Mark St. Germain, who owns St. Germain and Associates on Main Street, said parking used to be easy in the public parking lot behind his business. Not any more. Since new businesses are moving in, it’s getting harder all the time. St. Germain is one of many business owners in downtown Westbrook who think the […]
2006
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Superior Court log
These cases were handled in Cumberland County Superior Court during September 2006: Jessie Pierce, 44, Westbrook requested a jury trial on a charge of assault in Portland on July 2, 2002. Jessica Pike, 25, Buxton, was found guilty on a charge of failing to report in Portland on July 25, 2003, and was sentenced to […]
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Local Cheverus students honored
Thirteen Cheverus High School students from Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough and South Portland have been inducted into the school’s National Honor Society. They are: Seniors: Michael A. Connerney and Nathan J. Laxague of Scarborough, and Paul M. Hinman of South Portland. Juniors: Martin K. Duval, Caitlyn S. Hurley and Karin M. Renger, Cape Elizabeth; Devin G. […]
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Remembering the animals this Christmas
Cumberland County Equestrians 4-H took a basket of horse treats that the club made to the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals Open House on Dec. 9. The kids brought homemade horse cookies and brought a basket of apples and carrots. We toured the barn and were left with wanting to do more. […]
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Looking Back
December 1981 City Engineer Edward Reidman presented the Westbrook City Council with an ultimatum from the Portland Water District Monday: raise the Westbrook sewer-users fee 16 percent, effective Jan. 1. Aldermen balked at the orders, but as a concession voted to table action until they met with Russell Day, Westbrook’s Water District trustee, and other […]
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Senior Series plans holiday events
The Senior Series will hold a Christmas party with a Yankee Swap and sing-along on Wednesday, Dec. 20, starting at 11:30 a.m. at Hillcrest Community Center, 108 Hillcrest Ave. Scarborough. A catered steak dinner, at $5 per person, will be served. Reservations must be made by 1 p.m. Monday, Dec 18. Call Nancy at 883-4476. […]
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Senior Series plans holiday events
The Senior Series will hold a Christmas party with a Yankee Swap and sing-along on Wednesday, Dec. 20, starting at 11:30 a.m. at Hillcrest Community Center, 108 Hillcrest Ave. Scarborough. A catered steak dinner, at $5 per person, will be served. Reservations must be made by 1 p.m. Monday, Dec 18. Call Nancy at 883-4476. […]
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Legislative leaders start reform push
Returning Senate President Beth Edmonds and new House Speaker Glenn Cummings used their remarks at swearing-in ceremonies last week to call for a focused legislative effort to turn recommendations on improving Maine’s economy, outlined in a Brookings Institution report, into law. The report, released a month before the election, contains a lot of ideas, but […]
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Objects to purchasing bags
I am writing in response to the article on the Clynk bottle return facility (“Quick return,” Nov. 30, 2006.) I was surprised that the article did not mention that some patrons object to the purchasing of the bags. When the Clynk facility first opened, there was no purchasing requirement and I was very happy with […]
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Healing through healthy foods
Eight years ago, Meg Wolff took a chance that might have saved her life. Wolff gave up on conventional treatment for breast cancer and decided against a bone marrow transplant. “I just felt in my gut that it would kill me,” said Wolff, who grew up in Westbrook. Instead, she began a strict, healing macrobiotic […]