Mark Sullivan will offer a resolution at Monday’s meeting to keep the church from closing.
September 2013
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Decision due on ‘fracking’ ban in national forest
The U.S. has allowed oil and gas drilling on other public lands, but not extraction by this controversial method.
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Westbrook set to choose mayor, seven councilors
This November will be the last time that all seven City Council seats are up for election at once.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Female official at Treasury considered for Fed board
If Lael Brainard gets the job, it may ease criticism of the Obama administration over its roles for women.
Posted inNews
$2.4 million in repairs funded for Pease airport
The airport was selected to be home to Boeing KC-46 refueling tankers now in production.
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Events
GORHAM Talk on osteoporosis Gorham Women’s Club will host a talk by Sally Manchester on osteoporosis at 1 p.m. Thursday at First Parish Congregational Church on School Street. Refreshments will be served at 12:30 p.m. For more details, call 839-8399. BRUNSWICK Civil War lecture series The next Joshua L. Chamberlain Civil War Round Table lecture […]
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Births
Several area hospitals no longer provide birth announcements for publication. We will publish birth announcements from parents. Forms and instructions are available here. For more information, please call 791-6300. AT HOME Samara Danylle Leavitt Haines, born Aug. 23 to Nicole Leavitt and Arthur Haines, Canton. BRIDGTON HOSPITAL Lianna Lynn Butcher, born Aug. 25 to Rhiannan […]
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Briefly
GORHAM USM program offers tutoring for elementary students The Southern Maine Area Resource Team for Schools at the University of Southern Maine has started a new after-school program to provide free and low-cost reading tutoring for kindergarten through Grade 5 students. The program is funded by a three-year grant from the Reading Matters to Maine […]
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Reunions
HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS Portland High School, Class of 1950, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 10, with luncheon at 12:30 p.m. DiMillo’s Restaurant, Portland. For details, prices and meal choices, contact Joan Hodgdon at 892-8862 or Patricia Bickford at 772-4464. Portland High School, Class of 1958, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 20, with luncheon […]
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Military Notes
• Hamilton T. Gray has graduated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Leader Development and Assessment Course at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, Wash. He is the son of Jeffrey and Maureen Gray of North Yarmouth and graduated in 2010 from Greely High School, Cumberland. • Navy Seaman Allyson A. Scully, daughter of Jennifer Scully […]