Kenneth Johnson, 50, fell asleep while driving in the southbound lanes of Interstate 295, police say.
September 2013
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WE LOVE to eat
Free meal – Wednesday, Sept. 4, 5-6 p.m., My Place Teen Center, 755 Main St, Westbrook. Sponsored in collaboration with Wayside Food Program and hosted by Trinity Lutheran Church and the teen center. Use Foster Street entrance; handicapped accessible. Public supper – Saturday, Sept. 7, 5-6 p.m., West Gorham Union Church, Route 25 (3 miles […]
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New location for senior center
The Lakes Region Senior Center has announced it has a new location confirmed for an interim home until construction to the Little Falls School has been completed in the spring of 2014. New doors open at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3, at Sunset Ridge Golf Links, 771 Cumberland St. (River Road), Westbrook. There will […]
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IT HAPPENED IN WINDHAM – Buried Treasure
In a book called “Portland in the Past,” written by Windham historian William Goold, there’s a story of buried treasure in Windham’s earliest settlement on lower River Road. It happened around the time of the Revolutionary War – the late 1700s. The Smith family was one of the wealthiest in Portland, then called Falmouth, and […]
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Maine native spends summers killing ‘bittersweet’ invasive
CASCO – Rona Fried spends her summers in Casco working diligently to eradicate an invasive plant, which, in the last several years, has infiltrated forests throughout the Lakes Region. “I will be driving,” Fried said Friday, “and I will see a sprig, so I pull over and pull out my kit and cut it – […]
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Frye Islanders eye alternatives to parking lot proposal
RAYMOND – Nearly a year after Frye Island put forth a proposal to the Raymond Planning Board to create a parking lot on the mainland across from the ferry landing, concerned island residents say that viable alternatives should be explored before any tax money is spent and trees felled. A public forum on the divisive […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth council eyes sewer fees
YARMOUTH — The Town Council is considering implementing sewer fees. The fees, a political third rail, were discussed broadly during a Town Council workshop Sept. 5. No votes were taken, but the issue is gaining support from a growing number of councilors. The discussion began with a review of a report written by Town Engineer […]
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Falmouth council applies brake to Town Hall renovations
FALMOUTH — A decision on whether to move forward with $930,000 in Town Hall renovations is on hold until the Town Council can discuss financing and construction management in more detail. While councilors Monday agreed the building needs many of the fixes recommended in a 125-page study by Oak Point Associates commissioned in late 2012, […]
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LePage: Prosecution of welfare fraud up in Maine
The governor says he plans to introduce more reforms to the state’s welfare system next session.
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Funeral held for former Sen. Hathaway of Maine
Family, friends and former colleagues including Rep. Mike Michaud, Sen. Angus King and former Defense Secretary Bill Cohen gathered today at Arlington National Cemetery.