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We Love To Eat – 9/19

Old fashioned bean-hole bean supper – Saturday, Sept. 21, 4:30 p.m., United Church of Christ at North Gorham, intersection North Gorham and Standish Neck roads, Gorham. Three kinds of beans baked in a hole overnight, rolls, cole slaw, salads, brown bread, pies, coffee, tea or punch. $9, $4. Pig roast – Saturday, Sept. 21, 1-3 […]

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Winter fest plans begun

Savor those few days of summer left, because winter is on its way and to prove it, Westbrook’s annual winter event, the Winter West Festival, is already being planned. According to Maria Dorn, the planning committee for the festival held one meeting so far and has already come up with a date to hold the […]

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Cumberland Fair ushers in fall season

Sure annual signs of autumn are apples and the Cumberland Fair, readying for its 142nd year with signature events and updated security precautions. The fair features the return of bull riding and a full rodeo after a six-year absence. Familiar favorites include bands, midway rides and food, demolition derby, horse racing, rodeo and 4-H students […]

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Arts Calendar – 9/19

Exhibits Friday, Sept. 20-Saturday, Oct. 26 “Aerials: Views from Above,” paintings of Philip Carlo Paratore, Saccarappa Art Collective Gallery, 861 Main St., Westbrook. Opening reception will be held 5-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20. Gallery open Wednesday-Saturday, noon-7 p.m. [email protected]. Theater Saturday, Sept. 21 “Watering Hole,” presented by 49th Parallel Dance Company, 7:30 p.m., Saco River […]

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Looking Back

Sept. 21, 1988 A proposal for a 21-lot clustered subdivision complete with a nine-hole golf course – the first project of its kind in Gorham – ran into stormy waters Monday as several neighbors of the project off Down Road voiced their doubts when the Planning Board ha its first look at the proposal. “I […]