It’s said you can pick your friends but you can’t pick your unsolicited emails.? For example, an email came over the transom here at Storyteller Central the other day from someone who said he had been reading a book on “the humor of Abe Lincoln” and it said somewhere that the Great Emancipator’s favorite humorist […]
2016
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Southern Forecaster
Meet Maine’s first funnyman
It’s said you can pick your friends but you can’t pick your unsolicited emails.? For example, an email came over the transom here at Storyteller Central the other day from someone who said he had been reading a book on “the humor of Abe Lincoln” and it said somewhere that the Great Emancipator’s favorite humorist […]
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Dishing out kindness for Thanksgiving
To brighten the Thanksgiving holiday, area food pantries, churches, community groups and a restaurant are stepping up so hundreds in Buxton, Gorham and Westbrook won’t be forgotten on Thanksgiving. Volunteers in Gorham are hosting their seventh annual, free Thanksgiving dinner at noon on Thursday, Nov. 24, at Mister Bagel, 13 New Portland Road. Roxanne Moody […]
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Risbara tweaks Phase 2 design
The revised site plan for Phase 2 of Blue Spruce Farm was met with a mixture of criticism and support by the Westbrook Planning Board this week, as developer Risbara Bros. unveiled detailed plans for the additional 110 market-rate apartments at the subdivision. In response to a number of critiques from both Planning Board members […]
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Risbara tweaks Phase 2 design
The revised site plan for Phase 2 of Blue Spruce Farm was met with a mixture of criticism and support by the Westbrook Planning Board this week, as developer Risbara Bros. unveiled detailed plans for the additional 110 market-rate apartments at the subdivision. In response to a number of critiques from both Planning Board members […]
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Shaughnessy sends thanks
I want to send my best regards to James, Mike and Jason for running a strong race for mayor. It was a race we, and Westbrook, can all be proud of. Although I have only campaigned a couple months it was one of the best experiences of my life and to come within 1 percent […]
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Big plans for historic Warren fields
A major grant is up for grabs and Westbrook’s Phil Spiller is working overtime to make sure the city applies. When Phil Spiller Jr. was helping search for potential funding sources for the new community basketball court project at the Cornelia Warren Recreation Area, he came across a grant that Westbrook hadn’t sought for three […]
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Community center mulls uses for vacant café space
With Starlite Café at the Westbrook Community Center now closed, city officials are brainstorming new ways to use the space, and they’d like to hear from the public. The café, which was opened in 2012 by Josh Gelston as a catering service and quick coffee stop for residents utilizing the growing center, closed in October. […]
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Arts calendar
THEATER Through Sunday, Nov. 20 “Kiss Me Kate,” 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Windham Performing Arts Center, Windham High School. $8-$14. 893-1742. Through Sunday, Nov. 20 “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” presented by Good Theater at St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. Wednesday and Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday […]
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Benefit concert to launch Don Doane scholarship
The acclaimed Westbrook jazz trombonist Don Doane, who died last year, will be the subject of a tribute concert and benefit Friday, Nov. 18, at 6:30 p.m. The event at the Italian Heritage Center in Portland will fund a scholarship at Westbrook High School, his family said, where he is remembered as an inspiring and influential […]