Mother, may I? Do you remember playing this game as a child? Someone played the “mother” who gave orders like take six steps and two hops forward. The “child” had to ask, “Mother, may I?” and if they didn’t, they were sent back to the starting line. I see a huge similarity nowadays between the […]
September 2013
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EDITORIAL: Environmental stewards provide us many lessons
The world is a big place and at times can make us feel very small. The network of oceans and rivers and the earth itself is a massive, untamed, and wholly unmanageable place. Climate-change theorists believe mankind is having a negative impact, while others believe the vastness of the planet can handle anything people and […]
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Equine royalty returns for Buxton shows
BUXTON – After making a big hit locally last year, Herrmann’s Royal Lipizzan Stallions have returned to perform Sept. 6-8 at Hearts & Horses Farm, 63 Justin Merrill Road, in Buxton. The famed white stallions arrived in trailers on Tuesday on a tour that has traveled 4,500 miles since mid June. The horses are the […]
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Arts Calendar – 9/5
Events Friday, Sept. 6-Sunday, Sept. 8 Hermann’s Original Royal Lipizzan Stallions of Austria, 7 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday, , Hearts & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center, 63 Justin Merrill Road, Buxton. Tickets at door. 929-4700 or heartsnhorses.org or hlipizzans.com. Sunday, Sept. 8 Victorian Fair, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Victoria Mansion, 109 […]
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Arts Calendar – 9/5
Events Friday, Sept. 6-Sunday, Sept. 8 Hermann’s Original Royal Lipizzan Stallions of Austria, 7 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday, , Hearts & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center, 63 Justin Merrill Road, Buxton. Tickets at door. 929-4700 or heartsnhorses.org or hlipizzans.com. Sunday, Sept. 8 Victorian Fair, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Victoria Mansion, 109 […]
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The food’s Wicked Good on Thursdays
The Wicked Good food truck, painted a bright green, is hard to miss parked in front of Haven’s Candies on County Road in Westbrook. Every Thursday, the truck parks there, fires up the grill and the crew begins to cook food that includes some wicked (for you) food-truck staples like fries and cheese steak and […]
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Gorham Notes – 9/5
GHS class of ’83 to reunite Diann (Furbush) Diaz has announced that the Gorham High School class of 1983 is planning its 30th reunion, to be held from 6-11 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, at Spire 29, 29 School St., in Gorham. Gorham House of Pizza is catering the meal and DJ Jim Fahey will […]
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Two businesses close, one opens
Two businesses in Westbrook’s downtown have closed their doors after less than a year. Eddie’s Eatery on Cumberland Street and Soma Massage and Wellness on Main Street are both no longer in operation, Bill Baker, Westbrook’s assistant city administrator for business and community relations, confirmed this week. Eddie’s Eatery, a small restaurant specializing in breakfast […]
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Business slow so far at recycling facility
WESTBROOK – Stuart Axelrod, division general manager at Pine Tree Waste, a division of Casella Waste Systems, thinks the reason more people haven’t been using his company’s new public drop-off recycling facility is because many haven’t found where it’s located. The site, located at 594 County Road, is open to the public to drop off […]
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Business slow so far at recycling facility
WESTBROOK – Stuart Axelrod, division general manager at Pine Tree Waste, a division of Casella Waste Systems, thinks the reason more people haven’t been using his company’s new public drop-off recycling facility is because many haven’t found where it’s located. The site, located at 594 County Road, is open to the public to drop off […]