American Journal
Gorham woman revels in retirement as time to reach her peak
Solo adventuring, on the Camino de Santiago and Mount Everest, gives Marieta Atienza, 68, a recently retired nurse, a new lease on life.
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500-unit Westbrook apartment project on drawing board
The complex, at Westbrook Arterial and Larrabee Road, would include 100 units of affordable housing.
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Going the distance: Public works plows rack up a lot of miles
For each storm, Buxton, Gorham and Westbrook crews together cover 650 lane miles in their mission to rid the roads of snow.
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A state wildlife biologist tells the Town Council that housing, outdoor recreation areas and natural resources preservation can co-exist.
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Affordable housing projects are planned for down the road, but meeting immediate and near-future needs is challenging.
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Troy Cline resigned last week after being put on paid administration leave for undisclosed reasons.
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Westbrook and Gorham each have nine designated high-crash intersections and Buxton has four, according to the Maine Department of Transportation.
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Sgt. David Bruni pays tribute to the Gorham deputy town clerk's grandfather during his Wreaths Across America experience at Arlington National Cemetery.
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With foundation complete for the parking garage next to the Vertical Harvest project in downtown Westbrook, work now begins on lifting concrete slabs into place.
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The school went into a brief lockout during the incident.
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High-potency marijuana used in vape pens and other devices increases the risks, according to experts at a forum in Yarmouth.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine is holding a recruitment campaign until March 1 and is especially in need of male volunteers.
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Gorham Town Councilor Phil Gagnon says more community input is needed on the proposed zoning that allows multi-family housing and commercial uses but not single-family homes.
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A state-of-the art cow barn is going up next to the restored and reassembled 200-year-old barn at the agricultural heritage preserve.
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Dale and Betty Rines enter an agreement with Maine Farmland Trust to forever protect 144 acres from development.
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Usher served in the state Senate and House for 22 years, was a member of the Westbrook City Council, a firefighter and an employee of the paper mill.
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Local favorites like the Don Roy Trio and Wildlife Encounters will be joined at the family-friendly celebration by new acts this year.
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A solar power project will begin soon at Falmouth Land Trust's Hurricane Valley Farm, where more than 50 families of New Mainers grow food, and a fundraising campaign is underway to renovate a dilapidated barn.
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More than 200 Westbrook households and hundreds of asylum seekers will be impacted when federal rent assistance ends.
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Marsh, a former town manager, state official and co-founder of Hillside Lumber at Smiling Hill Farm, died Dec. 6 at age 78.
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South Buxton Cemetery and Westbrook's Woodlawn Cemetery will participate in the Wreaths Across America honor for veterans on Saturday, Dec. 17.
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Cape Elizabeth resident Trevor Maxwell's Man Up to Cancer community has taken off across the country, inspiring men not to go through it alone.
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Local churches, residents and city officials are working to prepare as federal funding for rent assistance and for sheltering asylum seekers ends Jan. 1.
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City Councilor Anna Turcotte will continue as president of the council with Councilor David Morse as vice president.
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A burial service was held Monday for the decorated veteran who was a chauffeur at the Pentagon in the 1950s.
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The "pretty spoiled" rescue pet has a social media presence and recently scored high in a national contest.
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The community play, produced by the Dorcas Society of Hollis and Buxton, has been performed at Tory Hill Meetinghouse in Buxton annually for more than a century.
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Ray Ruby hopes to increase the scope of the organization's fundraisers, which include Tri for a Cure and Mary's Walk.
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Some have had to forgo their annual fundraising tree sales, but others have secured stock.
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Clothing and shoe recycling drop boxes are becoming more available in the state.