WINDHAM and CASCO — Point Sebago Resort will play host, on Saturday, June 24, to the seventh annual RSU14 Athletics Golf Tournament, proceeds from which will benefit Windham High School’s sundry sports programs. The event, a scramble, will take place rain or shine; check-in opens at 7 a.m. and the golf itself begins at 8. […]
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News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Point Sebago to host annual RSU14 benefit golf tournament
WINDHAM and CASCO — Point Sebago Resort will play host, on Saturday, June 24, to the seventh annual RSU14 Athletics Golf Tournament, proceeds from which will benefit Windham High School’s sundry sports programs. The event, a scramble, will take place rain or shine; check-in opens at 7 a.m. and the golf itself begins at 8. […]
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Find out about consumer protection at meeting
After an unplanned week in the hospital, I will be catching up forever – if ever! I learned a lot, including the importance of information I didn’t have with me – and how to solve that. Keep an up-to-date list with you of all your current medication and an emergency call list with and up-to-date […]
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Fighting disease in the 1940s
Back in the early 1940s, Windham kids lined up to get two inoculations – smallpox and diphtheria. One little fat girl at John Andrew school was safe until the summer when she got whooping cough, sometimes called strep throat – or rheumatic fever in those days. Quickly she slimmed down, and her whooping could be […]
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Inside Windham
Bean supper A bean supper and Gloria Jean country music concert is planned for Saturday, April 22, at the Windham Veterans Center. Supper will begin at 5 p.m., followed by the concert at 7 p.m. The cost is $8 for the supper, $10 for the concert and $15 for both. Proceeds support the center. For […]
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Councilors don't need tax hike, they need rehab
Message to the Westbrook City Council: Hell no to a 6 percent tax increase! Stop acting like typical liberal Democrats addicted to spending. You don’t need a tax hike, you need rehab. Good heavens, it’s getting harder and harder to focus on all the wonderful attributes of Westbrook when the City Council is turning our […]
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60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported on April 24, 1957, that Jean (Cande) Gilbert, a sixth-grader at Rocky Hill School in Westbrook, won the city’s spelling bee. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Grant of Westbrook had moved to Church Street from Bridge Street.
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Downtown design standards proposed for new buildings
WESTBROOK — The Planning Board has recommended an ordinance amendment that would set appearance standards for the downtown district. The board on Tuesday unanimously approved recommending the amendment to the City Council. The amendment, if approved, would replace the existing Village Review Overlay Zone ordinance language. The downtown district standards will create design standards for all […]
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School Committee’s approved budget up 3.2 percent
WESTBROOK — Less than a dollar will be added to the total city tax rate under the school budget adopted last week. The School Committee adopted the $36.3 million budget April 12 with a vote of 5-2, with Chairman Jim Violette and member Noreen Poitras against. The fiscal year 2018 budget is a $1.1 million, or […]
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Village street project uncertain
GORHAM — The Maine Department of Transportation hadn’t decided early this week whether to proceed with a project to rebuild Main Street after recently receiving only one bid on the job. Shaw Brothers Construction of Gorham bid $6.6 million. The state earlier this year estimated the cost at $5.2 million, but this week posted online […]