Jim Seavey began laying the groundwork while the high school basketball season was still going. An email here, a phone call there. Some players he’d just talk to in person after games. Sometimes he’d speak to a particular player’s coach, hoping that he or she would then put the bug in the player’s ear. Seavey, […]
2006
Posted inAmerican Journal
Bomb threat closes USM
Three campuses at the University of Southern Maine returned to normal Monday afternoon after a bomb threat closed them this morning (April 3). Campuses in Gorham, Portland, Lewiston-Auburn and the university’s offices in Augusta were evacuated and searched. “Nothing was found,” said university spokesman Bob Caswell. University police said the three campuses were evacuated following […]
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City to buy land for school
The Westbrook City Council has agreed to purchase a 65-acre property on Stroudwater Street for a possible site of a new junior high. The city intends to have school officials analyze the site and draft architectural plans as soon as possible. The council voted unanimously to support the $989,900 purchase from Thomas DeWolfe and Elizabeth […]
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Republicans to meet
The Westbrook Republican City Committee invites all Westbrook Republicans to attend their next meeting on April 9. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the training room on the first floor of the Public Safety Building with refreshments and social time. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. For more information, call Bill Holmes at […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
The Ethics of Conscience: Continuing the legacy of Margaret Chase Smith
Maine’s distinguished Senator Margaret Chase Smith once said, “My creed is that public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation with full recognition that every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration, that constructive criticism is not […]
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Standish Council chair will not seek re-election
After six years on the Standish Town Council, Cindy Hopkins has chosen not to run for re-election this June. Hopkins, 51, who currently serves as chairperson of the seven-member council, said she made the difficult decision “after much deliberation and soul searching.” “I am a firm believer that for an organization or board to continue […]
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Proud, not intimidated, to be a Christian
I am not surprised at the backlash against Christians at all (Waves of Faith article by Grant Swank in the Mar. 24 edition of the Lakes Region Weekly). I am one and it states in the book of Revelation that in the end times, Christians are going to be persecuted. There’s no sense in complaining […]
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Proud, not intimidated, to be a Christian
I am not surprised at the backlash against Christians at all (Waves of Faith article by Grant Swank in the Mar. 24 edition of the Lakes Region Weekly). I am one and it states in the book of Revelation that in the end times, Christians are going to be persecuted. There’s no sense in complaining […]
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Proud, not intimidated, to be a Christian
I am not surprised at the backlash against Christians at all (Waves of Faith article by Grant Swank in the Mar. 24 edition of the Lakes Region Weekly). I am one and it states in the book of Revelation that in the end times, Christians are going to be persecuted. There’s no sense in complaining […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster, Web
'Nuff already
At Monday’s Portland Water District meeting, trustees lamented the “ongoing dispute” with the town of Standish. Then, we hear from town councilors in Standish that they, too, are weary from the “ongoing dispute” with the water district. Standish town officials blame the district, and the district blames the town. And this drone goes on and […]