PORTLAND – Last Friday night, 288 young men and women from Bonny Eagle High School strode across the stage at the Cumberland County Civic Center to receive their diploma. Seated among them were possibly the next Bill Gates, Marie Curie, Muhammad Ali or Marilyn Monroe, as class president Taylor Bickford said in her speech, the […]
2011
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
Buxton re-elects incumbents, rejects school reuse
BUXTON – Buxton voters Tuesday re-elected Jean Harmon and Robert Libby to three-year terms on the Board of Selectmen, while rejecting a plan to reuse a former school. In a crowded race for two selectmen seats, Libby topped the field of seven candidates with 361 votes, closely followed by Harmon, with 355. Susan Orfant Gillette […]
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Buxton re-elects incumbents, rejects school reuse
BUXTON – Buxton voters Tuesday re-elected Jean Harmon and Robert Libby to three-year terms on the Board of Selectmen, while rejecting a plan to reuse a former school. In a crowded race for two selectmen seats, Libby topped the field of seven candidates with 361 votes, closely followed by Harmon, with 355. Susan Orfant Gillette […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Fresh Pike appeal filed
WESTBROOK – Opponents of a controversial quarry operating off Spring Street are demanding that the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals have a say in how – or if – the quarry should be allowed to operate. Warren Knight, a member of the family that owns Smiling Hill Farm, filed an appeal on June 6, together […]
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Westbrook mill sale done deal
WESTBROOK – The new owners of one of Westbrook’s largest commercial development properties took over the building officially this week after a mortgage auction on Monday. Alexsandar (Sas?a) Cook, 34, acting with Schoodic Capital, a collection of five different family-owned companies, has taken over the 250,000-square-foot property at 90 Bridge St., otherwise known as the […]
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Cape Elizabeth council holds off on Fort Williams bus, trolley fees, OKs funds for land acquisition
CAPE ELIZABETH — Town councilors Monday night approved a $350,000 contribution to help the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust acquire nearly 64 acres of open space next to Robinson Woods. Councilors also postponed until fall further discussion about fees for tour buses and trolleys that use Fort Williams Park. The proposal would charge $40 for each […]
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Pakistan arrests 5 who helped U.S. in bin Laden raid
WASHINGTON — Pakistan’s intelligence service has arrested the owner of a safe house rented to the CIA to observe Osama bin Laden’s compound before the U.S. raid that killed the al-Qaida leader, as well as a “handful” of other Pakistanis, a U.S. official said late Tuesday. In Pakistan, a Western official confirmed a New York […]
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Shaw brothers outbid Shaw Brothers
GORHAM – Two brothers, owners of Shaw Earthworks Inc. in Gorham, have outbid their father’s company to build a state roundabout at the intersection of New Portland Road, Libby Avenue and Brackett Road in Gorham. Brian Shaw, 29, and Bradford Shaw, 22, who own Shaw Earthworks, bid $937,236, according to Mark Latti, a spokesman for […]
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Shaw brothers outbid Shaw Brothers
GORHAM – Two brothers, owners of Shaw Earthworks Inc. in Gorham, have outbid their father’s company to build a state roundabout at the intersection of New Portland Road, Libby Avenue and Brackett Road in Gorham. Brian Shaw, 29, and Bradford Shaw, 22, who own Shaw Earthworks, bid $937,236, according to Mark Latti, a spokesman for […]
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Baseball teams ousted
The end of the 2011 baseball season came sooner than hoped for Forecaster Country teams. South Portland made it the farthest. The fifth-seeded Red Riots upset No. 4 Scarborough, 2-1, in eight innings, in their Western Class A quarterfinal round game, then fell to top-ranked Cheverus, 8-2, in the semifinals. In Western B, No. 3 […]