Community meal – Thursday, Jan. 3, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Meatloaf, $5. Bean supper – Saturday, Jan. 5, 4:30-6 p.m., Hollis Lions Club, intersection routes 202 and 35, Hollis Center. Two kinds of beans, red hot dogs, chop suey, coleslaw and desserts. $8, $3. Bean supper – Saturday, Jan. 5, 4:30-6 p.m., White […]
2018
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Regional transportation planner retires after 36 years
PORTLAND — After 36 years of transportation planning, it’s time for John Duncan to hit the road. “A lot of people have been invested a long time and I will miss being with them and their regional involvement,” Duncan said this month before his last day at the Greater Portland Council of Governments on Dec. […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported Dec. 31, 1958, that George H. Irish, 82, died at his home in Gorham where he was a lifelong resident. He was born March 31, 1876. In a review of the year, an article noted that Gorham had voted for a town manager form of government and Elden Shute had been […]
Posted inNation & World
Homeless men face charges in subway platform attack on NYC police officer
Footage of the encounter, viewed millions of times online, show the officer using a baton and kicking at the men as they came at him one at a time.
Posted inNation & World, News
Duma reacts at hints Putin will stay in power
The Russian president ‘encourages this game,’ a former Kremlin aide suggests.
Posted inNation & World, News
Russians test hypersonic weapon
Putin says the missile has intercontinental range and is impossible to intercept.
Posted inSports
Wednesday’s Sports Digest: Scarborough boys’ hockey clips Massabesic in overtime
The Red Storm win 1-0 on a goal by Zach Chaisson.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine
Maine bluegrass pioneer Al Hawkes in hospice 3 weeks after the death of his wife
Hawkes, 88, of Westbrook, has been recognized by the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Kentucky as one of the ‘Pioneers of Bluegrass.’
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Man charged with Bridgton stabbing was angry about relationship
Tyle J. Loisel, 18, who faces four felonies, believed a woman who stood him up at a motel then spent the night instead with the man he allegedly stabbed, according to court documents.