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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Fitness center finds new home in Standish
The first privately owned gym in Standish will open in 10 days. PNF, based in North Windham, is expanding to a second facility in a 3,000-square-foot building in the Colonial Marketplace complex on Route 25. PNF stands for Personalized Nutrition and Fitness, and is owned by Mark York and Whitney Sullivan. Sullivan said he was […]
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 […]
THE CENTER ROAD: With the force of a mountain wind
I learned a new word recently – one which you will soon be hearing often. The word is “sestercentennial” and it means a 250th anniversary. In 1976, our country was full of enthusiastic celebrations of the two-century birthday of the United States. On Independence Day of 2026 we will surely be equally overcome with patriotism, […]
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 […]