The Westbrook American reported on Jan. 28, 1959, that Westbrook women Mrs. Ernest Porell and Mrs. Armand LeBlanc were vacationing in Florida. Mrs. Edna Skillins of Gorham was visiting her niece, Rachael McKenney of Scarborough.
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Library lending sensory-sensitive literacy kits
WESTBROOK – Michael Kelley can be reached at 780-9106 or [email protected] or on Twitter @mkelleynews WESTBROOK — Walker Memorial Library, which dropped its sensory sensitive story time last fall, is now piloting another way to help those with sensory issues enjoy the library. The youth services department began circulating activity kits for families to take home […]
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Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: Jan. 25
Arrests No arrests were reported from Jan. 15-21. Summonses No criminal summonses were reported from Jan. 15-21. Fire calls 1/15 at 5:22 a.m. Fire alarm in Delano Park. 1/15 at 8:27 a.m. Accident on Ocean House Road. 1/16 at 2:47 p.m. Carbon monoxide alarm on Longfellow Drive. EMS Cape Elizabeth emergency medical services responded to 18 […]
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Veterans, others aid unpaid, furloughed federal workers
SOUTH PORTLAND — Local military veterans are among those providing relief to U.S. Coast Guard personnel who haven’t been paid since the partial government shutdown began more than a month ago. Michael Pock, adjutant and secretary of Stewart Morrill American Legion Post No. 35, said members had collected about $845 by Wednesday afternoon for the Coast Guard’s Northeast […]
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Scarborough Police Beat: Jan. 25
Arrests 1/15 at 3:59 p.m. Michelle M. Conner, 37, of Greenwood Avenue, was arrested on Vesper Street by Officer Sarah Fasulo on a charge of operating under the influence. 1/16 at 12:03 p.m. Isaiah Blakey, 20, of Phoenix, Arizona, was arrested at U.S. Route 1 and Milliken Road on a charge of unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs. […]
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Gorham Notes
Citizen’s Police Academy Gorham Police Department, 270 Main St., is hosting another 10-week Citizen’s Police Academy with classes from 6-8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays starting March 6. Participants must be 18 or older, live in Cumberland County, have no felony or misdemeanor arrests in the past five years and agree to a background check. Applications are […]
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Looking Back
Jan. 26, 1994 A report from S. D. Warren mill sources is that Scott Paper Co. directors will be meeting in Philadelphia today and making a decision about the Westbrook pulp mill that will be announced in Westbrook on Friday. The pulp mill employs about 200 people directly, and other jobs depend on it. Scott […]
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South Portland councilors like senior citizen panel proposals
SOUTH PORTLAND — The ad hoc Senior Citizen Advisory Committee is seeking $15,000 to fill gaps in services for the city’s elderly population. The committee was formed in August 2017 to “ensure … services and infrastructure (to enable senior citizens) to live safely and with dignity as they age,” first by conducting a needs assessment of residents […]
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Cape Elizabeth's Friends of Fort Williams Park needs new 'face'
CAPE ELIZABETH — The executive director and only full-time employee of Friends of Fort Williams Park has resigned to devote time to his own business. James McCain’s decision, effective immediately, was announced last week by the group’s secretary, Tom Atwell. He said McCain has been “the face of the organization” since June 2013. The mission of […]
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Telling Room to benefit from TD Beach to Beacon
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Telling Room, Maine’s only youth-focused literacy program, will be the charitable beneficiary of the 2019 TD Beach to Beacon 10K road race. According to a news release from race officials, the Portland nonprofit whose mission is to “empower youth through writing” was founded in 2004 and offers “innovative, effective and often life-changing […]