The Windham Middle School Drama Club presents “Annie Junior” on Friday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 24, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Windham High School Performing Arts Center, 406 Gray Road, Windham. More than 50 students sing and dance to such songs as “Hard-Knock Life” and “Tomorrow.” The musical […]
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Forgotten voice heard again
The owner of RadioShack in Windham plays a key role in connecting a Maine family with the long-lost recording of a relative. Fifteen years ago, Mike Esposito, a co-owner of the North Windham RadioShack, purchased a batch of records for his used vinyl collection in the back of his store. As he flipped through the […]
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Forgotten voice heard again
The owner of RadioShack in Windham plays a key role in connecting a Maine family with the long-lost recording of a relative. Fifteen years ago, Mike Esposito, a co-owner of the North Windham RadioShack, purchased a batch of records for his used vinyl collection in the back of his store. As he flipped through the […]
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We Love to Eat: 1/16/2015
Bean supper – Saturday, Jan. 17, 5-6 p.m., Amvets Post 6, Route 100, New Gloucester. Two kinds of beans, brown bread, homemade biscuits, cole slaw, American chop suey, and two tables of dessert. $7, $3. Free meal – Wednesday, Jan. 21, 5-6 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 612 Main St., Westbrook. Sponsored in collaboration with Wayside […]
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It Happened in Windham:
Newspaper articles and television news report the status of the homeless in these cold months of winter 2015. No longer do towns have “poor farms,” but some cities have homeless shelters. It seems there are never enough. Back in 1890, Maine law required all towns and cities to lodge “tramps” overnight. Tramps in those days […]
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Fishing Lines: Who says you can’t walk on water?
Hello, fellow fishermen! This time of year it’s time to ice fish or go south. Ice is much closer. Ice fishing attracts a huge number of folks, in fact, it seems that there are more folks on the ice on given water body than you’d see on open water. Does Maine have a boat shortage? […]
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Fishing Lines: Who says you can’t walk on water?
Hello, fellow fishermen! This time of year it’s time to ice fish or go south. Ice is much closer. Ice fishing attracts a huge number of folks, in fact, it seems that there are more folks on the ice on given water body than you’d see on open water. Does Maine have a boat shortage? […]
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Lakes Region seniors group settle in again
The local group, spending the winter at a Gorham church, hopes to return to the newly redone Little Falls Activity Center by spring. Members of the well-traveled Lakes Region Senior Center are comfy in their temporary winter quarters in a North Gorham Church, but will have to pack it up again in about 10 weeks. […]
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Lakes Region seniors group settle in again
The local group, spending the winter at a Gorham church, hopes to return to the newly redone Little Falls Activity Center by spring. Members of the well-traveled Lakes Region Senior Center are comfy in their temporary winter quarters in a North Gorham Church, but will have to pack it up again in about 10 weeks. […]
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Inside Gray: 1/16/2015
Out to Eat A public supper featuring baked beans, casseroles, salads, homemade breads, desserts and beverages will be on Saturday, Jan. 24. The meal will be at the First Congregational Church, Route 115, in Gray starting at 5 p.m. Cost for adults is $8, children under 12 are $4. The venue is handicapped accessible. Contact […]