arrows. The […]
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Windham to put brakes on pot sales
The Windham Town Council is poised to approve an emergency moratorium on retail marijuana establishments next Tuesday. The vote anticipates that Question 1, a citizen’s referendum to approve the use of marijuana for recreational purposes, officially wins. As of Nov. 16, the Secretary of State’s Office said the question appears to have passed by a […]
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Windham to put brakes on pot sales
The Windham Town Council is poised to approve an emergency moratorium on retail marijuana establishments next Tuesday. The vote anticipates that Question 1, a citizen’s referendum to approve the use of marijuana for recreational purposes, officially wins. As of Nov. 16, the Secretary of State’s Office said the question appears to have passed by a […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Windham departs bracket after fall to Portland
Kyle Houser and Griffeth Hebert added TDs to keep Windham on pace with Portland through the first half of Friday night, Nov. 11’s A North Championship. The Bulldogs, however, pulled away in the late going, securing a 27-14 W on big, fourth-quarter efforts by Jake Knop and Dylan Bolduc. The result, which played out at […]
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Lessons to be learned in the community
Gray-New Gloucester Middle School students are helping to collect and prepare Thanksgiving food baskets. Eighth-graders at Gray-New Gloucester Middle School say they are thinking differently about Thanksgiving now that they’ve been working on a project to help provide holiday meal gift baskets to people in their community. Each fall, students in the National Junior Honor […]
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Lessons to be learned in the community
Gray-New Gloucester Middle School students are helping to collect and prepare Thanksgiving food baskets. Eighth-graders at Gray-New Gloucester Middle School say they are thinking differently about Thanksgiving now that they’ve been working on a project to help provide holiday meal gift baskets to people in their community. Each fall, students in the National Junior Honor […]