Library friends raffle The Friends of the Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main St., is sponsoring a spring raffle of two baskets. One basket is filled with children’s books, chocolate sweets, plush bunnies, a Zhu Zhu pet, a copy of “The Velveteen Rabbit” and a dollhouse kit. The other basket has a gardening theme. It’s a […]
March 2012
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham teams headed to Odyssey finals
GORHAM – Creative thinking, out-of-the-box ideas and innovation were celebrated and rewarded when about 170 teams from all across Maine descended on the Wells schools Saturday to take part in the state Odyssey of the Mind tournament. There were some new winners, as well as returning champions among the teams chosen to go on to […]
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Gorham teams headed to Odyssey finals
GORHAM – Creative thinking, out-of-the-box ideas and innovation were celebrated and rewarded when about 170 teams from all across Maine descended on the Wells schools Saturday to take part in the state Odyssey of the Mind tournament. There were some new winners, as well as returning champions among the teams chosen to go on to […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Cape Elizabeth High School robotics team readies for road show
CAPE ELIZABETH — High school sophomores Anthony Castro and Luke Dvorozniak are perfecting the scientific version of the basketball pick and roll. As members of team 56A of the Cape Robotics program, the two and senior Ethan DiNinno have designed, built and programmed a squat, wheeled fabrication of metal, wire and motors soon to be […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
New Westbrook coach is eyeing playoffs
WESTBROOK – This spring, the Westbrook softball team will be led by a new coach who will be looking to lead the Blazes to the postseason. Dee Regan comes to Westbrook from Portland High School, where she was the Bulldogs’ softball coach for the past three seasons. While she is new to coaching in Westbrook, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
New Westbrook coach is eyeing playoffs
WESTBROOK – This spring, the Westbrook softball team will be led by a new coach who will be looking to lead the Blazes to the postseason. Dee Regan comes to Westbrook from Portland High School, where she was the Bulldogs’ softball coach for the past three seasons. While she is new to coaching in Westbrook, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
Coaching legend makes his mark with local track athletes
GORHAM – On March 23, the University of Southern Maine in Gorham hosted a special event for track athletes from around the state. While coaching clinics have become a familiar way for athletes to enhance their skills and learn from instructors, it is not often that legendary coaches make their presence felt. That was the […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Bath bank's 1st customer gets nod, 160 years later
BATH — One August day in 1852, when Millard Fillmore was president, there were just 31 states and the Civil War was nine years away, Francis B. Swift opened a bank account. The Bath man’s signature, one of many in a well-preserved ledger in a Bath Savings Institution vault, identifies him as the bank’s first […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Missing wheelchair returned to Scarborough teen
SCARBOROUGH – A local woman has learned a valuable lesson about personal property and the power of social media. On Tuesday, the Scarborough Police Department posted on its Facebook page that an orange, child-sized Quickie wheelchair was taken from a home on Winterberry Lane sometime after noon on March 20. Handicapped teen Chris Fitzgerald used […]
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Missing wheelchair returned to Scarborough teen
SCARBOROUGH – A local woman has learned a valuable lesson about personal property and the power of social media. On Tuesday, the Scarborough Police Department posted on its Facebook page that an orange, child-sized Quickie wheelchair was taken from a home on Winterberry Lane sometime after noon on March 20. Handicapped teen Chris Fitzgerald used […]