Officers to escort wreaths Police from Gorham and Westbrook departments will escort the Wreaths Across America convoy from Maine to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia to decorate graves of veterans. The convoy trucks hundreds of thousand of wreaths and stops along the route for ceremonies. Westbrook Police Chief Janine Roberts said the convoy will leave […]
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Buxton Notes
Wreaths honor vets The South Buxton Cemetery Association, 1187 River Road (Route 112) is participating and wreath-laying at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, in the cemetery’s Woodman section. The ceremony is in conjunction with the event at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, where veterans’ graves also will be decorated with wreaths. Winter wear available Free […]
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We Love to Eat
Community meal – Thursday, Dec. 6, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Baked ham, $5. Free dinner – Thursday, Dec. 6, 5:30-6:30 p.m., St. Peters Episcopal Church, 678 Washington St., Portland. Free public lunch – Friday, Dec. 7, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., North Yarmouth Congregational Church, 3 Gray Road, North Yarmouth. Haddock chowder, a monthly […]
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The Universal Notebook: Politics in the family
Every day seems to bring a new reason to despise President Donald Trump. He thinks it’s OK for the Saudis to murder journalists, as long as they buy a lot of U.S. arms and sell us a lot of oil. He doesn’t believe climate change is a serious problem, even though his own government tells […]
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Funding on the line for Warren Outdoor Rec Area
WESTBROOK — Until the city finds a recreational replacement site for tennis courts that used to exist at Prides Corner and Saccarappa schools, it won’t be moving forward on a $400,000 project to improve the Warren Outdoor Recreation Area. The City Council a year ago approved an application for $200,000 in federal Land and Water […]
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Scarborough, Saco tackle Route 1 traffic
SCARBOROUGH — The town has teamed up with the city of Saco and the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System in an effort to make Route 1 “multimodal.” Scarborough and Saco will hold several meetings to gather input from residents on how to make the Route 1 corridor from downtown Saco to Pleasant Hill Road safer and more accessible for […]
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Funding on the line for Warren Outdoor Rec Area
WESTBROOK — Until the city finds a recreational replacement site for tennis courts that used to exist at Prides Corner and Saccarappa schools, it won’t be moving forward on a $400,000 project to improve the Warren Outdoor Recreation Area. The City Council a year ago approved an application for $200,000 in federal Land and Water […]
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Looking Back
Dec. 8, 1993 Parents who have a long list of questions about Prides Corner School sleepovers have been in a dispute with Superintendent Edward Connolly and the School Committee, with the parents unsatisfied by responses. As a fundraiser for the school, students pay $10 to stay in the school overnight, with snacks, a movie and […]
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City's 2019 Metro bill up 20.4 percent
PORTLAND — Westbrook will pay $774,449, or 20.4 percent more for Metro bus service next year because of increased service in the community and a change in the way the Greater Portland Transit District is figuring communities’ share of public transit costs. The Greater Portland Transit District Board of Directors is expected by February […]
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Rock Row gets go-ahead for 16 shows next year
WESTBROOK — Rock Row will be alive with music beginning next spring, with a few conditions. The Westbrook Planning Board gave the go-ahead Tuesday for Waterstone Properties Group, the owner of the former quarry site at 58 and 80 Main St., where it has proposed a mixed-use project, to team up with Waterfront Concerts and Live […]