WINDHAM — Edward Little and Windham gave fans plenty of action on first, second and third downs during Friday night’s Class A North game, but it was fourth down when they really had them on the edge of their seats. Edward Little took advantage of a pair of Windham mistakes from punt formation to overcome […]
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Weekend Blitz and Top 10: Teams starting to build confidence, momentum
Edward Little (1-1) at Windham (0-2) Friday, 7 p.m Eagles haven’t scored through two games, and EL’s aggressive defense isn’t just going to let them reverse that trend without a fight. Oxford Hills (2-0) at Sanford (0-2) Friday, 7 p.m. The Vikings’ second game in three weeks visiting an opponent with new artificial turf. Lewiston […]
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Men jump into Pettingil Pond to save 2 year old in sinking car
WINDHAM (AP) – Police say two men jumped into a pond to save a 2-year-old who was strapped in a vehicle that rolled into the water. Police say Edward Hallett was outside his Subaru Outback when it began moving. They say he and another man jumped into Pettingil Pond to get the child out and […]
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Secret Service investigates Windham auto dealer in counterfeiting scheme
The Secret Service and Windham police are investigating a local business and its associates in connection with a counterfeiting scheme that may have produced tens of thousands of dollars in fake bills that were used to buy heroin and cocaine. A Cumberland County judge granted a search warrant in late April to a Windham detective […]
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Girls' lacrosse: Windham blocks Lewiston's comeback attempt in A North quarterfinals
Lewiston’s Christine Chasse scores from a free position Wednesday during a playoff game at Windham. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald) WINDHAM — Grace Sawyer stood in front of the net, clutching her goalkeeper’s stick with its wide basket and fervently hoping to hear the final horn. “I was just praying that they weren’t going to shoot […]
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Police say man being chased ran onto I-295, tried to get into passing cars
A Windham man was cooling his heels in the Cumberland County Jail on Tuesday after being accused of leading police and bystanders on a harrowing, drug-fueled chase that ended when he ran onto Interstate 295 in an attempt to get into passing motorists’ cars, and was dragged twice as he clung to vehicles that refused to stop […]
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Windham man charged with OUI after rollover
A 61-year-old Windham man faces one count of operating under the influence after he crashed his car shortly before 7 a.m. Monday, police said. Police and firefighters responded to Brands Road about 6:50 a.m., where they found a vehicle on it side. Joel L. Thompson was stuck inside, sitting on the ground through an open […]
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John "Jack" McIlhinney
PORTLAND — John “Jack” Donald McIlhinney, 82, of Windham died suddenly of natural causes Saturday, May 12, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. John was born in Flushing, N.Y., May 20, 1935, the son of John McIlhinney of Port Glasgow, Scotland, and Jean (Stewart) McIlhinney of Greenock, Scotland. He was a 1954 graduate of McBurney School […]
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Five men scramble to safety after truck went into the Pleasant River in Windham
Five men had to scramble out the windows of a pickup truck after it slid off an icy stretch of road and plunged into the Pleasant River in Windham on Monday afternoon. “By the grace of God, we made it out alive,” 84-year-old Kenneth Brann of Windham, one of the passengers, said in a telephone […]
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Mix-up during school security review shakes up students in Windham
A police security review at Windham High School went awry Thursday morning when one officer unexpectedly ordered a group of students in the cafeteria to get on the floor. The officer, one of five conducting a walk-through inspection, told the students in the study group, “This is a drill, this is a drill, please get […]