Community meal – Thursday, Oct. 11, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Chicken pie, $5. Free dinner – Thursday, Oct. 11, 5:30-6:30 p.m., St. Peters Episcopal Church, 678 Washington St., Portland. Chowder luncheon – Friday, Oct. 12, and every Friday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl of haddock chowder […]
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Two vie to replace Cumberland County D.A.
PORTLAND — After 28 years, Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson is retiring. Criminal defense attorney Jon Gale, a Democrat, and Cumberland County Assistant District Attorney Jonathan Sahrbeck are seeking to replace Anderson. Sahrbeck is running independently. Republican Randall Bates, a former Yarmouth Town Councilor, withdrew from the race on Sept. 26. The district attorney […]
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The Universal Notebook: Our not-so Supreme Court
It’s official, the U.S. Supreme Court is now an arm of the Republican Party. The circus hearings and whitewash investigation that the GOP held abandoned all pretense of nonpartisan neutrality, as did the nominee himself, “Blackout” Brett Kavanaugh. Even once he dons the black robes and mounts the bench of the highest court in the […]
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Blier, Fitzgerald in House District 22 race
Mark Blier Age: 50 Residence: 50 Hall Road, Buxton Party affiliation: Republican Family: Divorced Occupation: Real estate Education: Associates degree, Northern Maine Community College Political/civic experience: Buxton selectman, two years on Buxton Planning Board, several years on Buxton Budget Committee, chairman of town Comprehensive Plan Committee, Bonny Eagle Park trustee Website/social media: [email protected] Richard […]
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Corrections
The Westbrook City Council last week approved a $25,000 settlement with Fire Chief Andy Turcotte and Deputy Chief Steven Sloan to settle a lawsuit the chiefs brought against the city earlier this year. If approved at second reading, the chiefs would get a combined $25,000. The amount allotted to each chief was incorrect in last […]
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We Love Sales
Two-day rummage sale – Friday, Oct. 12, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 13, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Cressey Road United Methodist Church, Cressey Road (off Route 25), Gorham. Clothes, dishes, books, furniture, toys, puzzles, small appliances, house plants and jewelry. Fill a grocery bag for $1 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Coffee, muffins, and doughnut holes Friday […]
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Politics & Other Mistakes: The Shawn Moody guide to governing
Some people (by which I mean me) have always thought Republican gubernatorial candidate and car-repair magnate Shawn Moody was a clueless boob when it came to figuring out how state government operates. But to my surprise, a recently declassified document from a nonexistent source shows that Moody has developed a stunningly original approach to dealing […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Buxton Notes
Ax murder discussionThe Buxton-Hollis Historical Society program at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 16, will feature a review of a famous, unsolved New England ax murder case in 1892. Lizzie Borden of Massachusetts was acquitted of murdering her parents. Author Joseph Conforti, professor of American and New England Studies emeritus at the University of Southern […]
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New food pantry fills a need at middle school
WESTBROOK — Realizing that many Westbrook students don’t have healthy food available after they leave school for the day, the community has teamed up with school officials to start a food pantry at Westbrook Middle School. “The middle school food pantry has been a dream the last few years, knowing the amount of food insecurity […]
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Groups seek federal review of Presumpscot fish passage
STANDISH — The Friends of Sebago Lake and Friends of Merrymeeting Bay are pressuring the state to seek EPA input on Sappi’s plan to remove dams on the Presumpscot River without installing fishway passages. The paper mill would not include fish passages on the Gambo Dam in Windham and Dundee Dam in Gorham as part of […]