Absentee ballots for the presidential primary, the town's Annual Representative Town Meeting, and the Windham Southeast School District school board vote - all to be held on Election Day, Tuesday, March 5 - are now available from the Town Clerk's office. Absentee ballots for this election must be requested. Anyone wishing to vote absentee may apply for an absentee ballot until 5 p.m. on Monday, March 4, although town officials recommend doing so as soon as possible to account for...
There will be a Pansy Tea Party and Photo Op on Saturday, April 28, from 4 to 6 p.m., at Singing River Farm in Rockingham. Bring your camera and your love of color to visit the pansy field in full bloom. A guided tour, the chance for participants to snap photos to their hearts' content, the elusive scent of a field of flowers, and a cup of herbal tea made with dried pansy blossoms will be included. “We love pansies!”
Editor's note: Thanks to the Ethiopian Community Development Council, the nonprofit organization responsible for administering the Afghan refugee resettlement program, we present a series of Voices contributions about the herculean efforts to bring 100 people from across the world to shelter and safety. We had hoped to present these three contributions closer to World Refugee Day on June 20, but - well, sometimes the news has a way of thwarting a newspaper's actual advance planning. Instead, we are deliberately presenting...
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