WESTBROOK–As local restaurants prepare for the inevitable ebb and flow of the winter season, Westbrook is seeing a flurry of activity, with some well-known establishments changing hands, expanding, or even closing abruptly. Over the past few years, Westbrook has seen an influx of restuarants adding to its downtown business base, positioning the city as arguably […]
December 2016
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Looking Back
Dec. 18, 1991 Calling it a “glimmer of light,” Westbrook Mayor Fred C. Wescott said he is encouraged by word he and co-workers got last week that there will be no layoffs at the S.D. Warren paper mill in 1992 and no shutdown of production facilities. Union president William Carver took the word cautiously. Carver, […]
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Gorham students mark Pearl Harbor Day
GORHAM—Middle school students got a different type of history lesson last week as the school commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack that devastated the U.S. Navy Pacific fleet. With students filling bleachers in the Gorham Middle School gym, Principal Robert Riley, a former history teacher, told about the surprise attack on Dec. […]
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A side of cyanide
Family gatherings can be tricky things to navigate through at any time, but for some reason they get a tad riskier at this time of year. Why is that? At a recent Thanksgiving get-together it was decided for obvious reasons that we woundn’t rehash the recent elections and referendums, we wouldn’t talk about the Red […]
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A side of cyanide
Family gatherings can be tricky things to navigate through at any time, but for some reason they get a tad riskier at this time of year. Why is that? At a recent Thanksgiving get-together it was decided for obvious reasons that we woundn’t rehash the recent elections and referendums, we wouldn’t talk about the Red […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Buxton Notes
Remembering veterans with wreath ceremony The South Buxton Cemetery Association will hold its annual Wreaths Across America observance at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17, at the cemetery, at the intersection of routes 202 and 112. The event, with patriotic music, will be held for the 10th year simultaneously with the Wreaths Across America ceremony at […]
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Deadly Gorham crash shakes community
GORHAM—Witnesses at a deadly crash involving an SUV and a dump truck on slick Narragansett Street Monday morning said they felt “helpless” as they did the best they could to help the five victims. The accident claimed the life of a Gorham man and hospitalized four others including three elementary school girls. “It’s an awful […]
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Gorham officers depart on wreath mission
WESTBROOK—Snow, rain and ice didn’t halt police leaving in Monday’s storm to escort the Wreaths Across America convoy to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The convoy included 17 decorated tractor-trailer trucks loaded with Maine wreaths to decorate graves of the nation’s war heroes. The police escort includes Gorham Police Department officers Michael Coffin and Dean […]
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Winter Previews: Westbrook High School
Boys BasketballCoach: Dan LeGageLast year’s record: 10-9; fell in the postseason quarterfinals FalmouthKey players lost: Curtis Knapton, Anderson KavutseKey players returning: Zac Manoogian, Miece Loureiro, Landon Sjoberg, Deng Jany, Bailey Sawyer, Kyle Champagne, Jack Haggerty, Hamza HanifiKey matchups: Greely, Falmouth, Cape Elizabeth, Marshwood, Biddeford, York, KennebunkOutlook: The Blazes posted a strong 2015-16 season, reaching the […]
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Gorham Notes
Gorham, Sebago school talks off Darryl Wright, chairman of the Gorham School Committee, told the Gorham Town Council last week that his committee unanimously voted not to pursue a possible agreement to educate Sebago students. “So those discussions are done at this time,” Wright said. ‘Operation Chillout’ under way Toby Scali, a parishioner at St. […]