Legion Events On Sunday, Sept. 14, the American Legion Post No. 86 Auxiliary will be hosting a yard sale with all proceeds going to a local S.A.L. member who had an accident back on July 5. If anyone has items to be donated please call Meghan Fenton at 807-4482. The monthly meetings are the third […]
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Inside Gray – 9/12
Legion Events On Sunday, Sept. 14, the American Legion Post No. 86 Auxiliary will be hosting a yard sale with all proceeds going to a local S.A.L. member who had an accident back on July 5. If anyone has items to be donated please call Meghan Fenton at 807-4482. The monthly meetings are the third […]
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IT HAPPENED IN WINDHAM: Changes in the community
In the summer of 1976, just 38 years ago, the nation celebrated its 200th birthday. Windham joined in and one of the results of that event was a booklet describing the history of many of the clubs, organizations and community volunteer groups that were active in town. For example: In 1976, Windham-Raymond Senior Citizens club […]
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Sadak reversal makes way for withdrawal vote
RAYMOND – Teresa Sadak has had a change of heart. Last month, Sadak, the Raymond selectwoman who has pioneered a petition drive to withdraw the town from Regional School Unit 14, said she was willing to hold off on the withdrawal effort if the district’s Board of Directors postponed talks on a new Windham middle […]
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ON THE RIGHT LANE: Two potty politics
Webster’s definition of morass: “Something that overwhelms, confuses or impedes: a frustrating, confusing or unmanageable situation that impedes or prevents progress.” I have come to the conclusion that our Founding Fathers failed miserably at predicting how party politics would influence a future that they couldn’t imagine. Maybe that’s because America’s history had very few Founding […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Learn fall-prevention strategies
As we’ve said before, many times, falling is right up there at the top of my “not-to-do” list. My most recent fall – and there have been few – was when one of my feet went to sleep while I was reading, feet on the hassock. When I stood up, I fell right down! Bruises […]
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Girls Soccer: Yachtsmen down Patriots
Gray-New Gloucester senior Captain and goalie Zoe Adams delivered a knockout performance in net Saturday afternoon against visiting Falmouth, but her efforts weren’t enough to keep the Patriots in the game. Though they held their ground for better than 60 minutes, Gray-New Gloucester’s defense eventually lapsed to the Yachtsmen’s determined attack, which hashed a pair […]
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GREETINGS FROM ZIP CODE 04074: Why is she not with us?
My friends in organized religion – you got to explain this one to me. Julie Burnheimer, age 58, wife, mother of four, dies. Cancer. One-year battle. Lived her life as if she was the After subject in a Before and After graduate school study of parenting styles. Did it all. Packed lunches in the morning. […]
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Football: Scots skewer Tigers in season-opener
Zach Dubiel and Matt Smith led their team in putting on a show in Buxton Friday night: between the two of them, they hashed 26 of the Scots’ 32 total points. Cap that with Nick Dubay’s rushing TD and a solid defensive showing – Bonny Eagle held visiting Biddeford to just 12 points – and […]
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Field Hockey: Windham takes season-opener, 3-0, over Scots
Windham’s Erin Malloy knocked a ball home – a rebound off a kick save by Bonny Eagle goalie Melissa Jones – to grab a 1-0 lead midway through the first half on Thursday evening. From there, the Eagles’ sailing proved clear, as they notched another pair of their own while holding the Scots silent for […]