Rain or Shine Club Come explore your back yard by joining the Rain or Shine Club, sponsored by the Royal River Conservation Trust, for a no cost, guided mini-adventure of its preserves and trails every Thursday, starting at 10 a.m. On Thursday, Feb. 26, at 10 a.m., take the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village barnyard tour […]
February 2015
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Lakes Region Calendar
(To list an event in this calendar, email information to [email protected]) Through April 29: The United Methodist Church of Good Fellowship, 1000 Roosevelt Trail, Route 302, Naples, will be serving free breakfast and fellowship every Wednesday from 7:30-10 a.m. The breakfast will be canceled with SAD 61 schools for inclement weather. Monday, Feb. 23: Gray […]
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Weather takes toll on Sebago derby
Registrations for the 15th annual Sebago Lake and Cumberland County Ice Fishing Derbies were down considerably this year, due to snowy conditions and freezing temperatures, derby organizers said. Individual and family registrations were down from roughly 1,000 last year to 560 this year, according to lead derby organizer Deb McPhail, the president of the Sebago […]
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Windham: New prison facility eyed
The state is looking to build a women’s re-entry center along River Road next to the Maine Correctional Center. The Maine Department of Corrections is seeking approval from the Windham Planning Board to construct a 72-bed women’s inmate facility on River Road, several hundred feet to the east of the Maine Correctional Center. On Feb. […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Web
We Love To Eat
Community meal – Thursday, Feb. 19, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Meatloaf, $5. Public chowder luncheon – Friday, Feb. 20, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl of haddock chowder with crackers, or lobster roll lunch with chips, $8; cup of chowder, $5. Combination lobster roll with […]
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Letters
How to help Don’s Lunch I am new senior resident of Westbrook. The article (Feb. 12) on the action of the Maine Department of Revenue closing down Don’s Lunch is sad. Generally, a strong case can be made to the state collection efforts to work withmthe owner if there is tax representation by an accountant […]
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Fire totals Gorham school bus
A 2003 Gorham School Department mini bus was destroyed by fire shortly after midnight on Feb. 7, in the bus area at Gorham Public Works Department. “We suspect it was an electrical problem,” Norm Justice, transportation director for Gorham schools, said this week about cause of the fire. Acting Gorham Police Chief Christopher Sanborn said […]
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Fire totals Gorham school bus
A 2003 Gorham School Department mini bus was destroyed by fire shortly after midnight on Feb. 7, in the bus area at Gorham Public Works Department. “We suspect it was an electrical problem,” Norm Justice, transportation director for Gorham schools, said this week about cause of the fire. Acting Gorham Police Chief Christopher Sanborn said […]
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Maine man who conspired to sell oxycodone, heroin gets 4 years
According to prosecutors, Ryan Partridge described himself as a major drug trafficker in the Augusta area.
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Looking Back
Feb. 21, 1990 Bob Meggison of Seavey Street, Westbrook, had not thought about taking a bath on Monday night. And if he had, it most certainly would not have been in the frigid waters of Little Sebago Lake. Meggison and a group of Westbrook snowmobilers set out on Presidents Day for a nighttime ride. In […]