Historians to hear Labrecque Jan Labrecque of North Gorham will speak when the Gorham Historical Society meets at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13, in the operations center of Gorham Savings Bank off Gray Road. Labrecque is a former legislator from Gorham. Her topic will be historic houses in Gorham. “It will be an insight […]
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Buckle up for safety
While there has been a big push to get Maine drivers to buckle up in recent years, there is one group that is exempt. Since school buses are not required to be equipped with seatbelts for passengers in Maine, kids riding to school each day do not have to buckle up. In the recent fatal […]
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Run raises over $1,500 for food pantry
Don Cross, owner of Crossroads Connection Courier Service, and Cindy Hazelton, director of the Gorham Recreation Department presented the Gorham Ecumenical Food Pantry with $1,580 raised from the annual “Burn Off the Turkey Run.” This money will go towards helping families in Gorham area parishes meet their needs this winter. “We served almost 1,000 families […]
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City extends paper street moratorium
Westbrook has extended a moratorium preventing the construction of homes on so-called “paper streets” in order to give the city enough time to consider proposed changes to city ordinances. City Administrator Jerre Bryant said the original six-month moratorium, which was set to end Feb. 11, has now been extended another 90 days. Bryant added he […]
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Pills found in jail search
A lab is analyzing what is believed to be prescription pills found on Monday in the Cumberland County Jail in Portland. Capt. Don Goulet of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department said the pills were uncovered during a canine drug search at the jail. There were no charges Tuesday, according to Goulet. Canine teams from eight […]
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Not letting emotions cloud vision
I was standing near the doorway to the gym at Savio High School in Boston watching a girls basketball game one winter evening six or seven years ago when the official standing closest to me blew his whistle. He signaled a traveling violation against the home team, and I said, “Good call,” just loud enough […]
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Pet of the week
Ash and Granola’s previous owners left them with a pet-sitter while they were on vacation. Unfortunately, they moved instead and did not return for their pets. Both of them settled in right away and they are our biggest attraction in the Critter Room. Ash is a male Peruvian guinea pig, so his coat is smooth […]
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Keeping kids in school
Last Friday, instead of hanging out with their friends and playing video games, three Westbrook students were camping in the Sebago Lake region in sub-freezing conditions with their teacher. The camping trip was just one of the activities that Jon Ross head of the Westbrook School Department’s alternative learning program and the alternative learning program […]
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Second quarter burns Blazes
The first quarter of Friday night’s boys basketball game between Thornton Academy and Westbrook played out as expected. The teams had almost the same record coming in – the Trojans were 3-10; the Blue Blazes were 3-9 – and it showed in the numbers. Five turnovers for TA; five turnovers for Westbrook. Eleven points for […]
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'One big happy family' in pool for Blazes
Jake Wilson and Matt Violette each won a pair of individual events to lead Westbrook’s boys swim team to victory Friday at South Portland. The boys topped their hosts, 91-71, while the Lady Blazes came up short against the Red Riots, 111-67. The match-up had some added significance because the coach across the pool, Rob […]