The Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine will host its first Klezmer Festival June 3 at Center Day Camp in Windham. The “KlezMAINEia” festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. with dancing and music workshops, including a Yiddish singing workshop. All ages are welcome and kids can spend time with the camp […]
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It Happened in Windham: George Hall’s legacy will live on at company, in community
Windham lost a pillar of our community on May 4 when Hall Implement Company founder George Hall passed away at the age of 85. He was just 23 years old when he and his late wife Sandra opened his John Deere franchise at the Route 302/202 rotary in 1961. Since then, Hall Implement Company has […]
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Police searching for missing Windham man
Alex R. Jackson, 33, who was believed to be traveling to Vermont in a white Dodge truck, was last seen Friday afternoon.
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Inside Windham: May 12
Day of Abundant Hope Join local churches for a “Day of Abundant Hope” on Sunday, May 14, to enjoy sermons with positive messages of hope and overcoming stigmas in regards to substance misuse. St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, 40 Windham Center Road, and Faith Lutheran Church, 988 Roosevelt Trail, will host the event during their […]
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Windham teachers feel impact of heated book challenge controversy
Staff members are becoming reluctant to respond to harassment of LGBTQ+ students out of concern they will be targeted, and they have been on the receiving end of harassment themselves.
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Master plan approved for Little Falls/South Windham revitalization
Recommendations in the plan for the once thriving community include narrower travel lanes, sidewalks, public art and increased access to the river.
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Inside Windham: April 28
Middle school musicians put their best foot forward, donate socks The Windham Middle School seventh and eighth grade band and orchestra donated 330 pairs of socks to the Windham Clothes Closet. The band was raising money to help support some of their upcoming endeavors by offering an online store selling packs of three socks for […]
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Book challenges in Windham fuel harassment at school, LGBTQ+ students say
Challenges to eight controversial books in RSU 14 have created an environment that allows more bullying to take place, the students say.
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Windham police investigate gunfire in parking lot
Police say a man fired a gun at another man’s truck after the two were involved in a fight Friday night.
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It Happened in Windham: Looking back on the Great Flood of 1936
April showers bring May flowers, but in 1936, the rain came in March torrentially for two weeks, causing record flooding from the rivers of Maine clear down to the Potomac. The epic storm, known as the Great Flood of 1936, was estimated to have caused $100 million in property damage to towns in New England […]