By Ed Pierce As a child growing up in the West End of Boston, Concetta “Connie” Parisi always thought her birthday was March 21. It was some...

By Ed Pierce Drizzling light rain fell as the SS Dorchester left New York harbor on the evening of Jan. 23, 1943, and sailed into the hearts...

By Ed Pierce And then there were none. Carroll McDonald, the last surviving World War II veteran living in Windham, died at the age of 99 on...

By Ed Pierce A gathering in Raymond 80 years and one day after a fateful crash during World War II remembered two British Royal Navy pilots ...

By Ed Pierce If he were still alive, former U.S. Army Captain William Barton Skelton, Jr. would shrug off being awarded the Congressional Go...

By Ed Pierce Those who knew Don Rogers of Windham admired him greatly and although he’s no longer with us, his spirit of kindness and willin...

By Ed Pierce Carroll McDonald never thought that something he saw while playing outside on his family’s farm in South Windham at the age of ...

World War II veteran Bob Miele of South Windham has died at the age of 99. He was a graduate of Windham High School and  served as a volunte...

Members of the Maine Quilts of Valor organization presented quilts to three local veterans honoring their military service during World War ...

By Ed Pierce Of the 16 million Americans who wore the uniform of the United States during World War II, Bob Miele of South Windham remains p...

U.S. Army Tech Sergeant Richard Perkins of Maine is shown at Fort Shafter, Hawaii during World War II. When Perkins  died at age 92 in 2014,...

The late Don Rogers of Windham served the American Legion Field-Allen Post 148 for 61 years. A new scholarship to benefit area student...

Dorothy "Dot" Skolfield, who lives in Windham with her daughter, enjoys a recent spring day  in the backyard. Here she is spo...