Seniors to dine Westbrook Senior Citizens will be served a meal when it meets at noon on Monday, March 19, in Westbrook Community Center, 426 Bridge St. The menu includes macaroni & cheese, salad and Jello cake. Michael Perry will provide the program with a narrated slide show. The seniors will leave Sept. 5 for […]
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USM Vets fundraise to complete classwork and build community
PORTLAND – Students from the University of Southern Maine are coming together to set up a fund to improve the educational experiences for veterans at the university. Stephen White, a member of USM’s chapter of Student Veterans of America, said the group, is trying to raise $25,000 by the end of next month. Half the […]
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Weather issues
As I sit here writing this week’s column, the snow outside keeps falling — sometimes vertically, sometimes horizontally — but always falling. I’ve been thinking about March storms a lot since we’ve had three nor’easters in less than a month. They say that the sun in March here in Maine is supposed to be almost as robust […]
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Gorham Notes
Art classes at senior center Lakes Region Senior Center on Acorn Street in Gorham has announced art classes to be held by Gorham artist Kristine Biegel. The first two-week session, “Introduction to Drawing,” will be held on Fridays, April 6 and April 13, from 1 to 3 p.m. The fee for this session is $15. […]
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Arts Calendar
Music March 18 Celebrate the music of Ireland with The Mountain Top Music Singers Workshop. Ginnie Spaulding, Michelle Coffee, Dave Mason, John Waldie, Bob Carper, Peter Cash, Jennifer Day, Lois King and Mary Bastoni create a carnival of Celtic sounds on Sunday, March 18th at 2 p.m. at the Denmark Arts Center on Route […]
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Maine should rethink how it judges police shootings
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 […]
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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 […]