Get:

• • Parking Bans, Road Closings
    on your smartphone

  • SignUp: https://www.windhammaine.us/list.aspx

• Town-Specific trash bags (Blue) can be purchased at area Supermarkets

• Routes and Schedules:

  • https://www.windhammaine.us/202/Curbside-Recycling-Program-Trash-Disposa

• What can I Recycle?

  • https://www.windhammaine.us/210/What-You-Can-Recycle

• Bulky Waste Disposal (appliances, etc.)

  • Riverside Recycling Center (pay onsite)

  • 910 Riverside St., Portland, ME 04103

  • View Map

  • Phone: 207-797-6200

• Brush & Leaves Disposal

  • Each Spring and Fall, Windham Public Works opens a disposal site for 4 weeks for residents

  • Check with Windham Public Works for location and hours

  • 207-892-1909

• HLA Community is a Facebook group for discussions, photo sharing and other communication among members, property owners, neighbors and friends of Highland Lake in Maine.

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/highlandlake

• Some Road Associations on Highland Lake also maintain private FB groups for their members. Check with your RA.

• HLA Newsletter is also a key way to stay connected.
  Sign Up HERE

• The Hand Carry Boat Launch (for canoes, kayaks, SUPS) is located off Lowell Farm Road in Falmouth.

• Please help us keep our lake free of invasive aquatic plant life. Clean your boat before you float! Remove all plant fragments from boats, trailers, bait buckets, and anchors. Be sure your boat is free of any invasive aquatic plant species before launching. Even a small dried up fragment of some plants can trigger an aquatic invasion.

• Fishing License

  • A valid Maine fishing license is required for anyone 16 years of age or older, to fish in inland waters or transport fish taken from inland waters.

  • https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fishing-boating/fishing/laws-rules/license-requirements.html

• Live Bait: worms, etc

  • Walmart Sporting Goods

• Stay Fit, even in winter

• Area Gyms Directory:

  • https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=gyms&find_loc=ME+04062&ns=1

• If you see an injured or dead animal, report to:

• Maine Warden Service

  • https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fish-wildlife/wildlife/living-with-wildlife/orphaned-injured-wildlife/index.html

  • 207-657-2345

• Highland Lake Association:
  your connection, to the lake we live on:

  • volunteers working to protect & enhance our Lake

• Website: http://www.highlandlakemaine.org/

  • Dam Management (Water Levels), Water Quality, Annual Meeting, much more

  • Join our Facebook Private Group:

    • https://www.facebook.com/highlandlakemaine.org

• Annual Meeting: 3rd Thursday every July

• E-Newsletter Signup:
  Highland Lake E-Newsletter Subscribe

• Windham Town Library

  • 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, Maine 04062

  • http://www.windham.lib.me.us/

• Stray Animal (Report)

  • Animal Control, Dog Warden

  • https://www.windhammaine.us/171/Animal-Control

  • 207-892-2525

• Retrieve Your Pet, if picked up by Animal Control

  • Animal Refuge League

  • https://arlgp.org/

  • 207-854-9771

• Dog License

  • Annual Renewal by January 31

  • https://www1.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/dog_license/index.pl

• Area Veterinarians Directory:

  • https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Veterinarians&find_loc=04105

• Permits, Car Seat inspection, Free Winter Sand

  • https://www.windhammaine.us/277/Resident-Services

• There are NO Public Sewers on the Lake

• Septic System maintenance is Critical to a Healthy Lake

• Area Services Directory:

  • https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Septic%20Service&find_loc=ME%2004062&sortby=rating

• Windham Schools

  • 228 Windham Center Road

  • https://www.rsu14.org/

  • District Office: 207-892-1800

  • High School (9-12): 207-892-1810

  • Middle School (6-8): (207-892-1820

  • Primary School (K-3): 207-892-1840

• MMC

  • https://www.nnepc.org/poison-prevention-education/covid-related-poisonings

  • 800-222-1222

• Permits needed for

  • Shoreland tree and brush removal

  • Open Fires

  • Sheds and outbuildings

• Location: School St Windham Center (Town Hall)

  • https://www.windhammaine.us/

  • 207-894-5900

• Community Access TV

  • https://www.windhammaine.us/228/WCCG-TV-7

  • WCCG TV-7

• How to Register; Absentee Voting, Where to Vote

  • https://www.windhammaine.us/125/Voter-Information

• Clean, potable, plentiful water is a precious resource.

• Most properties around the lake rely on individual wells as a water source.

• the State of Maine offers Well Water Test Kits to evaluate your well water quality, available here

• If you are seeking advice related to specific/defined water quality issues, (such as odors, colors, ill effects, etc.), please contact 207-287-1716