Voters overwhelmingly reject a repeal of law that prevents non-medical exemptions from school-required vaccines.
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Windham trashing silver bullets for recycling
Trash and recycling collection at the large receptacles will be phased out by June 30.
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Here’s Something: Windham councilor no dope for opposing pot
The Windham town councilor who resigned last week while the board was debating an ordinance governing retail marijuana stores was right to quit in protest. Some have argued that Rebecca Cummings should have stayed on the board, and in the proverbial political fight, rather than resigning, but I applaud her act. It brought widespread attention […]
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Inside Windham: Feb. 28
Bicentennial Tea Maine officially became a state on March 15, 1820. In celebration of this noteworthy event, the Windham Public Library, in conjunction with Windham’s Bicentennial Committee, is hosting a Bicentennial Tea from 1-3 p.m. on March 14, at the Little Meetinghouse on Roosevelt Trail in North Windham. Enjoy a cup of tea or hot […]
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Q&A: Interim manager works to move Windham ‘across finish line’
In his two months on the job, Barry Tibbetts has focused on moving forward some of Windham’s long-standing projects.
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RSU 14 may join solar energy consortium
The district would own less than 1 percent of the project, which includes 25 other participants.
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Here’s Something: Who’d want to be a millionaire under Sanders?
Socialist Bernie Sanders’ electoral wins in Nevada, New Hampshire, and perhaps Iowa, have left me thinking, who’d want to be a millionaire, let alone billionaire, in Sanders’ America? Not even Regis Philbin, the former host of the “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” game show, I dare say. Sanders has long scapegoated “millionaires and billionaires” […]
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Windham town buildings may get bigger
Additions to the town hall and public safety building would cost approximately $8.2 million and the town would be set for 20-25 years, the interim town manager says.
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It Happened in Windham: The 1820s – they were very good years
On March 15, 1820, Maine became the 23rd state of the Union as part of the controversial Missouri Compromise. Though most of Cumberland County was in favor of the separation from Massachusetts with 70.4% of the state’s delegates voting for it, Windham was one of the few municipalities that voted against statehood. Nonetheless, when a […]
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Girls basketball: No. 1 Oxford Hills eliminates wounded Windham
One of the Eagles’ top players went down with an injury in the first quarter and it was all Vikings after that in a 54-31 win.