Last week, I presented my list of Maine’s wimpiest political figures. Now, it’s time for the tough stuff. Here are the state’s most unyielding electoral warriors, ranked by increasing degree of what I’ll politely call “intestinal fortitude.” 10. Roger Katz. A Republican state senator with the gall to declare Donald Trump “not fit to be […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Hard cases
Last week, I presented my list of Maine’s wimpiest political figures. Now, it’s time for the tough stuff. Here are the state’s most unyielding electoral warriors, ranked by increasing degree of what I’ll politely call “intestinal fortitude.” 10. Roger Katz. A Republican state senator with the gall to declare Donald Trump “not fit to be […]
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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. Meetings The Board of Selectmen will meet on Monday, Aug. 15, and Monday, Aug. 29. All meetings start at 7 p.m. and are held at Mallett Hall in the Dewitt Meeting Room. […]
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Freeport News
Lutenist presents classical concert Timothy Burris, a Portland-based lutenist/guitarist, will present a summer classical concert on Friday, Aug. 19, at 7 p.m., at Freeport Community Library. Since 2000, he has been on the faculty of the Portland Conservatory of Music. He is also a member of the applied music faculty at Colby College, where he […]
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Faces and Places
Tommy Coffin, 15, stands in his new lobster boat, The Phoenix, the latest addition to the town wharf on the Harraseeket River in Freeport. Jessica Williams of Manchester, right, and her 5-year-old daughter, Mikayla, enjoy the Circus Smirkus performance last Wednesday night at Maine Coast Waldorf School in Freeport. They joined at the fun event […]
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Gorham's Orach takes B2B Maine Men's crown
The Beach to Beacon 10K – one of the world’s premier road races – unfolded for the 19th time in Cape Elizabeth on Saturday, Aug. 6, with Maine native Ben True winning the men’s title and Kenya’s Mary Keitany winning the women’s. True, 30, became the first American to ever win the Beach to Beacon. […]
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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. Meetings The Board of Selectmen will meet on Monday, Aug. 15, and Monday, Aug. 29. All meetings start at 7 p.m. and are held at Mallett Hall in the Dewitt Meeting Room. […]
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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 […]
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Buxton man killed in Standish crash
Steven LaCourse, 46, of Buxton was killed Monday in a single-vehicle crash on Route 25 in Standish. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and Standish Fire and Rescue responded to a crash about 5:30 p.m. Aug. 8, according to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office. LaCourse apparently veered off the right side of the road […]
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Gorham lacrosse standouts rep Maine at national classic
Gorhamites Gavin Begonia, soon to start the seventh grade, and his sister, Celia, soon to start her freshman year, recently earned Brine National All-Star honors and went on to rep for Maine at the 2016 Brine National Lacrosse Academy and Brine National Lacrosse Classic held at the River City Sportsplex in Richmond, Va. July 19-22. […]