Westbrook-Gorham Rotary Club President Deb Shangraw, left, presents a $250 donation to Gorham’s Assistant Superintendant Chris Record and Superintendant Heather Perry for a reading program at Great Falls Elementary School. The school’s goal is to provide a selected book, “Kenny and the Dragon,” to its 570 students, staff and bus drivers, according to a press […]
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Looking Back
Nov. 24, 1993 At a special meeting last night, the Gorham Town Council was expected to announce the hiring of David O. Cole of Old Town as the new town manager. Cole, a Mount Desert Island native, is currently the city manager in Old Town. He’s a 1974 graduate of the University of Southern Maine. […]
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Here's Something: Giving thanks is what unites us
Thanksgiving is a great day. Pretty much everyone in America is doing the same thing that day: we’re giving thanks to God, we’re feasting with family, we’re watching football and, once the tryptophan kicks in, we’re happily napping. Thanksgiving reminds us we all have a similar past, present and future. We live and die together. […]
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Politics & Other Mistakes: Ugly aftermath
I wanted to get rid of Bruce Poliquin. But I didn’t want to get rid of him this way. This feels like cheating. I’m no fan of Poliquin, Maine’s Republican 2nd District congressman and rejected Chucky doll prototype. I didn’t vote for him, and I don’t support the legal challenge he filed to overturn ranked-choice […]
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The Universal Notebook: Ranked-choice voting is pretty rank
Now that we have all had a chance to see ranked-choice voting in action, can we agree to scrap it and try something else? Personally, I kind of like the idea of an open primary, but then I was all for giving RCV a chance until I saw what a mess it makes. RCV was […]
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Downtown Italian restaurant set to change hands
WESTBROOK — Every time Hope Lawler traveled past Casa Novello at 694 Main St. she dreamed of owning it. The problem was, the restaurant wasn’t for sale. But she persisted and eventually Gary Manoogian, who operated the restaurant for 20 years, decided it was time to sell. “I have two sons in college, one is […]
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South Portland closer to rules for medical marijuana businesses
SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council unanimously approved amendments to a proposed ordinance regulating medical marijuana retail businesses during a first reading Nov. 20. The amended ordinance must now go back to the Planning Board for a public hearing and will return to the council Dec. 18 for a second reading and final approval. The amendments […]
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For South Portland volunteers, giving thanks is easy as pie
SOUTH PORTLAND — It may have been windy and snowy, but it was all hands on deck Tuesday evening as volunteers helped prepare 60 Thanksgiving pies for Portland’s Preble Street Food Pantry. Event organizer Ellen Clancy bakes 19 pies at home on Tuesday. The rest of the preparation and baking was done at the First Congregational Church, […]
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Water tests draw Cape Elizabeth students to land trust project
CAPE ELIZABETH — Local high school students have been taking more than just their own tests this year – they’ve been taking them for the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust, too. The land trust is working with a group of Cape Elizabeth High School students to test water quality in Great Pond and Alewife Brook. The partnership was […]
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Maine students take climate change to heart, to Congress
SCARBOROUGH — High school senior Riley Beliveau and fellow classmates took a stand on Capitol Hill last week to say their future is at stake if immediate action isn’t taken to combat climate change. Beliveau was one of nine students from area schools who joined hundreds of Citizens’ Climate Lobby volunteers from across the country in Washington, […]