Boy Scout Troop 45 and Cub Scout Troop 45, both of Freeport-Pownal, held a flag-rasing event on Veterans Day at the Public Safety building in Freeport. Back row, from left, are Scoutmaster Adam Landry, Robert Landry, Parker Hall, Sam Robinson, Tom Robinson and Harrison Holmes. Front from left are Ian Moore, Katlyn Mosier, Mason Hall, […]
November 2016
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Community Calendar
“Freeport Artists of the Past, 1870-1950,” on display through Dec. 16, Freeport Historical Society’s Harrington House, 45 Main St. Admission $5, $3 for members and children 12 and under. For more information, call 865-3170. Photography by Aldona Shumway, on exhibit in November, Freeport Community Library. Freeport Creative Arts Urban Sketchers Group, meets Wednesdays at 8 […]
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Ross remembered for commitment to education, church and community
Wayne Ross, president of Southern Maine Community College in South Portland for 23 years, from 1979-2002, has died. Holding the title of president emeritus, Ross kept close ties to the community college even after his retirement. Ross, 80, “oversaw the transformation of our college through the decades and laid the foundation for what SMCC is […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Deaths
Fitzpatrick RSM, Sister Mary G., 95, of Portland, formerly of South Portland, died on Nov. 13, 2016. Arrangements by Conroy-Tully Walker South Portland Chapel. Gagnon, Bruce U., 65, of Standish, died on Nov. 14, 2016. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 11 a.m. at Dolby Funeral Chapel, South Windham, followed […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Southern Forecaster
Let it snow: Tri-Town snowmobile club ready to roll
With winter on their minds, members of the Tri-Town Penguins Snowmobile Club were out on Baker Road in Freeport, near Florida Lake, two Sundays ago, building a pair of 15-foot bridges. The new bridges will allow snowmobilers easier access to the Route 125 side of the lake this season. The 30 individuals and nine businesses […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Southern Forecaster
Let it snow: Tri-Town snowmobile club ready to roll
With winter on their minds, members of the Tri-Town Penguins Snowmobile Club were out on Baker Road in Freeport, near Florida Lake, two Sundays ago, building a pair of 15-foot bridges. The new bridges will allow snowmobilers easier access to the Route 125 side of the lake this season. The 30 individuals and nine businesses […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
‘Best of Best’ awards honor local establishments
An event celebrating the American Journal’s first “Best of Best” Readers Choice Contest was held Thursday, Nov. 17, at Westbrook Housing in Westbrook, where winners in a number of business categories mingled and accepted their awards. The contest, co-sponsored by the Westbrook-Gorham Community Chamber of Commerce, gave readers the chance to vote on their favorite […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Southern Forecaster
25 years of fuzz and fury
“As a young man, I put cleverness above respect for others. As a mature person, I hope that I wouldn’t do that … anyway I wouldn’t do it in writing about baseball. I might do it if I was writing about politics.” – Bill James, baseball analytics guru People often ask me if I regret […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Westbrook council unanimous on fish passage
Westbrook leaders gave their official blessing Monday to the recent settlement agreement toward dam removal and fish passage at Saccarappa Falls. Last week, after years of negotiations, officials from dam owner Sappi North America and multiple environmental organizations announced the agreement. On Monday, the Westbrook City Council voted unanimously to support it. The Saccarappa project, […]
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Parishioners pitch in to weatherize
More than 60 parishioners from Catholic churches in Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough and South Portland partnered recently with Catholic Charities Maine to build window inserts to help in weatherization efforts for locals receiving fuel assistance. The window inserts offer an inexpensive alternative to window replacement and help reduce energy loss, thereby saving heating fuel. An assembly […]