Every week we send a reminder to many Windham groups, asking for their news and events to this column. If you have email and would like a reminder, please let us know. Thanks! King’s Pines at the Library Learn all about the “King’s Pines” at Windham Public Library on Saturday, April 4, at 9:30 p.m. […]

In a lopsided decision Wednesday night, Regional School Unit 14 voters approved a new district cost-sharing formula that increases taxes for Windham residents, reduces Raymond’s burden, and changes the way the district funds capital improvements, such as renovations and new school construction. On Wednesday evening at the Windham High School auditorium, the assembled residents voted […]

After 13 years, the Federal Energy Regulation Commission has issued Westbrook-based Sappi Fine Paper a new operating license for the Eel Weir Dam, establishing a new Sebago Lake-level management regime for the next four decades. The new requirements, which could lead to lower lake levels in the late summer, have buoyed environmentalists, who have criticized […]

An 11-year-old boy, using a school-issued computer, issued a bomb threat at the Gray-New Gloucester Middle School Wednesday afternoon. Cumberland County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the school after staff was alerted to a communication found on a scanner/printer in the library that alleged a bomb was in the school. According to Lt. Donald Foss, the […]

Kevin Schofield, Bridgton’s police chief since 2011, is set to replace Richard Lewsen as Windham’s next police chief. The Windham Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to confirm Schofield’s appointment. Schofield will join the Windham police force on April 20, while Lewsen, Windham’s police chief of 24 years, will retire April 30. Schofield, 48, a […]