The other day I got a call from the librarian in Jonesport. She was paging through a copy of my book, “Down the Road Apiece,” and she wanted to ask me a few questions about it before she put it in the library’s travel section. Q: There are a lot of guides to our state […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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YMCA program making big difference
Falmouth resident Beth Harrod is a longtime member of the Adaptive Services program at the YMCA of Southern Maine Casco Bay Branch, located in Freeport. Harrod suffered traumatic brain injury in 2000, when her car pinned her against utility pole in a freak accident. Once she was able, Harrod wasted little time hooking up with […]
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YMCA program making big difference
Falmouth resident Beth Harrod is a longtime member of the Adaptive Services program at the YMCA of Southern Maine Casco Bay Branch, located in Freeport. Harrod suffered traumatic brain injury in 2000, when her car pinned her against utility pole in a freak accident. Once she was able, Harrod wasted little time hooking up with […]
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Seniors making waves at Westbrook’s community center
In mid-March at the Westbrook Community Center, more than 30 seniors, some wearing bunny ears, crowded into the Davan Pool for a senior aquatics class led by Catherine Wilson. Wilson, a longtime personal trainer with a history of working with seniors, led the class in various stretching techniques designed to alleviate pain and keep muscles […]
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Seniors making waves at Westbrook’s community center
In mid-March at the Westbrook Community Center, more than 30 seniors, some wearing bunny ears, crowded into the Davan Pool for a senior aquatics class led by Catherine Wilson. Wilson, a longtime personal trainer with a history of working with seniors, led the class in various stretching techniques designed to alleviate pain and keep muscles […]
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Visions of downtown: Residents agree that an expanded riverwalk, cafes and a revamped Blue Note Park should be part of Westbrook’s future.
A diverse crowd of about 60 Westbrook residents largely agreed last week on what they would like to see in the city’s downtown five years from now – an expanded riverwalk, smaller boutique shops and a revamped Blue Note Park. The discussion came as a result of a “visioning” session hosted March 24 by the […]
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Q&A with Jim Thomas: New assessor serves two ‘diverse, dynamic’ cities
Jim Thomas will start his new job as the joint assessor for the cities of South Portland and Westbrook on April 15. Thomas has most recently served as the assessor in Saco. He takes the place of Elizabeth Sawyer, South Portland’s longtime assessor, who retired from her post on Jan. 1. The cities of South […]
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Free enterprise, done the real Maine way
Readers of this column know that we have occasionally written about the popular and highly profitable commercial activity known here in Maine as yard sales. Yard sales come about when people realize their house is so stuffed with junk that they could barely move around in it. That condition eventually leads to storing this junk, […]
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Especially for Seniors: Cleaning out the closets
Spring cleaning time is upon us. While I do remember when this was actually something the women of a household did, times have changed. Nowadays, it is something some of us talk about doing – like cooking a delicious, exotic meal we sampled at a restaurant while we were on vacation. We think, “I can […]
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No cover, no minimum
Some people, mainly old coots, think there’s nothing more entertaining than listening to other old coots complaining about how tough things were in their younger days, and how easy today’s spoiled brats have it. Whatever “it” is. If you think about it (not that “it,” another “it”), there are actually many more pleasant ways to […]