WESTBROOK — City Councilors have signed off on the first step in Discover Downtown Westbrook’s efforts to seek a Maine Arts Commission grant to create and implement a “cultural plan” for the city. The council also accepted two grants to improve public safety. A first reading Monday, councilors awarded a $20,000 bid to Reinholt Consulting of […]
September 2018
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
The Universal Notebook: It's Howdy Moody time!
As a kid growing up in the 1950s, “The Howdy Doody Show,” which ran from 1947-1960, was a staple of my Saturday-morning television viewing. Howdy Doody was a freckle-faced marionette and ventriloquist’s dummy, the creation of Buffalo Bob Smith, who started each show by asking the kids in the Peanut Gallery, as they called the […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Westbrook Notes
Phil Spiller of the Westbrook-Gorham Rotary Club recently welcomes Kristina Egan, executive director of Greater Portland Council of Governments, as a special guest and speaker at the club’s meeting. Spiller said Egan has facilitated a new master plan for the region. GPCOG recently assisted Westbrook with the installation of its first municipal electric vehicle charging […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Politics & Other Mistakes: LePage’s *%+# up
I thought I was reasonably familiar with most of the dirty words in the English language. Apparently not, because I never knew “socialization” and “socializing” were among them. Now, thanks to the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and Gov. Paul LePage, my trove of swear words has been expanded to include these swell new additions. […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
MDOT plans new Little River Bridge in Gorham
Red flags warn truckers of the weight limit posted on the Little River Bridge on Mosher Road (Route 237) in Gorham. Construction will likely start in the spring of 2020 to replace the aging bridge. GORHAM — The Maine Department of Transportation plans to replace the 66-year-old Little River Bridge on Mosher Road (Route 237) […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Council leader wants Plante to go
WINDHAM — The chairwoman of the Town Council thinks it’s time for the town manager to retire and indicates the council could fire him if he doesn’t. Chairwoman Donna Chapman’s comments about longtime manager Tony Plante, which came Wednesday after she reached out to the Lakes Region Weekly, followed the release of a second outside report […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
New Windham review released
WINDHAM — A second, expanded outside review of concerns raised within the Windham Public Works Department is larger in scope than the first but similar in many of its recommendations. The new report from Opus Consulting Group, dated Sept. 17 and provided to the Lakes Region Weekly the following day, follows an earlier outside review conducted by […]
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Wednesday’s Major League roundup: Braves top Cardinals, 7-3
Atlanta ends a four-game losing streak and takes a step closer to clinching the NL East.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Yankees hit three home runs and prevent Red Sox clinch, again
David Price struggles against at Yankee Stadium, and the Red Sox are forced to wait another day for a chance to clinch the American League East title.
Posted inSports
MLB notebook: Indians’ Bauer set to return Friday, start against Red Sox
Trevor Bauer will be pitching for the first time since suffering a broken leg from a line drive last month.