CAPE ELIZABETH — A program designed to give students the tools they need to be successful through tailored, personal support, is expanding this year from the high school to the middle school. Principal Troy Eastman said Middle School Academy is modeled after a similar program offered at the high school, Freshman Academy, which emphasizes organizational and […]
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We Love Sales
Summer yard sale – Saturday, Sept. 1, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m., Hawthorne House, 40 Hawthorne Road, Raymond. Rain or shine. Plant and bake sale – Saturday, Sept. 8, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Gorham Garden Club, 71 South St., Gorham. Perennials, baked goods and gently used garden items. Crafters wanted – North Sebago United Methodist Church seeking crafters for […]
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Life Unwound: There is no away
I walk into French class. The teacher asks, “Quoi de neuf?” (“What’s new?”) This question aims to have us talk without notes, converse spontaneously. I cheat and plan, “I’ll talk about seeing ‘Mamma Mia Here I Go Again.’ How do you say ‘movie’?” I look it up and scribble notes, my French not fluent, not […]
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Firehouse soon may go back to mill
WESTBROOK — The time has come for the old fire station building at 41 Cumberland St. to be given back to Sappi, City Administrator Jerre Bryant says, and even Mayor Mike Sanphy, the driver of a plan for its reuse just a year ago, agrees. The council is expected to take up the topic next […]
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Artists to Paint Westbrook next weekend
WESTBROOK — Next weekend, artists will convene across the city as part of Westbrook Arts and Culture’s annual Paint Westbrook event. Local artist Mary Brooking, an organizer of the Sept. 8 event, said artists will set up between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. to paint or sketch sites across the city. The downtown area, she […]
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Library borrowing program may expand to Gray, Windham
WESTBROOK — Walker Memorial Library may expand its borrowing program to Gray and Windham. Last summer the library joined forces with libraries in Cape Elizabeth, Gorham, Scarborough and South Portland to offer patrons joint borrowing privileges. The program, in which a card from any of those libraries can be used to check out books and other […]
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State requires meningococcal vaccine for some students
AUGUSTA — This school year Maine is joining more than 20 other states in requiring all incoming seventh- and 12th-graders to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease. Meningococcal disease is rare, but teens and young adults are at the highest risk of getting the illness, which in some cases can be deadly and can also have […]
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60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported on Sept. 3, 1958, that Dennis Watts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Watts of Gorham, enlisted in the Marine Corps. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Earnhardt of Westbrook returned home after spending the summer in Sebago.
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Politics & Other Mistakes: Heads in the sand – or the shower
Dillon Bates has a surname less suited to politics than to a remake of a classic Hitchcock horror movie. And, it appears, proclivities to match. Until Aug. 20, Bates was a Democratic state representative from Westbrook. He resigned that post nearly a month after The Bollard magazine published an in-depth report filled with evidence that […]
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Metro bus service expands to Gorham
The kickoff of Metro’s public transit expansion to Gorham drew several speakers Monday at the University of Southern Maine campus in Portland. Pictured, from left, are Gorham Town Councilor Marla Stelk, Metro President John Thompson, Portland City Councilor Belinda Ray, Metro General Manager Greg Jordan, USM President Glenn Cummings and Westbrook City Administrator Jerre Bryant. […]