It’s time to replace the oversimplified appraisal system now in place to determine whether police officer-involved shootings are justified. The most recent decision by the Maine attorney general’s office regarding the death of Chance Baker in Portland last year confirms the inanity of how the system determines fault when a police officer takes a life […]
March 2018
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POLITICS & OTHER MISTAKES: Meet the new boss
Based on an extensive survey of the Maine electorate that I haven’t bothered to conduct, I can report with extreme confidence that the state’s next governor will be one of those nearly indistinguishable blobs seeking the Republican nomination. To understand why the GOP is going to hold onto the Blaine House in the November election, […]
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Buxton OKs Waltz complex
Waltz & Sons, a propane gas home installation and delivery company, will construct a new headquarters complex with an office building in Narragansett Business Park off Route 202 in Buxton. BUXTON — The Planning Board on Monday approved a request from Waltz & Sons to build a new company complex that includes an office building in the Narragansett Business Park […]
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We Love to Eat
Community meal – Thursday, March 15, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Chicken and stuffing, $5. Free dinner – Thursday, March 15, 5:30-6:30 p.m., St. Peters Episcopal Church, 678 Washington St., Portland. Chowder luncheon – Friday, March 16, and every Friday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl […]
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Unanimous support from council may bring happy trails
WESTBROOK – The Presumpscot Regional Land Trust is looking to improve access to Mill Brook Preserve and is looking for city funding to do so. Last week, representatives from the Presumpscot Regional Land Trust appeared before the city council to ask for $23,500 in open-space funding to do trail improvement work. The funding would come […]
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60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported on March 19, 1958, that Mr. and Mrs. Leon Waterhouse of Lamb Street in Westbrook attended the Boston Flower Show the previous week. Fats Restaurant at Mosher’s Corner in Gorham advertised 12 clam cakes for $1 as one of its Lenten specials.
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Special Olympics hoop tourney scores big in Gorham
Mark Capano, event coordinator for Special Olympics’ Southern Maine Basketball Tournament, left, Saturday at USM in Gorham announces Alan Rawley of Bangor, right, as winner of an individual skills award. Sgt. Sears Edwards of Gorham Police Department assisted with the presentation to Rawley. GORHAM – Special Olympics’ Southern Maine regional basketball tournament Saturday at the Gorham campus […]
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Looking Back
March 17, 1993 At a few minutes after noon on Thursday, teacher Susan Blanchard was sitting alone working in the library of the Prides Corner School in Westbrook when she happened to look out the window. There, on a tree branch about 30 feet from the school and 10 feet off the ground, sat an […]
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Westbrook students stand united with national protests
WESTBROOK – Although snow postponed their participation in the National Student Walkout Wednesday, it could not stop Westbrook High School’s students from coming together the following day to stand united against gun violence and to seek ways to make schools a safer place to learn and work. “It is important we stand up for our rights and our lives,” […]
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GHS students join walkout, focus on next steps
Approximately sixty, peaceful Gorham High School students walked out of classes Thursday, March 15 in support of school safety for local, Maine and national students. With a stepped-up police presence, they gathered under a U.S. flag waving in a steady breeze. After a group moment of silence, an organizer of the Gorham walkout, senior Virginia Hugo-Vidal, […]