I’ve written from time to time about when, as a kid, I learned to ride a horse. One of the first times I was on a horse it tripped and I went sailing over its head and hit the ground with a thud I can still hear to this day. But I don’t think I’ve […]
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Lollipop Lane day care closes abruptly
Lollipop Lane Educare, a Westbrook day care facility serving more than 200 children, will close its doors for good on Friday. AnneMarie Hebert, the owner who started the business from the kitchen of her Lamb Street home 18 years ago, said she worked into the evening hours on Wednesday hoping to secure a new facility […]
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Inside Windham – 2/11
Food pantry hours for seniors The Windham Food Pantry on Gray Road is open on the first Monday each month for senior citizens from 10:30 a.m. until noon. Madeline Roberts changed the day this year so seniors can receive fresh fruit and produce which is available only on Mondays. If seniors cannot make it on […]
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Sebago Lake plan crash stuns witnesses
SEBAGO – Eyewitnesses to the plane crash on Sebago Lake last week are amazed that pilot Richard Randall made it out alive. Randall, who owns the sprawling Randall’s Orchard in Standish and is a longtime pilot with a hangar full of single-engine planes, somehow survived a scary plunge Saturday onto the frozen surface of Big […]
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Bankruptcy looms for Sunset Ridge
WESTBROOK – Most golf courses are quiet places this time of year, but the snow-covered golf carts at Sunset Ridge signify something deeper. For decades, Ron Edgecomb has poured everything into the course at Westerly Winds, a sports entertainment complex on Cumberland Street in Westbrook, located just south of the Windham town line, where the […]
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Gorham downed by Windham
GORHAM – In a physical battle that went down to the final seconds Tuesday night, the Windham boys basketball team (8-9) outlasted a 3-14 Gorham team that wanted desperately to please the hometown crowd on senior night. The Rams trailed by as many 13 early in the third period before staging an incredible rally, at […]
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EDITORIAL – C'mon, let's not let storms shut us out
At the risk of upsetting old-timers with clear memories of sky-high snow banks, it must be said that snowstorms now are so much stronger than ever before. These days, in fact, snowstorms are so powerful they can paralyze an entire region hours before the first flake, and maintain that hold well after the skies have […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Hooking up with Flatley
Several weeks ago, when Lucius Flatley reported on the subject of “grinding” to the coffee shop regulars, he promised a few future thoughts on the term “hookup.” Herewith: This new verb/noun, he said, “is a beauty.” First of all, in its current usage the word “hookup” is essentially unknown to older folks. It has been […]
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Inside Gray – 2/4
Love to scrapbook? A Valentine’s scrapbooking event will be held at the American Legion in Gray on Saturday, Feb. 12, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The cost for the day of fun with friends is $30, and includes lunch provided by the American Legion. Proceeds will benefit the Gray Historical Society. Reservations are required […]
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No good deed goes unpunished
Mike Manning of MGM Builders in Windham was doing a good deed early Thursday morning — plowing a path across the ice so that ice fisherman could reach their shacks — when his truck crashed through the ice of Jordan Bay in Sebago Lake. A GMC 5500 pickup truck sank into Jordan Bay 1500 feet […]