A Bates College professor is studying a blue-green algae, and volunteers who live on Raymond’s Panther Pond have joined her. To the untrained eye, the algae looks like banal grains of sand floating in the water. But for scientists and citizen scientists around the state, including Professor Holly Ewing of Bates College and two Raymond […]

The archaeological dig at the Province Fort in front of the Parson Smith House has stimulated interest in the history of Windham’s oldest neighborhoods. Now, members of the Windham Historical Society want to encourage more interest in the town’s history by designating the area of River Road a historic section. The historical society presented the […]

The Windham Police Department reported Monday that an ongoing investigation has led to grand jury indictments of a Standish couple, who owned and operated a Windham business. Charges include theft by deception and negotiating worthless instruments. According to court documents, the business wrote more than $140,000 in bad checks, the largest being for $100,000, WMTW […]