Almost four years ago we envisioned an idea of a new newspaper and we haven’t looked back since. There was a lot of
talk about how newspapers were dying. We ignored those naysayers and created
The Windham Eagle to report on the good in our communities of Windham and
Raymond.
To this day we are the positive and solutions based news
for the Sebago region. Our readers stuck with us through our growing pains and
learning curve to bring you the paper you see today. With Melissa Carter doing
design and advertising, our paper took off making The Windham Eagle the paper
of choice for local businesses.
All of this being said, I will no longer be the
editor-in-chief of The Windham Eagle. After four years, it is time to give
someone else a chance to find the news in our communities. The reporters will
continue to be the same, Elizabeth, Stephen, Walter and Lorraine, with me also
still contributing. I feel like I’ll be the guest star, like on a television
show, even though the actor is there every week. “And staring special guest…”
I have learned so much about our community and the
business world, and have met amazing people who have let me into their homes
and businesses and shared their stories with our readers. I will take
everything I have learned and use it moving forward in my writing career.
To our faithful readers, I am grateful for your
dedication and willingness to send story ideas, letters to the editor and
positive comments about what we have printed. Despite one woman who couldn’t
believe there were so many positive things that happened in Windham and
Raymond, readers have loved to hear about members of our towns doing great
things to help one another. I like to believe that the existence of The Windham
Eagle has helped many people benefit financially through donations, build self-esteem through publication and be educed about our amazing communities.
The future for me is still unclear. I plan to do more
writing in other fields, including fiction writing and ghostwriting. I also
plan to be a helicopter mom over my son, who is a junior in high school. (Just
kidding, Josh.) I want to be there for him and for my daughter before they are
no longer at home. You empty nesters out there know what I mean.
The transition from editor to mom and author will be
challenging for a while. I expect that I will never be able to fully leave the
paper I created with the support of my husband, children, parents, friends,
Kelly and Niels Mank, Ernie, eMichelle, Melissa, Dave DeBree, Rob, and all the
columnists and contributors over the years. None of this could have been done
without you.
Now it is time for Lorraine Glowczak to put her stamp on
The Windham Eagle and the community. I know you will all support her and help
her in any way you can.
Change is difficult, but through change is growth. Thank
you from the bottom of my heart for four years of excitement, challenge and
growth. I’ll see you around town.
Michelle Libby
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