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, […]
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Southern Meetings: March 16-23
Cape Elizabeth Tues. 3/20 6:30 p.m. School Board Budget Workshop CEHS Tues. 3/20 7 p.m. Town Council Workshop TBD Tues. 3/20 7 p.m. Conservation Committee TH Wed. 3/21 7 p.m. Town Council Workshop TH Thur. 3/22 7 p.m. Town Council Ordinance Committee TH Thur. 3/22 7 p.m. Comprehensive Plan 2019 Committee TH Scarborough Tues. 3/20 6 p.m. Town Finance […]
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Cumberland Police Beat: March 15
Arrests 2/28 at 7:37 p.m. Michael Schwartz, 38, of Outer Congress Street, Portland, was arrested by Sgt. Antonio Ridge on Commercial Street in Portland, and charged with burglary, theft, and theft by receiving stolen property, and placed on a probation hold. Summonses No criminal summonses were reported from Feb. 26 to March 5. Fire calls […]
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Yarmouth Police Beat: March 15
Arrests No arrests were reported from March 5-11. Summonses 3/5 at 4:50 a.m. Tanner Peacock, 20, of West Pownal Road, North Yarmouth, was issued a summons on Portland Street by Officer Derek Lucas on charges of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident and violating condition of release. 3/9 at 10 a.m. Mira S. Denning, 41, […]
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Chebeague Island Police Beat: March 15
Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from March 6-12.
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South Portland police investigate shooting of 3 cats
SOUTH PORTLAND — Karen Rasmussen says her three cats, 10-year-old brothers she weaned since their birth, are part of her family. So when all three were shot during the last year, it was a trying time that has her considering leaving her neighborhood. Since moving to Meetinghouse Hill in November 2016, all three of Rasmussen’s pets […]