Wall Street analysts say airlines that reduce legroom, charge for a first checked bag, or boost charges for reservation changes are more profitable and attractive to investors.
October 2014
Westbrook Notes – 10/9
Foye tournament scores success The third annual Jim Foye Memorial Golf Tournament last month at Gorham Country Club raised more than $12,000 for the scholarship fund that benefits Westbrook High School seniors. “The scholarship fund was created after Jim’s passing in 2012 to carry on his legacy of helping others,” a tournament organizer, Tami Blake […]
GUEST COLUMN: It’s time to move on from Columbus Day
They came. Descending upon our cityscapes and backcountry fields in strange vessels, we received the first encounter with scientific wonder. They donned exotic garments and spoke in alien tongues. Equipped with unknown instruments and tools, they sought to draw resources from our farms and our waters. No man among us had ever encountered beings such […]
GUEST COLUMN: It’s time to move on from Columbus Day
They came. Descending upon our cityscapes and backcountry fields in strange vessels, we received the first encounter with scientific wonder. They donned exotic garments and spoke in alien tongues. Equipped with unknown instruments and tools, they sought to draw resources from our farms and our waters. No man among us had ever encountered beings such […]
GUEST COLUMN: It’s time to move on from Columbus Day
They came. Descending upon our cityscapes and backcountry fields in strange vessels, we received the first encounter with scientific wonder. They donned exotic garments and spoke in alien tongues. Equipped with unknown instruments and tools, they sought to draw resources from our farms and our waters. No man among us had ever encountered beings such […]
GUEST COLUMN: It’s time to move on from Columbus Day
They came. Descending upon our cityscapes and backcountry fields in strange vessels, we received the first encounter with scientific wonder. They donned exotic garments and spoke in alien tongues. Equipped with unknown instruments and tools, they sought to draw resources from our farms and our waters. No man among us had ever encountered beings such […]
GUEST COLUMN: It’s time to move on from Columbus Day
They came. Descending upon our cityscapes and backcountry fields in strange vessels, we received the first encounter with scientific wonder. They donned exotic garments and spoke in alien tongues. Equipped with unknown instruments and tools, they sought to draw resources from our farms and our waters. No man among us had ever encountered beings such […]
American Journal Calendar – 10/9
Theater Thursday, Oct. 16 and Saturday, Oct. 18 “Naked Shakespeare,” presented by Acorn Productions, 5:30 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m. Saturday, Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland. Free with PMA admission or to PMA members. www.acorn-productions.org. Through Sunday, Oct. 19 “The Rainmaker,” presented by Good Theater, at St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St., […]
American Journal Calendar – 10/9
Theater Thursday, Oct. 16 and Saturday, Oct. 18 “Naked Shakespeare,” presented by Acorn Productions, 5:30 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m. Saturday, Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland. Free with PMA admission or to PMA members. www.acorn-productions.org. Through Sunday, Oct. 19 “The Rainmaker,” presented by Good Theater, at St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St., […]
LOOKING BACK – 10/9
Oct. 11, 1989 The Gorham Planning Board denied Peter Vose permission last week to split a 4-acre lot containing two duplexes that he bought from Dewayn Shaw’s daughter Susan Duchaine in June. Vose wanted to sell both duplexes, located on Buck Street, as separate lots. But the lot has quite irregular lot lines, because it […]