BY JENN McDOWELLWindham school superintendent and School Board member Michael Hatem told the town’s Board of Selectmen they need a few more weeks to come up with a viable plan for a second access road for the new high school. The Board of Selectmen held an informational meeting on the issue during their regular weekly selectmen’s ...

BY DERRICK PERKINS State and local officials said the town is not in serious jeopardy of losing state building aid for the new high school after voters rejected a second access road required under the state fire code. In order to receive financial aid from the state for the construction of a new school, the structure’s plans must ...

BY DERRICK PERKINS The cause of a two-alarm fire in a two-story colonial home at 81 Searles Road on Wednesday, July 23, is under investigation by fire officials, though witnesses say the house was struck by lightning. The fire was reported at about 5 p.m. by neighbors, just as severe thunderstorms blanketed the region. More than 30 ...

BY JENN McDOWELL The Windham School Board and the Fire Department are looking to pool their resources to purchase 11 new automated external defibrillators for town buildings and the new Windham High School. The Windham Board of Selectmen gave their conditional approval to the Fire Department to waive the bid process pending some ...

BY JENN McDOWELL The Windham Fire Department will have four new firefighters by early July and hopefully a new deputy chief by the end of that month, according to Fire Chief Tom McPherson. Currently, the department has 12 firefighters, including one lieutenant for each of four shifts. The four new additional firefighters would all be ...

BY DARRELL HALEN Adding four new firefighters by using a federal grant to offset some of the cost was one of the issues debated during Windham’s deliberative session of Town Meeting. Selectmen are seeking to bring on the additional firefighters, who would also be emergency medical technicians, if a warrant article is approved by ...

BY DARRELL HALEN A million-dollar home in Windham was destroyed by fire last week after being hit by lightning. The owners were away in Mexico when firefighters from several communities fought the blaze at 1 Timberlane Road during the evening of Thursday, May 10. “I was on my way home and saw smoke,” said Linda Moore, one of ...