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 […]
2016
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 […]
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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 […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Falcons' fall season in review
With fall sports behind us – and the winter seasons still a few weeks away – now is an opportune moment to look back on Freeport’s recent successes on the football and soccer fields, the cross country trails, and so forth. Cross CountryAs they are wont to do, Brian Berkemeyer’s runners posted a solid year: […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Area briefs
Scarborough OKs zoningfor Mussey apartmentsThe Scarborough Town Council has approved a zone change that would allow the construction of more than 70 market rate apartments at an 11-acre site off Mussey Road. At its meeting on Nov. 16, the council gave unanimous approval to the new zoning, which was requested by local developer Rocky Risbara. […]
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Holy Cross students raise money for African school
Thanks to the generosity of students at Holy Cross School in South Portland, fresh water is now being supplied to the Ngamo Secondary School in Zimbabwe for the first time in nearly a year. Ever since Christine L’Abbé, the principal at Holy Cross, visited the Ngamo Primary School on a trip through Africa several years […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
School start likely to be bumped up
The Start Time Committee in South Portland is nearly ready to make its recommendations to the Board of Education about how to best implement pushing back start times at the high school and middle schools by at least 30 minutes next year. The committee plans to make its final report to the school board at […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Teen authors unite to write
The freedom to create and the ability to be with others who are enthusiastic about the art of writing are just a few of the reasons local teens are excited to take part in a new Teen Writers Group at the Scarborough Public Library. In fact, Grace Dittmer, an eighth-grader at Scarborough Middle School, is […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Teen authors unite to write
The freedom to create and the ability to be with others who are enthusiastic about the art of writing are just a few of the reasons local teens are excited to take part in a new Teen Writers Group at the Scarborough Public Library. In fact, Grace Dittmer, an eighth-grader at Scarborough Middle School, is […]