Senior picnic at Dundee The Windham Parks & Recreation Department invites town seniors to a picnic at Dundee Park on Aug. 12. There are two meal choices: BBQ pulled pork sandwiches with cornbread and coleslaw or grilled chicken tenders with pasta and potato salads. You can either enjoy your meal at the park or you […]
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Windham council OKs development impact fees, permit limits
Planning Director Amanda Lessard said the new measures are tools for the town to direct growth and maintain services.
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Here’s Something: Why do Portland’s homeless get special rights?
Remember the Occupy Wall Street and related protests that commandeered America’s city streets and parks about 10 years ago? Compared with many of those protests that turned violent, Occupy Portland, based in Lincoln Park across from City Hall, was relatively peaceful with protesters sleeping overnight in tents and hanging out in the daytime as they […]
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It Happened in Windham: A look back at Main Street, South Windham
Windham Historical Society member, Nancy Shaw Larrivee, is a lifetime resident of Windham. She was born in the beautiful old white farmhouse that sits behind Binga’s on the corner of River Road and Route 202, which was then called Grant’s Corner, named for Nancy’s grandfather William Grant and his brother J.J. Nancy has many fond […]
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Section of River Road to close until Aug. 5
WINDHAM — Motorists can expect more delays along River Road starting Monday. The road will be closed from Madison Falls Road to Alweber Road until Aug. 5. Crews from Shaw Brothers Construction in Gorham will be replacing Doles Bridge over Colley Wright Brook. Drivers heading into Windham from Westbrook will be directed to a detour […]
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Local nonprofits beating back senior isolation
A number of organizations are reaching out to area seniors isolated by the pandemic with a simple message: We know you are there, and we care.
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Here’s Something: ‘Follow the science’ and reopen schools
A few weeks ago I saw with my own two eyes about 10 teenagers playing shirts-and-skins basketball on a Buxton playground court. That same day I also witnessed about 40 kids taking part in a town-sponsored summer recreation program inside a gymnasium. A few days after that, I saw dozens of children congregating on a […]
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Inside Windham: July 17
Operation Summer Snacks Operation Summer Snacks is an initiative of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Windham. In the summer months, the Parish collects food for children in the community who are in need. The children receive bags of food from the “Backpackers” program during the school year, but they still need healthy […]
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Lakes Region July 14 election roundup
Voters validate their school budgets, elect local officials, approve two state bond questions and back Sara Gideon in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.
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Planning Board approves two large developments in South Windham
The board also voted against recommending amendments to the Land Use Ordinance and the Growth Management Ordinance.