This weekend’s biannual conference will bring 100,000 church members to Salt Lake City.
October 2014
Posted inLife & Culture, Religion and Values
Reflections: Failing to answer friend’s call reverberates for years
Are we too tired or too busy?
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Port City Post: Household runs fine without the radioactive death box
At first there were some groans, but it didn’t take long before we forgot we ever needed a microwave.
Posted inLife & Culture, Religion and Values
Religion Calendar
Saturday Rummage sale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Clark Memorial United Methodist Church, Forest and Pleasant avenues, Portland. Attic Treasures sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Holy Trinity Parish Hall, 133 Pleasant St., Portland. Vigil for Disarmament, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., walkers will carry signs and banners along Washington Street from the administration building […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
?RIP for Halloween on Main Street??
WESTBROOK – After years of talking about the economic impact felt during the city’s annual Halloween on Main Street event, the Westbrook/Gorham Community Chamber of Commerce says this will be the last year it will host the community event. However, the group is taking up a campaign to find a community organization willing to take […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
?Gorham’s Chief Shepard retires from ‘ringside seat’?
GORHAM – Retiring from his job in one month, Gorham Police Chief Ronald Shepard this week reflected on his more than four decades of protecting his hometown. Shepard, 66, was hired as a Gorham police officer in 1972. In those earlier times, he carried a 6-shot pistol and patrolled miles of country roads in the […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Interim public safety chiefs sworn in
WESTBROOK – Interim Police Chief Janine Roberts, as well as interim Fire Chief Andrew Turcotte, were sworn in by City Clerk Lynda Adams Monday morning at the Westbrook Public Safety building on Main Street. The interim positions were announced two weeks ago following the resignation of Michael Pardue, the director of public safety, after nearly […]
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Interim public safety chiefs sworn in
WESTBROOK – Interim Police Chief Janine Roberts, as well as interim Fire Chief Andrew Turcotte, were sworn in by City Clerk Lynda Adams Monday morning at the Westbrook Public Safety building on Main Street. The interim positions were announced two weeks ago following the resignation of Michael Pardue, the director of public safety, after nearly […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Second harassment claim made
WESTBROOK – On the day that two interim chiefs were sworn in to lead Westbrook’s Public Safety Department during a transitional period, the city was hit with its second notice of claim alleging sexual harassment. As with Officer Melissa May’s intent to sue, filed in late August, police Officer Sandy Mailman is charging that the […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Tensions emerge at school, city talks
WESTBROOK – Perceptible signs of a rocky relationship between Westbrook city and school officials emerged Monday during a joint meeting of the School Committee and City Council, called to discuss the results of a school enrollment study and what it could signal for facilities already at capacity. The discussion, meant to convey the need for […]