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 Pownal Planning Board will hold its final hearing to inform residents on the ordinance amendments and proposal that will be presented for vote at town meeting June 20. The hearing […]
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News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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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 Pownal Planning Board will hold its final hearing to inform residents on the ordinance amendments and proposal that will be presented for vote at town meeting June 20. The hearing […]
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Bonny Eagle ceremony marches to own beat
Interim school Superintendent Michael Roy kicked off the Bonny Eagle High School graduation ceremony last week with an up-tempo anecdote. As former principal of the middle school, he recalled when the class of 2016, then eighth-graders, had dance parties in the gym during school assemblies. “With this image in mind,” he told the 241 […]
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Westbrook boys fall in tennis quarterfinals
Westbrook faced a tall challenge when they ventured to Thornton Academy on Thursday, June 2, and in the end, the eighth-ranked Blazes simply couldn’t overcome the first-place Trojans, falling 5-0 and exiting the tournament. On the singles side of the action, Westbrooker Garett Sanders succumbed to TA’s Dariy Vykhodstsev, 6-0, 6-0. That score perhaps belies […]
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Gorham girls cap regular season with win
Marina Pappalardo led the Rams to victory over visiting Cheverus last Thursday, June 2, scoring four goals of the 7-3 outcome. “As a team, we kept our composure very well,” said Gorham head coach Mary Guimond, “which is something we’ve been working on all season … Our girls showed a lot of mental toughness today.” […]
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Gorham boys pound Mustangs with 20 goals
The Rams walloped visiting Massabesic on Tuesday, June 7, piling up 20 goals to the Mustangs’ five and breezing through the first round of the playoffs. Alex York had seven of Gorham’s goals, Cam Wright five and Tristan Brunet three. No. 3 Gorham entered the tournament at 10-2; No. 6 Massabesic, meanwhile, entered at 5-7. […]
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The accident aftermath
Years ago I worked for a weekly newspaper Down East, and around this time of year the population of the small towns I covered would more than double, with out-of-staters flooding into the state. The increased traffic would always result in increased accidents. I still recall one particular traffic accident that resulted in a lawsuit […]
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The accident aftermath
Years ago I worked for a weekly newspaper Down East, and around this time of year the population of the small towns I covered would more than double, with out-of-staters flooding into the state. The increased traffic would always result in increased accidents. I still recall one particular traffic accident that resulted in a lawsuit […]
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Arts calendar
CONCERTS Friday, June 10 Summer concert, presented by Da Capo Chorus, directed by Mary Bastoni, 7 p.m., Denmark Arts Center. Broadway hits and contemporary music. $15. 452-2412 or [email protected]. Saturday, June 11 Country Music Hall of Fame, concert and baked bean supper, Windham Veterans Center, Memorial Drive, Windham. Supper from 5-6:30 p.m., concert and dance […]
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Composting kiosks open in Scarborough
Garbage to Garden, in cooperation with the town of Scarborough, created three, free compost drop-off sites for town residents. The locations are Wal-Mart, 500 Gallery Boulevard; the Maine Veteran’s Home, 290 U.S. Route 1; and Pine Tree Waste, 87 Pleasant Hill Road. Scarborough is the ninth town in southern Maine to be provided composting service […]