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To stay open, Windham Elementary fought for independence. It closed anyway
On a cold, gray Saturday in March, about a third of all the people living in Windham crammed into the town’s more than 220-year-old white clapboard meetinghouse. One item in particular had driven turnout on this Town Meeting Day: a ballot article that would permanently shutter Windham’s tiny elementary school. It was the third time in three years that the question would be posed to Windham’s 500 residents.
Windham student captures Maine Academic Scholarship Pageant crown
A Windham student has been honored as the winner of the 2025 Maine Academic Scholarship Pageant and will compete in Orlando, Florida next July in the USA Ambassador National Pageant. Rosie Haibon of Windham, 21, won the title during the Crossroads’ Maine Academic Scholarship Pageant in South Portland in July....
SMCC's successful horticulture program
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Graduates of Southern Maine Community College's horticulture program have no problem getting jobs. Over the past few years as Gardening with Gutner has traveled around the state shooting segments, we kept running into former students working in the gardening industry. We had to learn more about this successful program.
Classes will resume next week for Windham and Raymond students
Precious days are left in summer vacation as the calendar is speeding by as students in Windham and Raymond are gearing up to return to classes next week. All RSU 14 schools, teachers, staff members and administrators have been back to work getting ready to welcome students for the 2024-2025 school year and remind the community that with children out and about on their way to classes, motorists need to be careful and pay attention in school zones and around school buses transporting students to and from school.
Maine school employee wins an award for serving seafood
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Shawn Perry, the nutrition program director for the South Portland School Department, is one of three winners of the inaugural "Gulf of Maine Tastemaker Award." The Gulf of Maine Research Institute is recognizing local organizations for their contributions to a "healthy and sustainable seafood industry."
Windham varsity football squad on way to great season
In preparation for the upcoming fall season, Windham’s varsity football team competed in a controlled scrimmage against Fryeburg Academy at Windham High School on Saturday, Aug. 24 and showed great promise. A controlled scrimmage is more like a practice session for coaches and players to refine skills, evaluate performance...
Windham girls’ soccer sails by York in preseason game
As Windham’s varsity girls’ soccer team continues preparing for the upcoming regular fall season, they hit the pitch in a preseason game against York at Windham High School on Saturday, Aug. 24. Windham scored early and kept up their intensity in shutting out York, 3-0. “I think we...
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