GRAY – Boomer Simmons could have walked away from the struggling Gray-New Gloucester High School football team last fall when he was sidelined with a season-ending hip injury, but he stuck it out – and stood up for what he thought was right. Simmons, a two-year captain who played both running back and linebacker, had his high […]
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Highland Lake survey seeks erosion sites
WINDHAM — A group of about 35 volunteers and technical support staff sacrificed most of their Saturday last week to help pinpoint possible sources of erosion in Highland Lake, which could be playing a role in the lake’s mysterious bloom. The Highland Lake Association – in partnership with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Cumberland County Soil […]
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Mainewhile: It's beyond time to change how we do schools
I sent my son off to school Monday morning. As he hoisted his backpack and began his goodbye, the morning news interviewed survivors of yet another school shooting. My son and I locked eyes. “Don’t get shot, OK?,” I said. It was a stupid thing to say, for all the obvious reasons, but what else […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Memorial Day ceremonies set in Westbrook, Gorham
WESTBROOK — The gravestones of more than 1,500 veterans across the city have been adorned with American flags in advance of Monday’s Memorial Day holiday and community leaders are getting the final details settled for the city’s annual Memorial Day parade down Main Street. Members of the Stephen W. Manchester American Legion Post 62 on […]
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Code office team busy with Gorham boom
Gorham Code Enforcement Officer Freeman Abbott, left, and his new assistant Thomas Hohn of Long Island. GORHAM — Filling a vacant spot, Thomas Hohn is the town’s new assistant code officer and building inspector. Hohn joined the code office team in mid January. “He’s doing a great job,” Code Enforcement Officer Freeman Abbott said. The Gorham […]
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Here's Something: Maine, the way summer should be
I think it’s safe to say, now that Memorial Day weekend is upon us, that winter is finally over and we can be confident that snow won’t be flying anytime soon here in Vacationland. I’ve lived in Maine for almost two decades and as each year rolls by I become more appreciative of summertime. No […]
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Class of 2018: Westbrook grad fashions future in business
WESTBROOK — A small resale business he started two years ago has paved the way for Westbrook High School senior Ryan Shackley to attend Babson College, one of the top business schools in the country. “It was ranked really high in entrepreneurship, business and international business and all the different aspects of business,” Shackley said […]
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Westbrook Together Days kicks off next weekend
WESTBROOK — For close to 40 years, Westbrook Together Days has been bringing families together in the city’s unofficial kickoff to summer, with rides, food and entertainment. This year’s festival, which is organized by the Westbrook-Gorham Chamber of Commerce, kicks off at 4 p.m. at Riverbank Park on Friday, June 1, with opening remarks followed by […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Quarry developers sue Windham
WINDHAM — The town is digging in for a legal battle over a proposed quarry near Forest Lake after the developer filed a lawsuit in Cumberland County court this week. Jim Pross, an Auburn-based lawyer representing father and son Elvin and Randy Copp of CSG Properties and Copp Equipment, told the Windham Town Council at its […]
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Confederate flag at farm stand ‘not coming down’
NEW GLOUCESTER — The owner of a New Gloucester farm stand who flies a Confederate flag in honor of family that lives in the South says recent attention over it has been good for his bottom line. Charlie Verrill owns Will-N-Laineys – a farm stand and greenhouse business started by his parents on Lewiston Road. “I […]