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Windham PD warns parents of online predator threat
Unidentified men join illegal video-chat with area children

By Emily Parkhurst

Two separate groups of middle-school children in Windham have reported occasions of naked adult males joining their video-chat groups on the web site TinyChat.com and masturbating. The alleged incidents occurred while the children were on their home computers four times since December. More-->

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Gray Recreation Department cancels February programs

By Emily Parkhurst

Following an unexpected dismissal and a controversial personnel hearing, Gray Recreation Director Dean Bennett is back at work. However, his return is not without conditions.  More-->

Windmill issue gets new hearing

By Emily Parkhurst

The Windham Town Council will vote next week to send the Small Wind Energy Ordinance back to the Planning Board for review and another public hearing. The council has made significant changes to the draft ordinance, which triggers the state-required process of planning board review and hearing. While some councilors were hoping to expedite the process by making the changes themselves, Assistant Planner Ben Smith was advised last week by the town attorney to have the council send the document back to the planning board. More-->

Moving from tradition, SAD 15 pilots standards-based learning

By Emily Parkhurst

There's a new energy bouncing through the halls and classrooms in Gray and New Gloucester schools. Teachers and students are anxiously awaiting large-scale changes to the way students learn, from report cards, to lessons, to physical classrooms.  More-->

New fire code draft proposes compromise

By Emily Parkhurst

During the Windham Town Council workshop Tuesday evening, Town Manager Tony Plante presented an alternative version of the proposed fire code initially presented by Deputy Fire Chief John Wescott that would eliminate the controversial residential sprinkler requirements that were part of the original draft. More-->

 

 

 

 
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If small businesses survive, it's not because of lame government gimmicks

By Joshua Shea

As I've mentioned here before, one of the drawbacks to being a publisher/editor is that every politician or candidate feels the need to let you know what they're doing and thinking at all times. My inbox is inundated with schedules, appearance notices, reactions to laws, reactions when people die, reactions when their opposition does anything, and of course, reaction to everything the President says or does. More-->

   
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