Save A Lot Recognizes Hometown Hero
Recently, Garrettsville’s Save A Lot grocery store had the opportunity to celebrate Windham resident Tiffany Plaugher as a Hometown Hero. Plaugher was one of one of 16 winners who were selected in 2025, chosen from 319 nominations around the eastern United States. She was nominated by her colleagues at Katherine Thomas Elementary School in Windham, where she makes a...
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Windham football joins Northern 8 Conference
The Windham Bombers’ football team will look a little different over the next two years, as Windham has agreed to a two-year contract to have its football team compete in the Northern 8 Conference, an 8-on-8 football league spanning from Ohio to Pennsylvania. “Sometimes change is necessary, and we felt like the time was now and it is adapt and...
Bomber girls’ basketball undone by poor third quarter in loss against Mustangs
The Windham Bombers girls’ basketball team’s first half lead against Northeastern Athletic Conference foe Matthews evaporated in the second half as foul trouble and a bad third quarter sank them, leading to a 40-34 defeat in a crossover league duel last Thursday evening at Marty Hill Court. “We got a lot of quality shots and a lot of breakaway shots,...
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Windham Township Board of Trustees make plans to purchase a columbarium for cemetery
At the first Windham Township Board of Trustees meeting of the New Year last Friday evening at the Windham Township Hall, the trustees covered a wide range of topics concerning the new fiscal year, including approving a motion to purchase a columbarium at the cemetery, a wall containing recessed compartments to hold ashes of the deceased. “Everybody is getting cremated...
Harvey Louis Wensel
Harvey Louis Wensel, aged 84, of Durham, North Carolina passed away on December 28, 2025. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him – his family, his neighbors, his students, his friends, all the people who came in contact with him regularly. Harvey was born in Columbus, Ohio, on February 15, 1941. The son of Charles Lester Wensel...
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Council member Terrie Altiere appointed as Windham’s new Mayor
The Village of Windham now has a new mayor in place, as longtime council member Terrie Altiere was officially sworn in as Windham’s Mayor by Village Solicitor Charles Gacior at the last council meeting on Dec. 16. “I am going to try,” Mayor Altiere told The Weekly Villager on Jan 2. “I have been on the council for seven years...
Windham Historical Society has big plans for local monument
The Windham Historical Society has a lot of big projects nearing completion, including one that will have them retouch the local monument that resides on Mike Paul’s property, off of Werger Road, which is dedicated to the first house ever built in the township, as well as building a replica of the monument and installing it on Brick Chapel’s...
Samuel “Blue” Byich
Samuel “Blue” Byich, 90, of Windham, OH, went home to his Lord and Savior with his loving family by his side on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. He was born July 2, 1935, in Nanty Glo, PA, the son of the late Peter and Mary (Grant) Byich. He was a graduate of Nanty Glo High School, belonging to the class of...
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Bombers’ basketball fends off Red Devils for season’s first victory
The Windham Bombers boys’ basketball team finally snapped their winless start to the season by edging Northeastern Athletic Conference Stripes Division rival Lordstown 53-48 to capture their first victory last Friday evening in Warren. “It is something that our group has talked a lot about is gaining confidence and believing in ourselves,” said Coach Cody Apthorpe. “Unfortunately, typically the order...
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Windham Township Board of Trustees accepts Zoning Board’s decision on proposed zoning amendment
The Windham Township Board of Trustees voted to accept the Windham Township Zoning Commission’s rejection of resident Colleen Thompson’s proposed zoning amendment last Thursday evening at Windham Town Hall. As The Villager previously reported, Thompson presented the Board with a proposal at the September meeting to amend the Zoning Code to allow residents who live on parcels of 10 acres...
Windham Village Council holds special meeting to appoint interim Mayor
After receiving Mayor Lawrence “Mac” Cunningham’s resignation, Windham Village Council convened a special meeting last Wednesday evening to appoint an interim Mayor at the Windham Administration Building. “I have a resolution to read,” Council Member David Belknap said. “It is a blank resolution because our Solicitor didn’t fill it in yet. We have to speak with our solicitor and Fiscal...
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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays Surviving Death “ A Journalist Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife” by Leslie Kean. Share a stimulating hour exchanging impressions & opinions at our book review & discussion, 10am, the 1st & 3rd Mondays each month. Presented by Dr J Patella: Garrettsville YMCA, 8233 Park Ave, (330)469-2044. NO book or fees required. Farmington Senior...
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Windham grad Sheila Moore appointed Village Zoning Inspector
Although the Village of Windham is on its third Zoning Inspector in less than two years, Sheila Moore plans to establish some continuity with the position, when she was formerly announced as the newest Zoning Inspector by Windham’s Village Council on Nov. 7. “It feels right, it feels like this is what my life has been leading up for the...
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Windham Township Board of Trustees decide to allocate NOPEC money to repair garage furnace
The Windham Township Board of Trustees needed to come up with a new idea on how to allocate $3,000 from the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council grant and decided to apply the money to fixing the Town Hall’s garage furnace last Thursday evening at Windham’s Town Hall. “I just don’t want to see it given back,” Trustee, Vice Chairman and...
William “Bill” Reynolds Kitelinger
William “Bill” Reynolds Kitelinger, 96, of Windham Township, Ohio, went home to his Lord and Savior on Monday, November 3, 2025. He was born on July 27, 1929, in Oil City, Pennsylvania, to the late William and Lydia (Reynolds) Kitelinger. On December 9, 1950, Bill married the love of his life, Shirley, with whom he shared 74 wonderful years until...
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Windham Historical Society plans to have street clock erected on Town Hall lawn
The Windham Historical Society intends to leave behind another piece of its history by funding a project with money from a state grant to have an 11x24 green street clock built and erected on Windham Town Hall’s lawn near the Gazebo at 9011 North Main Street. “We are into the history of Windham, and we can add to the history...
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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays “THE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SOLUTION. A scientifically proven program for preventing strokes and heart disease” by Richard Morre, MD PhD. Share a stimulating hour exchanging impressions & opinions at our book review & discussion, 10am, the 1st & 3rd Mondays each month. Presented by Dr J Patella: Garrettsville YMCA, 8233 Park Ave,...
Portage County Student Programs Welcomes New Members to 2025-26 Senior Board
The Portage County Senior Board is proud to announce the selection of twelve outstanding student leaders from across the county to serve as new members for the 2025-26 school year. These exemplary students have been chosen to represent their respective schools, and they take on the important role of selecting the Portage County Seniors of the Month throughout the...
Judith “Judy” Eckman
Judith “Judy” Eckman (Leiendecker), 85, of Windham, OH, passed away on October 21, 2025, at UH Geauga Medical Center. She was born on October 30, 1939, at her family home on East Center Street in Windham, to the late Lloyd and Alice Leiendecker. Judy was preceded in death by her beloved husband, William Eckman, and her sister, Betty Cooper. She is...
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