April 8, 1987 Timothy Plooff, 23, Buxton, escaped from the Maine Correctional Center March 30 by keeping on going on his way to the Dumpster with a rubbish bucket. Plooff, who had three months to go on a one-year sentence for theft, was still at large yesterday. Plooff went down into woods toward the Presumpscot […]
2012
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LOOKING BACK – 4/5
April 8, 1987 Timothy Plooff, 23, Buxton, escaped from the Maine Correctional Center March 30 by keeping on going on his way to the Dumpster with a rubbish bucket. Plooff, who had three months to go on a one-year sentence for theft, was still at large yesterday. Plooff went down into woods toward the Presumpscot […]
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Outspoken Marine to argue case against discharge
Sgt. Gary Stein’s lawyers and the American Civil Liberties Union say his views are protected by the First Amendment.
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LePage to sign bill for east-west highway study
The study will cost $300,000, which must be paid back to the state by the developer if the highway gets the go-ahead.
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Senate puts off Maine presidential primary bill
Senators now call for a presidential primary bill to be submitted to the next Legislature in 2013.
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GORHAM NOTES – 4/5
Gorham students in Sousa honor band Four Gorham High School students and 14 Gorham Middle School students have been named to participate in the New England Region John Philip Sousa National Honor Band festival on April 19, 20 and 21 at the Bromfield School in Harvard, Mass. The high school students are Michael Sullivan Jr., […]
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Westbrook outsources mowing
WESTBROOK – As a part of a continuing effort to cut costs by looking for ways to outsource certain services to local companies, the Westbrook City Council voted Monday to give preliminary approval to contracts to two Westbrook businesses to provide landscape and mowing services to the city. The council voted 6-0 (Councilor Michael Foley […]
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Westbrook man charged after gas scare
WINDHAM – A Westbrook man was arrested after authorities say he violated numerous hazardous materials regulations and caused a gas scare on Windham’s River Road Monday. The busy commuter artery was closed for more than five hours as a result. According to Windham police, Joshua Prokey, 30, of 73 Everett St., was arrested on a […]
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Cleaning firm gets school meeting
GORHAM – After two years, a local business that sells janitorial supplies finally has gotten its foot in the door at the Gorham School Department. Phil Sferes, who owns Clean-O-Rama in the Gorham Industrial Park with his brother Greg, said this week they have a meeting at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 2, with Gorham […]
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Westbrook School budget hits final stretch
WESTBROOK – The Westbrook School Department is finishing up its second most difficult budget season in recent years, and once again school officials will need layoffs and an increase in the tax burden in order to balance the books against plummeting state and federal aid to the city. The final version of the district’s 2013 […]