(Update: Check out Mike Tipping’s post for a local take on this PPP mess) The North Carolina-based polling firm Public Policy Polling has become the target of some scathing criticism from polling analysts following its decision to withhold the results of a survey that showed Colorado lawmaker Angela Giron would likely be recalled by voters on […]
September 2013
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SQUEEZED
WESTBROOK – A sign in Saccarappa Elementary School welcomes visitors to its “Cafemusicartitorium” – the name given in jest to the small room that serves as the school’s cafeteria, auditorium and music and art classrooms. The combined room gives an idea of the compromises the school has had to make this year to accommodate the […]
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NASA: Voyager 1 probe escapes solar system after 36 years
The spacecraft with its recorded message is the first man-made object to reach interstellar space.
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Seniors have new home in Westbrook
WESTBROOK – Ethel Blake found the Lakes Region Senior Center around the time her husband died. “I met these people when my husband was sick. I stopped in one day and they treated me just like a long lost friend. We help each other in times of need,” Blake said of the 70 seniors who […]
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Gorham Notes – 9/12
Iranian photos at USM gallery The University of Southern Maine Art Gallery on the Gorham campus will present “Persian Visions: Contemporary Photography from Iran,” Sept. 17 through Dec. 8. The gallery is open noon to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays-Sundays s. Free and open to the public, the exhibit features 58 photography and video installations by […]
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LETTERS: Incredible work
The Westbrook Food Pantry crew of volunteers was thrilled to see the Rev. Kelli Whitman, Sandra Grady, Karen Mayo and Lynnell Gauvin featured in your paper (Sept. 5) for their incredible work growing the vegetables for the 300 or so families who come each month to the pantry. Freshly picked, scrubbed, and packaged, the tomatoes, […]
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We Love To Eat – 9/12
Breakfast buffet – Saturday, Sept. 14, 7:30-10 a.m., West Cumberland Methodist Church, corner of Blackstrap and Upper Methodist roads, Cumberland. Pancakes (plain and blueberry), scrambled eggs, ham, sausage, muffins, fresh fruit, juice, coffee and tea. Takeout available. $6.50, $3. Free meal – Wednesday, Sept. 18, 5-6 p.m., My Place Teen Center, 755 Main St, Westbrook. […]
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Arts Calendar – 9/12
Theater Friday, Sept. 13 – Sunday, Sept. 29 “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m., Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland. $15-$20. 799-7337 or www.portlandplayers.org. Saturday, Sept. 14 Auditions for “The Sound of Music” at Portland Players, by appointment. Email [email protected]. Saturday, Sept. 21 “Watering Hole,” presented by […]
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Westbrook notes – 9/12
Poetry series at Saccarappa Past Maine poet laureate Betsy Sholl and poet Nate Amadon will be featured in a reading in the Lowry’s Lodge Poetry Series at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Saccarappa Art Collective, 861 Main St., in Westbrook. Jim Donnelly and Anna Wrobel are hosting the event that includes a question-and-answer […]
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Bottle club, yard sale rules on old
WESTBROOK – New regulations for yard sales and bottle clubs are still pending in Westbrook after concerns were raised at a City Council meeting Monday that the rules flirted with “Big Brother” territory. Bottle clubs allow customers to bring in their own alcohol and can operate without a liquor license. There are no bottle clubs […]