With a modified and stretched-out slate of events this season, Westbrook’s Winter West festival 2015 kicks off next weekend with a family skate night in Riverbank Park. Winter West organizers, at Westbrook Community Services, formed a new plan for the third year of the festival, as many of last year’s events were affected by poor […]
2015
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We Love To Eat
Community meal – Thursday, Jan. 8, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Meat loaf, $5. Public chowder luncheon – Friday, Jan. 9, 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 […]
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American Journal Arts Calendar – 1/8
Theater Saturday, Jan. 17 “Sister Act,” presented by Portland Ovations, 3 and 8 p.m., Merrill Auditorium, Portland. www.PortTIX.com or 842-0800. Tuesday, Jan. 20-Sunday, Feb. 15 “Our Man in Havana,” by Clive Francis, Portland Stage Company, 25A Forest Ave., Portland. 774-0465 or www.portlandstage.org. Wednesday, Jan. 28-Monday, Feb. 23 “Regrets Only,” Good Theater, St. Lawrence Arts Center, […]
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Gorham Notes: January 8
Town OKs sale of 21 Main The Gorham Town Council on Tuesday approved 5-2 (Bruce Roullard and Sherrie Benner opposed) selling town-owned property at 21 Main St. to Dominic Reali Realty, doing business as Amato’s, for $155,000. The historic house and its lot are adjacent to Amato’s Sandwich Shop at 3 Main St. With an […]
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New Year Gorham wows ’em
The annual New Year Gorham celebration rang in 2015 with food and festivities, then finished with a bang. Revelers packed several events at venues around town and passes sold out early. It was a “healthy, affordable night out,” said Virginia Wilder Cross, event founder and an organizer. Cross said volunteers would meet on Thursday, Jan. […]
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New Year Gorham wows ’em
The annual New Year Gorham celebration rang in 2015 with food and festivities, then finished with a bang. Revelers packed several events at venues around town and passes sold out early. It was a “healthy, affordable night out,” said Virginia Wilder Cross, event founder and an organizer. Cross said volunteers would meet on Thursday, Jan. […]
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New Year Gorham wows ’em
The annual New Year Gorham celebration rang in 2015 with food and festivities, then finished with a bang. Revelers packed several events at venues around town and passes sold out early. It was a “healthy, affordable night out,” said Virginia Wilder Cross, event founder and an organizer. Cross said volunteers would meet on Thursday, Jan. […]
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Lobster, beer and art can chase away cold, and MaineToday Magazine can be your guide
Find out which seafood shacks are still open, get a preview of new exhibits of paintings and photos and learn about a new beer tasting room.
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NFL Notebook: Former Jets coach among a plethora of candidates for Buffalo, source says
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bengals offensive coordinator Hue Jackson interviewed for the Buffalo Bills’ head-coaching job on Wednesday. And former New York Jets coach Rex Ryan is on deck. A person familiar with the team’s search revealed those two candidates – among a number of others – to The Associated Press on Wednesday. There are at […]
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Sports Digest
TENNIS Djokovic gets holiday win to reach Qatar quarterfinals Top-seeded Novak Djokovic celebrated Serbian Orthodox Christmas by beating Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-2, 6-1 in the second round of the Qatar Open at Doha. Djokovic next plays seventh-seeded Ivo Karlovic, who beat qualifier Nikoloz Basiashvili of Georgia 7-6 (3), 6-3. Third-seeded Tomas Berdych of the […]