Peter Mason of Po-Go Realty asks the Gorham Town Council Tuesday for clarifications in proposed changes to the town’s sprinkler ordinance. The Town Council postponed action to this summer on the measure requiring all new homes to have sprinkler systems. GORHAM – On Tuesday, the Town Council unanimously postponed action to amend the town’s sprinkler ordinance requiring […]
May 2018
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Looking Back
May 5, 1993 Local 1069, United Papermakers and Paperworkers International, AFL-CIO, began at the S.D. Warren paper mill in Westbrook 25 years ago this year, William Carver, the local’s former president, reminded his co-workers at a dinner honoring Carver Friday, his last day as an employee of the mill. He now works full time for […]
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60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported on May 7, 1958, that Alex McCabe of Monroe Avenue, Westbrook, had returned home after spending the winter in Miami, Florida. Elizabeth Libby was general chairwoman of a rummage sale sponsored by the Ladies Guild at Westbrook Congregational Church.
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PORTLAND – Through the month of May, The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free Essentials of College Planning workshops for those 19 years old or older. The workshops, which last up to two hours, will focus on the four steps in the college process: admissions, financial aid, career planning and study skills. Goodwill […]
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It's time to term out term limits
If you still support term limits on Maine legislators, it could be because you think such restrictions are something that can re-engage voters. You might believe that because Rick Barton told you so. “Term limits are something that can re-engage voters,” Barton, co-director of the term-limits referendum campaign, told the Portland Press Herald back in […]
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Mural brings Maine and Florida schools together
WESTBROOK – Westbrook High School senior Kelly Maguire dreams of one day using art therapy in her career as a child psychologist and last month Maguire got a taste of the therapeutic power of art. During April school vacation, Maguire hand delivered a 9-foot by 8-foot mosaic mural of Marjory Stoneman Douglas made by Westbrook […]
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Peace through strength works
Mega-kudos to President Donald Trump for standing up to Kim Jong Un, who was defiantly testing nuclear weapons, but now, miraculously, is following a more peaceful path with his southern neighbors on the Korean Peninsula. The Bob Dylan lyric, “They say the darkest hour is right before the dawn,” sprang to mind upon hearing the […]
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The definition of education is not simple
My facebook feed and email inbox have been showing an interesting trend. There are many memes and articles all asking: Is the cost of education worth it? I sympathize with the question. College tuitions are steep. Student debt is crippling entire generations. At the same time, the employment landscape is shifting and what were established career […]
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Maine Baseball Hall of Fame welcomes this year's inductees
YARMOUTH—10 new names will join the ranks of those immortalized in the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame when it holds its annual induction ceremony at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland on Sunday, July 22, including Edmund “Ned” Beyer (Milton, Massachusetts), Willie Boynton (Skowhegan), Jim Cameron (Trenton), Ronald “Mickey” Foster (posthumous; Standish), Dave […]
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Don's Lunch returns to old site with hopes of expanded restaurant
WESTBROOK – After months of searching for the perfect location for his food truck, Craig Bernier, owner of Don’s Lunch, will be returning his business to the parking lot of Friendly Gas at 925 Main Street. Bernier said he has plans to lease the whole building, except for a small section where Friendly Gas will […]