WESTBROOK – This year’s winter awards are now available; schools are lately holding their seasonal sports banquets to deliver the honors, bestowed by the Southern Maine Athletics Association, coaches’ associations and more. Boys BasketballSMAA First Team – Zac ManoogianSMAA All-Rookie Team – Jeremiah AladoSMAA All-Academic Team – Bailey Sawyer Girls BasketballSMAA Class A First Team […]
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Winter Awards: Westbrook High School
WESTBROOK – This year’s winter awards are now available; schools are lately holding their seasonal sports banquets to deliver the honors, bestowed by the Southern Maine Athletics Association, coaches’ associations and more. Boys BasketballSMAA First Team – Zac ManoogianSMAA All-Rookie Team – Jeremiah AladoSMAA All-Academic Team – Bailey Sawyer Girls BasketballSMAA Class A First Team […]
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Winter Awards: Bonny Eagle High School
STANDISH — This year’s battery of winter sports awards – one last hurrah for another fun season – are in. The Southwestern Maine Athletics Association bestows many of the accolades listed here, though some of the hockey awards are handed out separately by coaches’ associations, and Bonny Eagle itself confers a variety of laurels. Alpine SkiingSMAA […]
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Another board member exits SAD 6
Paul Mosley Nathan Carlow BUXTON — The vice chairman of the SAD 6 board has resigned, the second member to go in less than three weeks. Paul Mosley of Standish, 66, citing personal reasons, resigned on Monday in an email to the School Board’s executive secretary. “It is in deep regret that I need to […]
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Group home neighbors get answers: The RISE Project says it has stringent requirements for its residents.
WESTBROOK — Residents Tuesday night finally received answers about the State Street group home for former juvenile offenders, but are still upset about how the project was communicated to them. Around 25 people attended a community meeting held by the Opportunity Alliance on March 21. The organization announced the meeting last week in response to the […]
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We Love to Eat
Haddock dinner – Friday, March 24, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Sponsored by Knights of Columbus. Baked haddock, mashed potatoes, peas, cole slaw, dinner roll, beverage and dessert. $9, $5; children under 5, free. All-ages cheese pizza, beverage and dessert, $5; macaroni & cheese offered for children. Gluten free and takeout […]
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Proposed Westbrook school budget up 4.3 percent
WESTBROOK — The proposed $36.7 million fiscal year 2018 school budget is 4.3 percent higher than this year’s budget. The proposed budget for the 2017-18 school year is expected to be adopted by the School Committee on April 12. The proposal is $1.5 million higher than the current budget of $35.2 million. Superintendent of Schools Peter […]
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Inside Bridgton
I keep waiting for warmer weather; however, after a couple weeks of spring teaser, we seem to be back in the clutches of Old Man Winter. As I write this I am fearfully anticipating the Tuesday storm, but when my readers see this it will already be over. I’m hoping my anticipation is worse than […]
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Inside Bridgton
I keep waiting for warmer weather; however, after a couple weeks of spring teaser, we seem to be back in the clutches of Old Man Winter. As I write this I am fearfully anticipating the Tuesday storm, but when my readers see this it will already be over. I’m hoping my anticipation is worse than […]
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Looking Back
March 18, 1992 Wayne Littlefield, Marlu Street, Westbrook, dropped by the American Journal office the other day to bring us a gift – a signed photograph of the singer and sax player Rudy Vallee. He’s been cleaning out and felt he didn’t need it. This fine portrait of a famous son of Westbrook will go […]