Gorham town councilors took their discussion about filling the vacant police chief position behind closed doors on Tuesday after accepting an independent report that outlined issues in the police department. Police have been without a chief since Nov. 4, when Ronald Shepard, now a town councilor, retired and his second in command, Lt. Christopher Sanborn, […]
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Teen center funding in peril
Westbrook’s My Place Teen Center, which serves hundreds of at-risk youth, is in danger of losing all its funding from the city. While My Place Teen Center is a private nonprofit organization, the city has historically provided it annual funding as part of the social-services budget. Things went awry after a recommendation was made this […]
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FISHING LINES: Maine’s waters – Most of us only stick in one toe
Hello again, fellow fishermen! With ice fishing winding down, it’s high time to start planning for what we are going to do for fishing this spring and summer. For many of us who have camps or live close to spots we like to fish, much of that is pretty much a foregone conclusion. For those […]
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Arts Calendar
Theater Friday-Saturday, April 10-11 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” presented by Portland Ballet, Westbrook Performing Arts Center, Stroudwater Street, Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. www.portlandballet.org. Through Sunday, April 12 “Red,” by John Logan, Portland Stage Company, 25A Forest Ave., Portland. www.portlandstage.org or 774-0465. “The Boys Next Door,” presented by the Portland Players, directed […]
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Gorham taxes likely upward bound
Gorham Town Manager David Cole handed town councilors on Tuesday his proposed $13.1 million municipal budget, up 5.4 percent from this year’s $12.4 million. The budget would raise the tax rate 30 cents per $1,000 of valuation. The Cumberland County tax would hike Gorham’s tax rate another 5 cents. The Gorham School Committee was to […]
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New issues arise from Sappi dam license
The new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission license for the Eel Weir Dam contains major mandated changes at the Eel Weir bypass reach, the 1.25-mile stretch of the Presumpscot River between the Eel Weir Dam and the North Gorham Dam that is one of the most popular fishing spots in southern Maine. In particular, the 40-year […]
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Gorham Notes
‘Festival of Feet’ fundraiser A celebration of tap dance, “Festival of Feet,” is set for 7:32 p.m. on Saturday, April 11, in McCormick Performing Arts Center at Gorham High School, 41 Morrill Ave. The Centre of Movement School of Performing Arts in Gorham sponsors the performance. A press release about the show said it features […]
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Westbrook Notes
Library trustees remember Broaddus Two Walker Memorial Library trustees, Marian Peterson and Fran Fritzsche Jensen, recently remembered a longtime volunteer and past trustee Marion Libby Broaddus, who died in February. Peterson and Jensen donated $100 to the library in memory of Broaddus. “Marion was well loved at the library, and her contagious smile warmed all […]
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Foley collecting Super Bowl beer bet at ‘Survivor’ party
Chances that Dan Foley of Gorham would win the TV show “Survivor” inched closer to reality after last week’s seventh episode, and this week at a viewing party he planned to collect a Super Bowl beer bet. Foley, 47, a postal technician, is now one of 11 contestants, reduced from 18, still in the running […]
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Foley collecting Super Bowl beer bet at ‘Survivor’ party
Chances that Dan Foley of Gorham would win the TV show “Survivor” inched closer to reality after last week’s seventh episode, and this week at a viewing party he planned to collect a Super Bowl beer bet. Foley, 47, a postal technician, is now one of 11 contestants, reduced from 18, still in the running […]