By Darrell Halen State environmental officials have ordered a company to conduct a site investigation after levels of nitrate exceeding safe drinking water standards were found in several wells near the company’s blasting operation off Ledge Road in Windham. Meadowcroft Development  LLC was ordered by the New Hampshire Department of ...

BY DARRELL HALEN Residents were recently advised at Windham’s town beach to swim at their own discretion after goose droppings led to a high E. coli level in the water. A water quality test conducted around July 6 discovered an E. coli level of about 190 per 100 milliliters. E. coli levels at swimming beaches should not exceed 88 per ...

BY DARRELL HALEN Windham is slated to receive a $190,000 grant to protect drinking water. The grant will be used to help purchase two parcels in the northeast part of town. The parcels, which total about 84 acres and lie east of Route 28, abut roughly 600 acres of conservation land. “Because it’s being added to a substantial ...