Family caregivers play a critical role in care transitions, especially as their loved ones move from hospitals to rehabilitation centers and back home. Today, nearly 50 percent of family caregivers perform medical/nursing tasks, often with little or no explanation or guidance. When my father was diagnosed with breast cancer, my mother was forced into a […]
Lakes Region Weekly
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CO detectors make the ?perfect gift
Trying to find an appropriate Christmas gift for that hard-to-buy-for person can be a struggle. Each year it’s the same frustrating experience searching for something …anything for that person. Well, my friend, Liz Wisecup has come up with the solution that will save the day for all of us whether it’s Christmas, birthdays or any […]
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Hiltunen seeks a ‘Utopian’ Windham
I never thought I’d want to move. I like Windham a lot, but lately I’ve been thinking about how it would be to live in Lane Hiltunen’s Utopian society. You know the one, where no one pays taxes. Services such as fire, rescue, police and public works are all delivered efficiently at no cost. In […]
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Police investigating school bus accident in Windham
Windham police responded Wednesday afternoon to an accident involving a school bus with children aboard. According to a Cumberland County dispatcher, the bus and a car operated by a suspended elderly driver collided at about 3:20 p.m. at the corner of Pope Road and Windham Center Road in the Windham Hill section of town. Motorists […]
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Football: Portland bites Windham for Class A North title
Windham’s Cam Hoffses turned an interception by teammate Kyle Houser into the Eagles’ first – but also their last – lead over Portland on Friday evening, Nov. 13. The Bulldogs answered immediately, held a 10-7 lead at the break and exerted enough additional control in the second half to secure 14 further points and a […]
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Football: Bonny Eagle strong in regional final loss to TA
Despite a two-touchdown day for QB Zack Brannon and exceptional team defense, the No. 3 Scots couldn’t quite handle first-ranked Thornton in Saturday, Nov. 14th’s A South Regional Final. Oh, Bonny Eagle hung with the Trojans – went blow-for-blow with the reigning State Champs on their home turf – through the first half, and the […]
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New vibe sought for old North Windham building
The new owner of a mostly vacant building on the corner of Whites Bridge Road and Route 302 across from Bob’s Seafood in Windham is hoping to hear from residents about what other businesses they would like to see in that location by the year’s end. Maggie Terry, president of Seahorse Alley, a property management […]
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It Happened in Windham: Buried treasure
In this fall of 2015, as archaeologists are digging up history in Windham’s first-settled area, take a look at another buried treasure story, written by historian William Goold in the late 1700s. This is the same general location as the current “dig.” The Smith family was one of the wealthiest in Portland, then called Falmouth, […]
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Thank you
A huge thank-you to all who so generously donated pet food to the Windham Food Pantry on Nov. 7 at Pet Life in Windham. So many people gave so much and the animals and their caregivers will greatly appreciate it. And, thank you to the staff at Pet Life who have been so good over […]
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Thank you
A huge thank-you to all who so generously donated pet food to the Windham Food Pantry on Nov. 7 at Pet Life in Windham. So many people gave so much and the animals and their caregivers will greatly appreciate it. And, thank you to the staff at Pet Life who have been so good over […]