Westbrook residents will have a chance to speak out about a major retirement community coming to a 53-acre plot between Stroudwater and Spring streets. Sandy River Health System, operators of the Springbrook Nursing Care Center, will hold a public hearing on their proposed development on Wedmesday, Jan. 3, at the Public Safety Building at 7 […]
2006
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Spreading holiday cheer
The Scarborough High School Cheerleaders recently spent an evening with some of the residents the Maine Veteran’s Home in Scarborough. The team played several games of Bingo with the residents and also had some fun dancing and cheering for the group. Pictured from left are team members Kayla Cobb, Brianna Mancuso, Jackie Fournier, Leah Rice, […]
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Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Spreading holiday cheer
The Scarborough High School Cheerleaders recently spent an evening with some of the residents the Maine Veteran’s Home in Scarborough. The team played several games of Bingo with the residents and also had some fun dancing and cheering for the group. Pictured from left are team members Kayla Cobb, Brianna Mancuso, Jackie Fournier, Leah Rice, […]
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Spreading holiday cheer
The Scarborough High School Cheerleaders recently spent an evening with some of the residents the Maine Veteran’s Home in Scarborough. The team played several games of Bingo with the residents and also had some fun dancing and cheering for the group. Pictured from left are team members Kayla Cobb, Brianna Mancuso, Jackie Fournier, Leah Rice, […]
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Toy Box gifts for kids The annual Toy Box drive to collect gifts for needy children in Buxton is under way. Donors can deposit gifts in boxes located at schools, churches and stores besides town hall. Gifts, which include toys, clothes and necessities, must be new and unwrapped. Mia Dodge of the Toy Box Committee […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
New Blue
Brett T. Bissonnette, 28, returned to the Westbrook Police Department this week as a full officer after spending 18 weeks at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Waterville. Bissonnette previously worked in the department for two months this year as a certified reserve officer. New Blue
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Teen center gets $2,000 boost from Kiwanis
The Kiwanis Club of Westbrook has donated $2,000 to the Mission Possible Teen Center to support the center’s Incentive Store. The store helps to teach youth responsibility and accountability for their behaviors, according to Evelyn Blanchard, teen center executive director. John Bernier, president of the Westbrook Kiwanis said the store fits with the ideals of […]
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Tree restores spirit of Christmas
After a burglar broke into Jean Leconte’s Austin Street home and stole some of her most cherished possessions, she lost her Christmas spirit and decided, for the first time in 46 years, not to put up a Christmas tree. “I decided I wasn’t going to have a tree,” she said. “I wasn’t going on with […]
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Looking Back
December 1981 A possible new parking lot on State Street in Gorham, and a councilor’s lobbying effort, may revive consideration of the state’s plan for moving traffic through the square. The Gorham Town Council is to meet to discuss the purchase of the Grange Hall property. The town would tear down the hall and use […]
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Looking Back
December 1981 A possible new parking lot on State Street in Gorham, and a councilor’s lobbying effort, may revive consideration of the state’s plan for moving traffic through the square. The Gorham Town Council is to meet to discuss the purchase of the Grange Hall property. The town would tear down the hall and use […]