Jean Harmon BUXTON — The vice chairwoman of the Buxton Board of Selectmen has been charged with allegedly assaulting the town’s solid waste manager on Town Hall property. Jean C. Harmon, 54, is scheduled to be arraigned on the assault charge, a Class D crime, in Maine District Court in Biddeford on Wednesday, Jan. 9. […]
2018
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Westbrook Notes
Community TV changes Westbrook Community TV reminds residents that if they are looking for televised City Council and School Committee meetings, they now have to look in a different place. In late November, Spectrum shifted local meetings from channels 2 and 3 to channels 1301 and 1302. In order to see those meetings, or other […]
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Gorham ringing in New Year with new acts
GORHAM — Revelers in Gorham will kiss 2018 goodbye while welcoming 2019 with a host of family-style shows. “New Year Gorham’s 11th year is definitely not the same-old, same-old,” the event’s coordinator and founder Virginia Wilder Cross said in a press statement. Cross and a committee of helpers this year have added several new shows […]
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The Universal Notebook: Mr. Trump, tear down this wall
As the Trump presidency careens out of control – government shutting down, stock market plummeting, top advisers abandoning the sinking ship of state – Donald Trump’s supporters are still convinced that unless the United States builds a wall along the southern border this country will be overrun with illegal immigrants taking their jobs, living off […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Looking Back
Dec. 29, 1993 After hearing complaints from several citizens about two 5 percent raises for Superintendent Edward Connolly, the Westbrook School Committee shut off further debate and approved the new contract. He will be paid $65,625 this year, retroactive to July 1, and $68,906 the each of the following two years. Westbrook will inaugurate Fred […]
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Gorham Notes
Native writes of journey The book “Runner” by John Ayers, a graduate of Gorham High School and the University of Maine, was recently released by Amazon. He is the son of George and Ruth Ayers of Gorham. His wife, Kimberly Clay Ayers, also graduated from Gorham High School. The book is about John Ayers’ personal […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Snowmobile clubs ready to go, seek snow
Snowmobiling clubs in the area are revving up for the season in spite of low membership and, so far, a lack of good snow. Groups have prepared their trails and are ready to start grooming as soon as enough snow hits the ground. BRIDGTON The Bridgton Easy Riders club is ready for the season. Its […]
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Here's Something: Magic 8-Ball knows all
When I worked at Current Publishing, which the owners of The Forecaster publications bought in 2015, one of the best annual traditions we had in the newsroom was seeking clarity and wisdom from the Magic 8-Ball at the start of every new year. Reporters and editors at Current Publishing’s family of weekly newspapers would come […]
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Editor's Notebook: Awards are nice, your letters are better
To call 2018 a challenging year for newspapers would be a major understatement. Ownership consolidations, revenue and circulation declines, rising newsprint costs, attempts to manipulate public opinion through disinformation, lies, propaganda and “alternative facts” all made this a year we’re glad to put in the rear-view mirror. At The Forecaster, American Journal and Lakes Region […]
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Politics & Other Mistakes: Go south, old man
Outgoing Republican Gov. Paul LePage has issued a warning that if he doesn’t like the way incoming Democratic Gov. Janet Mills handles the job, he’s prepared to run against her in 2022. We can be sure LePage means what he says, because he never makes these kinds of stupid promises without following through on them. […]