STANDISH — Saint Joseph’s College hosted an out-of-this-world event in early August with the Maine Space Grant Consortium.  Based in Augusta, the consortium is funded through NASA and encourages Maine students to participate in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM.  Included in that work is the Maine Research Internships for Teachers and […]

BRIDGTON — A new peer recovery center for people affected by substance use disorder will open its doors on the Bridgton Hospital campus in September. The Lakes Region Recovery Center will hold an open house Sept. 6 and officially open Sept. 10 with a mission of providing “a safe place that encourages and maintains a culture which […]

“Listen up, you couch potatoes: each recycled beer can saves enough electricity to run a television for three hours.” Denis Hayes, environmental advocate and proponent of solar power I have to wonder if all this global heat will drive people to properly recycle the things that they can and leave the garbage out of the […]

RAYMOND — A decade after school officials agreed to join Windham School Department to form Regional School Unit 14, voters from decided Aug. 14 to begin the process of withdrawing from the district. Voters on Tuesday approved, 171-128, starting the withdrawal process and setting aside up to $50,000 to do so, a reversal of a […]

This week, I’m going to do a little aside to my regular articles in which I talk about events and people that were a part of Windham’s past and instead talk about an event that will actually bring Windham’s history to life. On Saturday, Aug. 25, the Windham Historical Society will hold a Grand Opening […]