In commemoration of Maine’s bicentennial this year, the Lakes Region Weekly is featuring historical highlights from our communities’ past 200 years. This feature can be found in print and online every other week.
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Windham passes pot ordinances after year of debate
The majority of councilors voted to pass the licensing and land use ordinances for marijuana establishments after the vote was delayed four times.
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Windham makes it easier for businesses to move outside
The town wants to help restaurants and retailers comply with social distancing restrictions set by the state in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Here’s Something: Pandemic worth writing poems about
We’re all having trouble coping with the health and economic ramifications of the coronavirus, but some are having more difficulty than others. Of course, there are the folks getting sick and dying. At last count in Maine there were about 75 people who have succumbed and about 1,900 who have contracted the disease. Then there […]
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Inside Windham: May 22
Free meals for seniors The Windham Parks & Recreation Department is teaming up with area restaurants to provide free meals-to-go for seniors age 65 and older. Every Friday, participating local restaurants will offer curbside pickup that will be available at Windham Town Hall. Reservations should be made by noon Thursday by calling Parks & Rec […]
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Windham puts plan for sewer system in motion
New technology could make a sewer and wastewater treatment system feasible for North Windham after decades of debate.
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Governor orders end to prisoners receiving unemployment pay
The inmates had applied for and received the benefits, including $600 weekly Pandemic Unemployment Assistance payments, after they were laid off from work-release jobs.
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Man at Maine Correctional Center is first state inmate to test positive for COVID-19
Corrections Commissioner Randall Liberty says the finding prompted tests of more than 230 inmates and employees at the prison in Windham on Tuesday afternoon.
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It Happened in Windham: A history of groceries in town
Since Windham’s very beginning, the people in town have relied upon grocers to provide them with the essentials of living. The first grocer we know of was New Marblehead’s first settler, Thomas Chute, who with his wife Mary kept a small stock of groceries in their home. In 1769, Jonathan Loveitt, a Cape Elizabeth native, […]
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Windham pot ordinance slated for another hearing
The Planning Board approved the latest amended version of the land use ordinance for marijuana facilities, but the Town Council voted to delay a public hearing until May 26.