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. Tax time Tax bills have been mailed to residents and are due Aug. 8. The assessor will be in […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Yarmouth news
Film screenings The Merrill Film Society at Merrill Memorial Library will screen “Close-up” (in Farsi with English subtitles) Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 7 p.m. The 1990 Iranian film by Abbas Kiarostami focuses on the real-life trial of a man who impersonated a filmmaker, conning a family into believing they would star in his new film. […]
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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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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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Spineless
Who are Maine’s toughest and wimpiest politicians? To answer that question, I conducted a comprehensive survey (which involved sitting in my office, drinking beer and binge watching old episodes of “Mike Tyson Mysteries”). This highly scientific method of determining strength of character produced two definitive lists, which I’ll share with you this week and next. […]
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Yarmouth news
Film screenings The Merrill Film Society at Merrill Memorial Library will screen “Close-up” (in Farsi with English subtitles) Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 7 p.m. The 1990 Iranian film by Abbas Kiarostami focuses on the real-life trial of a man who impersonated a filmmaker, conning a family into believing they would star in his new film. […]
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Freeport News
COP talk on Thursday COP is an acronym for Citizens on Patrol, where residents help make sure the community is a safe place to live, work and play. Police officers rely on others to be witnesses to help them do their job and also encourage conversations between residents and the police. The public is welcome […]
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Arts and entertainment calendar
THEATER Through Sunday, July 31 “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” at Schoolhouse Arts Center 16 Richville Road, Standish, directed by Dillon Bates, music by Allen Thomas and choreography by Jake Boyce. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m. $16-$18. 642-3743 or www.schoolhousearts.org. Wednesday, Aug. 3-Saturday, Aug. 13 Auditions, for Windham […]
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(Not his) drug of choice
There’s methadone to Gov. Paul LePage’s madness. Bad puns aside (and I admit that one seems to make no sense, but bear with me), LePage has a valid point when he criticizes drug-abuse treatment programs that dispense methadone. Most of Maine’s nine dispensaries for this stuff are run by for-profit corporations that accomplish little more […]
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Gorham crash hospitalizes driver
Gorham Police are investigating a single-car crash on Dingley Springs Road at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday that hospitalized the driver. Police identified the driver as Alfred Mcintosh,44, of Standish, who was driving a 1998 Chevrolet Camaro. Sgt. Sears Edwards reported that police responding to a call found a “single vehicle off the road partially in […]