For the second year in a row, Cheryl Johnson, 60, of Bridgton, walked dozens of miles down Route 302 on Sunday, in an attempt to raise awareness about her mushrooming student loan debt. Dressed as “Mish the Mushroom,” the main character in her children’s book, “Mish the Mushroom Man,” Johnson walked 24 miles from Bridgton […]
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Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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Inside Bridgton
Welcome fall What a difference two weeks makes. Not only did my calendar tell me that autumn has arrived, but the chilly mornings and that lovely, earthy smell in the air means that my favorite time of year is officially here. Lately, I am finding that I want to spend all my free time cooking […]
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Chamber Singers holiday concert to feature Stookey
The Windham Chamber Singers are welcoming back Noel Paul Stookey for the 2015 edition of An American Family Holiday, set for Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Windham High School Performing Arts Center. Stookey is known to millions of music fans from his days in the iconic trio, Peter, Paul and Mary. According to conductor Dr. […]
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Inside Windham
Unity events Unity of Greater Portland on River Road continues the Season of Interfaith and Intercultural Celebration at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, with a showing of “waking in Oak Creek.” The movie depicts a community rocked by hate that is awakened and transformed by the forgiveness shown by the Sikhs after six Sikh […]
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Inside Windham
Unity events Unity of Greater Portland on River Road continues the Season of Interfaith and Intercultural Celebration at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, with a showing of “waking in Oak Creek.” The movie depicts a community rocked by hate that is awakened and transformed by the forgiveness shown by the Sikhs after six Sikh […]
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Inside Windham
Unity events Unity of Greater Portland on River Road continues the Season of Interfaith and Intercultural Celebration at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, with a showing of “waking in Oak Creek.” The movie depicts a community rocked by hate that is awakened and transformed by the forgiveness shown by the Sikhs after six Sikh […]
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On the Right Lane: Their way or the highway?
I noticed in last week’s packet for the Windham town councilors that there was a letter from an engineering firm representing Hardypond Development, which has proposed the redevelopment of the Mallison Falls Mill area into a residential area instead of being zoned industrial. The letter requested that the Windham town councilors make Mallison Falls Road […]
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Once a dream, paving takes shape
Toby’s Dream has come true. Toby “Stuart” Pennels, the late financial adviser, Iraq War veteran and Windham Veterans Association president, had hoped to pave the Windham Veterans Center’s bumpy dirt access road and parking lot behind the Windham Mall in order to increase hall rental income and help the veterans organization keep up with its […]
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Cumberland set to pull emergency responders from Forest Lake area
The Cumberland Town Council is set to withdraw the town’s emergency first-response services to the Lakeside Drive area in East Windham at its Oct. 12 meeting, according to council Chairman Peter Bingham. For decades, Windham has paid the town of Cumberland a fee to provide first-response emergency services to the Forest Lake neighborhood, since the […]
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Lakes Region Briefs
Raymond singer Nashville bound Suzanna Butterfield, a Raymond resident and junior at North Yarmouth Academy, was recently selected to the 2015 All-National Honors Mixed Choir for the second year in a row. Butterfield was one of 673 student-musicians from 49 states to be chosen out of their district or All-State ensembles by the National Association […]