Maine Army National Guard Specialist Kevin Tedesco will soon be heading to Iraq for a year tour of duty as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. But that’s all he knows for sure. Tedesco said he’s in the dark about the details of his assignment. He said he leaves for specialized training the day after Easter, […]
2006
Posted inAmerican Journal
Police investigate mailbox bombing
Federal and local law enforcement agencies are investigating an explosion that destroyed a mailbox on Buck Street in Gorham on April 4. A police robot took apart another bomb found in an adjacent mailbox the following morning. The Gorham police have sent evidence to the state’s crime lab in Augusta. Gorham Police Chief Ron Shepard […]
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Looking Back
April 1981 Westbrook’s City Council refused to change the junior high school to make room for the sixth grade, and refused to close Forest Street School, changes which had been sought by Superintendent Carl Knowlton. Scarborough’s school board voted 4-1 to close the student smoking area in the high school, and to ban student smoking […]
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Westbrook HS spring preview
Girls Tennis Coach: Mike Makin (14th year) Last season’s record: 8-7 How did last season end: Lost playoff quarterfinal to Portland, 3-2 Key players: EmJay Williams, Chelsea Norton, Kelsey Herbert, Danielle Waldron, Kristina Shavirov, Meghan Quigley and Michelle Casella. Season outlook: “We’ve got everybody back, and they’ve been playing indoors and taking lessons, so we’re […]
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Cheverus awards academic honors Three students from Buxton were named to the honor roll for the first semester at Cheverus High School in Portland. They are Kristen MacLean, a sophomore, and two freshmen, Marcus Dominic Cardana and Daniel Piper. Direnzo excels at university Kaitlyn Direnzo was named the dean’s list at Southern New Hampshire University […]
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Ramblings
Library hosts National Library Workers Day Karen Valley, director of Westbrook’s Walker Memorial Library, did a beautiful job of organizing an open house for National Library Workers Day. From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on April 4, there was tea and refreshments in the first floor of the library, with 200 guests present. There were […]
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Two injured in Arterial crash
Police are blaming alcohol for a crash early Saturday morning that injured two people on the Westbrook Arterial. Police said a Westbrook man drove the wrong way on Westbrook Arterial after an alleged night of drinking and hit a Scarborough woman head on. Both drivers were injured, although police said the injuries were not life […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Daytime Players shine in 'Chamber Music'
As can happen with any fine instrument, the famous characters in “Chamber Music” are a bit off key; their tuning pegs wound a little too tightly, resulting in a haunting blend of harmony and discord in their comic, tragic lives. This weekend, at Schoolhouse Arts Center in Sebago Lake Village, the Daytime Players will give […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Telescope workshop set for Apr. 10
The Greater Bridgton Astronomy Club and the USM Southworth Planetarium present a telescope workshop on Apr. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Bridgton Community Center. This event will be free and open to the public. Club members will distribute booklets about telescopes, including a glossary and a guide to buying and using telescopes. Telescopes will […]
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Telescope workshop set for Apr. 10
The Greater Bridgton Astronomy Club and the USM Southworth Planetarium present a telescope workshop on Apr. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Bridgton Community Center. This event will be free and open to the public. Club members will distribute booklets about telescopes, including a glossary and a guide to buying and using telescopes. Telescopes will […]