The Trail Monster Running Series has returned to Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal, and it’s proving as popular as ever. With the so-called Bradbury Scuffle already out of the way, Sunday, Aug. 14 saw the nine-mile Bradbury Breaker unfold for a packed field. “These races are filled to capacity every single time,” said Ryan […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Great Adventure Challenge benefits disabled Mainers
Bridgton’s own Great Adventure Challenge – a triathlon combing kayaking, mountain biking, and trail-running – returns for its ninth go-round this Saturday, Aug. 20. Rob Knowles, who founded the charity event alongside Ed Rock, general manager at Shawnee Peak, predicts a respectable turnout. But the surging popularity of triathlons, road races and mud-runs has cut […]
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Durham News
Office hours The Durham Town Office hours are Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed Wednesday; and Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. For more information, call 353-2561. ATV registration stickers are available at the town office. The Town Office will be closed for Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 5. Meetings The Durham Board of Selectmen […]
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Durham News
Office hours The Durham Town Office hours are Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed Wednesday; and Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. For more information, call 353-2561. ATV registration stickers are available at the town office. The Town Office will be closed for Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 5. Meetings The Durham Board of Selectmen […]
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Pownal News
Office hours The Town Office, at Mallett Hall, is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday 8:30 a.m.-6:30 and closed Friday. The office will be closed Monday, Sept. 5, for Labor Day. Meetings The Pownal Planning Board will meet Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 7 p.m., in Mallett Hall. The Board of Selectmen will […]
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Great Adventure Challenge benefits disabled Mainers
Bridgton’s own Great Adventure Challenge – a triathlon combing kayaking, mountain biking, and trail-running – returns for its ninth go-round this Saturday, Aug. 20. Rob Knowles, who founded the charity event alongside Ed Rock, general manager at Shawnee Peak, predicts a respectable turnout. But the surging popularity of triathlons, road races and mud-runs has cut […]
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Children’s Dyslexia Center gearing up for Teddy Bear Scramble
The Children’s Dyslexia Center of Portland will hold its 11th annual Teddy Bear Scramble on Aug. 24 at Spring Meadows Golf Club on Route 100 in Gray. Registration begins at 7 a.m., and the tournament itself kicks off with a shotgun start at 8:15. The Scramble attracted somewhere between 20 and 22 teams of four […]
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Freeport News
Rotary grant to help young Kenyan women The Freeport Rotary Club has received notification of a Rotary District 7780 Grant award of $3,074 for the Kakamega Orphan Project Women’s Farming Initiative. This grant is a combination of money raised locally by Freeport Rotarians with a donation from the Rotary International Foundation. The project will teach sustainable […]
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History repeats itself?
Don’t tune out just yet. This isn’t what you think. He’s a brash outsider with negligible political skills and a penchant for offending potential voters. Upon first admitting his interest in elected office, he told a reporter, “I am strongly considering a run … only because in the last eight years, there’s been nobody [in […]
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Yarmouth News
‘Weather geek’ Sillin to talk at library Jack Sillin of Yarmouth, a self-described “weather geek” who posts forecasts on his blog ForecasterJack.com, will share his love of meteorology at a talk Wednesday, Aug.17, at 6:30 p.m., at Freeport Community Library. Sillin is a student at North Yarmouth Academy who manages to balance a busy school schedule […]