Editing Windham, New Hampshire (section)

==Recreation and town services==
Windham includes a variety of local attractions such as municipal parks, golf courses, tennis courts, bowling facilities, youth recreation programs, fishing, hunting, boating, snowmobile transits, bike trails, and waterfront access.{{Citation needed|date=February 2013}}<!-- Dead link<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web}}</ref>--> The Windham Country Club golf course is an 18-hole premier course voted four stars by ''[[Golf Digest]]''. Men's leagues, women's leagues, and youth leagues are offered at the course.<ref name="Windham CC">{{cite web|title=Windham Country Club|url=http://www.windhamcc.com/index.php|access-date=November 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817061700/http://www.windhamcc.com/index.php|archive-date=August 17, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Griffin Park, built in 2005, offers three baseball fields, a soccer field, tennis and basketball courts, and a playground. Windham's town beach is located on [[Cobbetts Pond]]. Lifeguards are on duty from mid-June to Labor Day. Swimming lessons are available every summer. An open boat launch is available to Windham residents next to the town beach. The Windham Rail Trail, which extends from Windham into [[Derry, New Hampshire|Derry]], is {{convert|4.1|mi}} of level, paved trail for walking/biking.{{efn-ua|However, with the I-93 transit study came a suggestion to revitalize the line that ran through Windham for commuter and freight rail. Since there is not enough space for both rail and trail, the trail would have to be discontinued.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rebuildingi93.com/content/taskForce/I-93%20Transit%20Study.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909200850/http://www.rebuildingi93.com/content/taskForce/I-93%20Transit%20Study.pdf |archive-date=September 9, 2015 |url-status=live |page=7 |title=I-93 Corridor Multi-Modal Transit Investment Study |publisher=New Hampshire Department of Transportation |author1=HNTB Corporation |author2=Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. |author3=Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc. |author4=KKO & Associates |access-date=December 2, 2015}}</ref>}}  Windham's Recreation Athletic youth programs include football and cheerleading, baseball, tennis, lacrosse, basketball, and soccer.<ref name="Windham Rec">{{cite web|title=Windham Recreational Department|url=http://www.windhamnewhampshire.com/updated/recdept.htm|access-date=November 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204053008/http://www.windhamnewhampshire.com/updated/recdept.htm|archive-date=February 4, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Nesmith Library is Windham's public library. Each June Friends of the Library of Windham (FLOW) host Windham's annual Strawberry Festival. The festival hosts local food businesses around Windham such as The Village Bean. Residents of Windham take part in the annual three to five-mile walk known as the Turkey Trot. It takes place every year on Thanksgiving morning through the neighborhoods of Windham and raises money for the local Shepherd's Food Pantry.<ref name="Town of Windham">{{cite web|title=Welcome to the Town of Windham|url=http://www.windhamnh.org|access-date=November 10, 2011}}</ref> The Strawberry Festival was moved to Windham High School in 2009 due to the overcrowding at the library in previous years.

The Windham Fire Department is a full-time, 24-hour department. In addition to providing emergency services, the department also works closely with community organizations on fire prevention units in the school district, and CPR and first aid classes. The Windham Police Department is a full-time department staffed by seventeen personnel, including the chief, captain, four sergeants, two detectives, and eight patrol officers. Internal assignments include a Traffic and Community Resource Officer. Resource officers are placed at the Middle School and High School. The department also has on staff a full-time prosecutor, a part-time records clerk and full-time department secretary. Both the fire and police department are located in the center of Windham across from the Windham Town Hall. The nearest hospital is [[Parkland Medical Center]], {{convert|5|mi}} away in Derry.{{Citation needed|date=February 2013}}<!-- Dead link<ref name=autogenerated1 />-->