WINDHAM — Party candidates have filed papers to run for state legislative seats across the Lakes Region. The deadline for candidates from parties to file nomination papers with the Office of the Secretary State for the June 12 primaries was March 15. Unaffiliated candidates have until June 1 to file. The only contested primary in the […]
March 2018
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Inside Windham
Apply for tax exemptions Now is the time to apply for tax exemptions you may be qualified to receive. For more information on any of the exemptions below, you can contact the Windham Assessor’s Office at 894-5960, x3. Homestead exemption If you are a Maine resident and have resided at your homestead property for at […]
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Saint Joseph's College in celebrates its patron
STANDISH—During a Mass celebrating the feast day of the patron saint of Saint Joseph’s College, students, faculty, staff, and guests were urged to follow the example of the saint, who was foster-father to the Son of God. “He places his entire life at the service of this dream that God has placed in his hands,” […]
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Fay's canine officer protection bill signed by Governor
AUGUSTA — Governor LePage signed legislation last week that aims to provide clarity in situations where canine police officers and other service dogs need emergency medical treatment. The legislation, LD 1716, seeks to shield emergency medical personnel or law enforcement dog handlers from civil liability in cases where they provide critical first aid or emergency treatment to […]
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School for thought
“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” Margaret Mead, American cultural anthropologist. This column has to be one of the hardest I have attempted to write. It’s about a touchy and controversial subject in much of the news of today. Without a doubt, school shootings and gun control are two of the hottest […]
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Second bomb threat at G-NG Middle School
GRAY — For the second time in three weeks of school, students at Gray-New Gloucester Middle School were evacuated because of a bomb threat. SAD 15 superintendent Craig King said students were evacuated to the high school on Tuesday, March 20 — as they were on Wednesday, March 7. According to a press release from the Cumberland […]
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Inside Gray
Gray Honor Roll additions At their February 6, meeting, the Gray Town Council approved two nominees to the Gray Honor Roll: George Thomas Hill (1891-1978) was a historian and author, who lived in Gray his whole life. This Pennell Institute graduate served in the United States Army during World War I as a private and […]
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Windham High School, Middle School students participate in walkout event
WINDHAM — A group of approximately 200 students gathered outside of Windham High School Wednesday morning as part of the national school walkouts geared towards ending gun violence. The walkouts followed the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland, Florida that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The Windham event was originally supposed to happen […]
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Q & A: National Weather Service Meteorologist Mike Ekster
GRAY — For years, Mike Ekster would go west chasing tornadoes. But he had to move to Maine in order to issue seven tornado warnings in one day. Ekster, a lead meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Gray, was on hand last July to issue an historic seven tornado warnings – five of which were […]
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A La Mexicana eyeing new Bridgton location
RAYMOND — As work continues on the project to get A La Mexicana back into a full-time home in Raymond, the Mexican restaurant’s owner is looking to open an additional location in Bridgton. Jose Chavez, whose Raymond restaurant was demolished after a kitchen fire last April, has for months been operating a food trailer in the parking […]