“Peppermint Winter” by Owl City, from Ben Jordan’s 2012 Christmas light display. WINDHAM — It wasn’t the love of holiday lights or warm childhood memories that inspired Ben Jordan to turn his house into a Christmas display. “We’d gone for a ride in New Hampshire to look at the lights, and there was a baseball […]
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Military notes
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Air Force Airman David R. Sterling, Air Force Airman Jennifer Soucy, Air Force Airman 1st Class Ryan R. Dillingham, Air Force Airman 1st Class Kristen Marcum and Air Force Airman Julie M. McMullen graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The airmen completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military […]
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H.S. soccer: Scarborough repeats in A states
BATH — Scarborough rallied with a goal late in regulation and then won in the first overtime to beat Hampden Academy 2-1 in the Class A boys’ state soccer final Saturday at McMann Field. It is the second straight state title for the Red Storm and fourth in the past six years. Hampden was shooting […]
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Warren E. Kimball Sr.
1954 – 2013 LEWISTON — Warren Edward Kimball Sr., 59, of Windham, died of natural causes on Monday, Nov. 4, at 10:25 a.m. at Marshwood Center. He was born in Yarmouth on Jan. 8, 1954, to parents Lester I. Kimball and Joan E. (Sylvester) Kimball. Warren enjoyed dancing, fishing, hunting, camping, motorcycling and especially spending […]
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Knights plan blood drive LEWISTON — Knights of Columbus Rev. Louis J. Fortier Council 106 will sponsor an American Red Cross Blood Drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Holy Family Church Hall, 607 Sabattus St. Entrance to the hall is in the back of the church and there is plenty […]
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H.S. Football: Windham pull away from Lewiston
LEWISTON — Lewiston was banged up and missing key players, but coach Bill County turned to a bunch of players with a can-do attitude. The Blue Devils had Windham High School on the ropes for the entire first half and trailed by only two before Windham pulled away in the second for a 49-20 win over […]
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H.S. Football: Eagles jump out, hold off Eddies
AUBURN — Penalties and mistakes are touchy subjects for Edward Little coach Dave Sterling — especially when turnovers cost the Red Eddies football games. Second-half penalties hurt the Red Eddies’ chances overpower Windham after falling behind by 16 in the first half. Despite back-to back touchdowns, turnovers caused the Red Eddies to sputter late in […]
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Judge: Brewer man charged in prison death will be held without bail — if he’s found
ROCKLAND — A state judge has ordered that when police track down a Brewer area man, who is charged with manslaughter in the 2009 beating death of a Maine State Prison inmate, he be held without bail. The defendant, 34-year-old John E. Thibeault, failed to appear Thursday morning in Knox County Superior Court for a […]
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Planned $100 million prison in Windham controversial
While officers walk through the crowded holding area where the Maine Correctional Center confines all incoming male inmates, guards in the control room survey the scene: New arrivals are watching TV, playing cards and sleeping away their first days there. From inside their capsule, the guards remotely control all traffic in and out of the […]