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Inside Raymond

Playground project The Parents Advisory Committee at Raymond Elementary School has been working diligently with Bill Hansen, director of facilities for Rregional School Unit 14, to address some safety and security issues on the school’s playground. Last September during their scheduled meeting, the group identified some noteworthy deficiencies. The playground has a significant sloping hill […]

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Inside Raymond

Playground project The Parents Advisory Committee at Raymond Elementary School has been working diligently with Bill Hansen, director of facilities for Rregional School Unit 14, to address some safety and security issues on the school’s playground. Last September during their scheduled meeting, the group identified some noteworthy deficiencies. The playground has a significant sloping hill […]

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Q&A with Windham's Deacon Peter Bernier: ‘God had a surprise for me, a wonderful surprise’

Deacon Peter Bernier’s commute just got a lot shorter. Until recently, Bernier drove four to five hours each day from Windham to Massachusetts for his work as an engineering manager at Oncore in Wilmington. Starting Jan. 19, Bernier will have a much shorter trip to his new job as director of ministerial services for the […]

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Q&A with Windham's Deacon Peter Bernier: ‘God had a surprise for me, a wonderful surprise’

Deacon Peter Bernier’s commute just got a lot shorter. Until recently, Bernier drove four to five hours each day from Windham to Massachusetts for his work as an engineering manager at Oncore in Wilmington. Starting Jan. 19, Bernier will have a much shorter trip to his new job as director of ministerial services for the […]

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Renys to open in Windham

Renys will open a store in Windham in late April, in a 2,700-square-foot section of the former Big Lots complex in the Windham Mall. Summit Adventure, which has occupied the space for a few years, is consolidating into a smaller section of the complex, according to Kim Saucier, the company’s marketing manager. The Windham location […]

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Public preschool talks moves ahead in Windham-Raymond

Regional School Unit 14 officials and preschool operators from Windham and Raymond met Tuesday evening to discuss a proposed program that, if approved, would open the opportunity for 4-year-olds to attend publicly funded preschool. Sue Reed, an early childhood consultant to the Maine Department of Education, said a meeting between the school district and private, […]

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Inside Standish & Sebago

Special town meeting The town of Sebago is holding a special town meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at the Sebago Town office. The townspeople will be asked if they favor filing a petition for withdrawal from School Unit 61. Polls will be open from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. To view the referendum in its entirety visit […]

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I am a ‘Green' Breen

This Irish “Green” Breen decided I had to visit the Green Isle to see the town where my Irish great grandfather was born. One evening we visited a village near Castlegregory where local people gather each Monday night for song and storytelling. We drive down an extremely narrow dirt road toward the end of a […]