GORHAM – For the first time, the University of Southern Maine will team up with the town of Gorham for its annual New Year’s celebration. New Year Gorham gets under way this year at noon on Dec. 31 with snow sculpting at a site off College Avenue at the university’s Gorham campus. Joshua Wolfe, a […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
USM, town team up for New Year Gorham
GORHAM – For the first time, the University of Southern Maine will team up with the town of Gorham for its annual New Year’s celebration. New Year Gorham gets under way this year at noon on Dec. 31 with snow sculpting at a site off College Avenue at the university’s Gorham campus. Joshua Wolfe, a […]
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Safety at issue
WESTBROOK – New details have emerged about what led to the resignation of the Westbrook School Department’s transportation coordinator after just six months, including the department’s handling of a November incident involving a young student who became trapped in the doors of a bus. Cindy Button said Monday that the child, who was exiting the […]
Posted inMaine, News
Some Mainers could be without power until 2014
As thousands regain electricity, crews face harsh conditions and extensive damage in areas hit hardest by the ice storm.
Posted inLife & Culture, News
Vermont orchestra offers creative outlet for mentally ill
South Burlington’s Me2/orchestra bills itself as ‘the world’s only classical music organization for individuals with mental illness and the people who support them.’
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Plenty to celebrate after Christmas Eve fire in Freeport
FREEPORT — Richard and Diane Peacock lost nearly everything when their mobile home of nearly 17 years was destroyed by a fire on Christmas Eve. But they said they couldn’t be luckier to have each other after Richard Peacock escaped the smoke and flames with his dog that night. Especially after the 65-year-old retired veteran […]
Posted inMaine, News
NH firefighter finds his own daughter at fatal crash scene
Thirty-year-old Katie Hamilton of Brookline was killed in the accident around 9 a.m. Christmas Eve.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
GUEST COLUMN: Budget proves lawmakers can work together
This week, for the first time in four years, Congress successfully passed a budget. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 is a two-year budget resolution that finally provides the American people with a measure of certainty regarding our country’s financial situation. The agreement is far from perfect and contains a number of provisions that I […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: Lost in reminiscence
Remember old banks? Remember those stuffy banks from the good old days that acted the way banks were supposed to act and kept “bankers’ hours” and only loaned you money after you proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that you didn’t need it, but had piles of your own money at home in your […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: Lost in reminiscence
Remember old banks? Remember those stuffy banks from the good old days that acted the way banks were supposed to act and kept “bankers’ hours” and only loaned you money after you proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that you didn’t need it, but had piles of your own money at home in your […]