Sitting right next door to Corsetti’s on Windham Center Road is a lovely old Colonial home that was once a very early tavern in the center of our town. The building was framed in the late 1700s by Samuel Hanson, who came to Windham in the 1760s. His son, William, finished the building and it […]
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Bridgton, Standish voters OK local items
BRIDGTON — Bridgton voters approved all six referendum questions set before them Nov. 6. In Question 1, voters approved 1,350 to 1,183 a 180-day moratorium on the siting, operation or licensing of any medical marijuana storefronts in town. A sign ordinance focused on the effective and safe use of signs passed 1,458 to 1,008. The […]
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Sebago school celebrates new start with new sign
SEBAGO — Sebago Elementary School celebrated its new beginning with a community celebration and sign unveiling Nov. 3. More than 80 community members gathered at Sebago Elementary School on Saturday, where Sebago School Committee Chairwoman Tina Vanasse thanked the new SPICE group (Sebago Partners in Community Education) for its work fundraising for and installing the new […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Scarborough Police Beat: Nov. 9
Arrests 10/29 at 1:30 a.m. Nita F. Robinson, 23, of Black Point Road, was arrested on Black Point and Eastern roads by Officer Aaron Erickson on an outstanding warrant from another agency and a charge of operating with a suspended or revoked license. 10/31 at 10:55 p.m. Paul J. Hershberger, 56, of Saco Street, Westbrook, was arrested […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Coward wins re-election to County Commission
WESTBROOK — Bill Holmes of Westbrook, director of the Cumberland County Regional Communications Center for the last 16 years, lost in his bid to unseat Tom Coward on the Cumberland County Commission for District 4. As of Wednesday morning, Coward had pulled in 11,909 votes to Holmes’ 7,903. Each candidate did well in his hometown with […]
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Politics & Other Mistakes: Campaigns and other horror shows
Let’s review all the stuff we learned this election season. Just kidding. As usual, we didn’t learn anything. What’s more, most of us are already gearing up to make the same mistakes in 2020 that we’ve made every even-numbered year for our entire adult lives. Apparently, consistency is comforting. Our voting patterns are a poofy, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Gorham condo project review postponed
GORHAM — The Planning Board Monday voted to postpone its review of a proposed 16-unit condominium development on about four acres off South Street. Neighbors aired several concerns at Monday’s meeting, including snow and trash removal, wildlife, size of the parcel, and stormwater runoff. Plowman Development Group had requested preliminary approval for the project, Grady […]
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We Love Sales and Fairs
Christmas craft and bake sale – Saturday, Nov.10, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., North Sebago United Methodist Church, 820 Sebago Road, Sebago. Craft sale – Saturday, Nov. 10, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Scarborough Free Baptist Church, 55 Mussey Road, Scarborough. 26th annual holiday craft fair – Saturday, Nov. 10, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 11, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m., […]
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60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported on Nov. 12, 1958, that Carl Estes of Gorham attended a three-day office training course at the headquarters of the Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange in West Springfield, Massachusetts. He was assistant manager at the Exchange’s Westbrook Store. Mrs. Samuel Aceto of Westbrook visited her daughter, Joan, at Syracuse University.
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Westbrook Notes
Wilma Gouzie turned 100 Nov. 6. She lived most of her life in Westbrook and now lives at the Inn at Village Square in Gorham where she was honored with a party on Nov. 4. She has two children, Jon and Terri; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Veterans Day events Mayor Mike Sanphy will deliver […]