LONDON (AP) — The teenage girl’s instructions were direct: She didn’t want to be buried, but to be frozen — with the hope she can continue her life in the future when cancer is cured. “I want to live and live longer and I think that in the future they may find a cure for […]
2016
Posted inJournal Tribune
Two die in turnpike crash near Wells
WELLS — A deadly crash on the Maine Turnpike on Friday afternoon left two people dead. According to Steve McCausland of the Maine Public Safety Department, the crash took place about 4 p.m. and involved a collision between a passenger car and a tractor trailer truck in the northbound lanes of the turnpike near mile […]
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Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Windham woman dies in house fire
A Windham woman died in a fire in her home Friday morning. State officials say they believe the victim is Mary McAllister, 60, who lived alone on Pettingill Road, off Route 302. The fire was reported around 4 a.m. at the one-story Pettingill Road home, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office, and the house […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Windham woman dies in house fire
A Windham woman died in a fire in her home Friday morning. State officials say they believe the victim is Mary McAllister, 60, who lived alone on Pettingill Road, off Route 302. The fire was reported around 4 a.m. at the one-story Pettingill Road home, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office, and the house […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Windham woman dies in house fire
A Windham woman died in a fire in her home Friday morning. State officials say they believe the victim is Mary McAllister, 60, who lived alone on Pettingill Road, off Route 302. The fire was reported around 4 a.m. at the one-story Pettingill Road home, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office, and the house […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
It Happened in Windham: Here lies Buffy
One day in the early 1920s, a funeral was held in Windham Center. Invitations to this somber event had been sent by the close “relatives” of the recently deceased, whose name was Buffy Greenleaf Clarke. She was the beloved pet cat of two ladies who lived in the Goold homestead at the corner of Windham […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Many mark Veterans Day with solemn ceremony
It was standing-room only at the Windham Veterans Center Friday, Nov. 11, when more than 100 community members gathered to celebrate and honor Veterans Day. In an hour-and-a-half-long ceremony hosted by the Lakes Region chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, several speakers discussed the responsibility of citizens to serve their country and the price […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Many mark Veterans Day with solemn ceremony
It was standing-room only at the Windham Veterans Center Friday, Nov. 11, when more than 100 community members gathered to celebrate and honor Veterans Day. In an hour-and-a-half-long ceremony hosted by the Lakes Region chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, several speakers discussed the responsibility of citizens to serve their country and the price […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Rehabbed skate park reopens
The Windham Skate Park is open again, but the town’s Parks and Recreation Department and Advisory Committee have much bigger dreams for the space. The skate park shares the roughly 9-acre lot next to the Public Safety Building with the town’s community garden. Parks and recreation officials would like to see the site turned into […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Rehabbed skate park reopens
The Windham Skate Park is open again, but the town’s Parks and Recreation Department and Advisory Committee have much bigger dreams for the space. The skate park shares the roughly 9-acre lot next to the Public Safety Building with the town’s community garden. Parks and recreation officials would like to see the site turned into […]