GORHAM — The Town Council will have a pair of new faces on the seven-member board after the Nov. 6 election as two incumbents are not seeking re-election. Candidates vying for two available seats with three-year terms are Claude “Fred” Daigle, Lee Pratt and Virginia Wilder Cross. Current Councilors Sherrie Benner and Marla Stelk have bowed out. […]
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South Portland and Scarborough news from The Forecaster.
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Cape Elizabeth schools make mental health a priority
CAPE ELIZABETH — More than 14 years after the death of her son Timmy, Nancy Thompson said she wishes she had known about the warning signs of mental illness. Awareness is part of what she and her husband, Tim, hope to teach through the Thompson Mental Health Initiative in collaboration with the Cape Elizabeth schools and the Cape […]
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Race is on for Westbrook School Committee seats
WESTBROOK — This year will be the first time longtime School Committee incumbents Veronica Bates and James Violette have faced competition for their seats. Kristen Beahm was chosen at the Republican caucus Sept. 4 to vie for Bates’ Ward 2 seat. Bates has been on the committee since 2011. Challenging Violette for his Ward 5 seat, […]
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New owner plans to raze Holly's for station, store
WESTBROOK — Holly’s Super Gas at 380 Main St. has been operated by the Leo family for years, but now under new ownership, the site is set to be redeveloped. H.A. Mapes, a family-owned gasoline and diesel distributor based in Springvale, will appear before the Planning Board in a workshop session Tuesday, Oct. 2, with […]
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Gorham Notes
Tim O’Neill, right, has recently completed a summer internship working in the office of U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, speaker of the House of representatives, in Washington, D.C., and is pictured with Ryan. O’Neill graduated from Gorham High School in 2015 and is a senior at American University. Girl Scouts earn Silver Award Girl Scouts Emily […]
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60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported on Oct.1, 1958, that Maurice Senechal of Westbrook, a Marine Corps Reserve gunnery sergeant, was honored for his outstanding assistance to Marine recruiters. Westbrook Mayor Elmer Currier, Emil Aube and Philip Currier visited friends in New Brunswick, Canada.
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Here's Something: Reading makes America great
Who couldn’t use an escape from the real world, especially now as insanity in the public sphere runs amok. What we need is a good book to take us away, like a long soak in Calgon, to different times, different lives, different everything. Luckily for escapee-wannabees, PBS, that great American publicly funded broadcasting network (which […]
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Westbrook Notes
Seniors to meet Westbrook Senior Citizens will meet at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, at the Community Center, 426 Bridge St. Newt Curtis and Charlie will play piano and sing. Seniors will travel Nov. 7 and 8 to a casino getaway and will visit Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods in Connecticut. They will lodge at Two […]
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SMCC student dies after South Portland crash
SOUTH PORTLAND — Police say excessive speed is being investigated as the cause of a single-car crash Monday night that caused the death of a 20-year-old Southern Maine Community College student. Police said Patrick Donaghue, of Wilton, was a passenger in a vehicle that crashed through a wooden guardrail near the entrance of Bug Light Park. He […]
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5 candidates seek 1-year terms on Scarborough School Board
SCARBOROUGH — Five candidates are vying for two, one-year seats on the Board of Education that were left vacant by a recall vote earlier this year. In a separate election, 10 other candidates are seeking election to three, three-year terms on the board. (Profiles of those candidates will be published in October.) Former board members Cari […]
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