A Good Time The First Annual Members ’n Guest Family Outing at the Gray American Legion Post No. 86 was a great success. They had a bounce house, water slide, balloon game, basketball game and lots of others activities, while folks enjoyed free cotton candy, snowcones, hamburgers, hot dogs, sausage sandwiches, chips, sodas and juices. […]
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Inside Standish – 8/14
Running for a Reason 5K Standish Recreation’s annual Running for a Reason 5K will be held Saturday, Aug. 16, at Saint Joseph’s College beginning at 9 a.m. You can still pre-register by Aug. 15 at 4 p.m. online at www.running4free.com. Pre-registration fees for a family (four or more immediate family members) is $48. Cost for […]
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Inside Windham – 8/14
Sylvan launches Windham branch Sylvan Learning Centers of Maine has announced the recent opening of a satellite location in Windham as well as the hiring of Jessica Carle and Jennifer Breton as instructors. Both teachers are graduates of the University of Southern Maine, and hold professional certifications in elementary education. They will be teaching courses […]
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Inside Windham – 8/14
Sylvan launches Windham branch Sylvan Learning Centers of Maine has announced the recent opening of a satellite location in Windham as well as the hiring of Jessica Carle and Jennifer Breton as instructors. Both teachers are graduates of the University of Southern Maine, and hold professional certifications in elementary education. They will be teaching courses […]
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Inside Windham – 8/14
Sylvan launches Windham branch Sylvan Learning Centers of Maine has announced the recent opening of a satellite location in Windham as well as the hiring of Jessica Carle and Jennifer Breton as instructors. Both teachers are graduates of the University of Southern Maine, and hold professional certifications in elementary education. They will be teaching courses […]
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ON THE RIGHT LANE: Government herbicide?
“Whoever said money doesn’t grow from trees obviously has never sold weed.” Unknown I remember years ago when I asked where government got its money and the answer was from the government money trees. Of course I was smart enough to know that wasn’t really the case but I guess I was dumb enough not […]
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EYE ON THE LEFT: Economic freedom is the path to prosperity
Not so long ago politics in Augusta was a one-party affair. Liberal politicians and liberal interest groups called the shots, and government typically served their interests, not the interests of Maine’s businesses and families. But 2010 brought about a landmark change in the attitude of influential policymakers in Maine. Rather than the domination of labor […]
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Local youth excel at Track and Field Championship
About 1,175 kids signed up to attend Saturday’s State Youth Track and Field Championship at Windham High School, according to man-with-the-microphone and Scarborough track maestro Ron Kelly, and when the parade of athletes circled the track around midday, that number seemed just about right. “It’s individual,” Kelly says of track’s particular appeal for many kids. […]
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Local youth excel at Track and Field Championship
About 1,175 kids signed up to attend Saturday’s State Youth Track and Field Championship at Windham High School, according to man-with-the-microphone and Scarborough track maestro Ron Kelly, and when the parade of athletes circled the track around midday, that number seemed just about right. “It’s individual,” Kelly says of track’s particular appeal for many kids. […]
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‘Run Forecaster’ off to a fast start
Wherever Meagan Nichols goes, she brings with her two passions: Running and journalism. Now, she’s combined those – along with a bit of good, old-fashioned entrepreneurial spirit – in RunForecaster.com, a website devoted to road race reviews. Nichols, a Tennessee resident with deep ties to southern Maine, describes her eureka moment for starting the site: […]