Dr. Albert D’Arche, a well-known physician, occupied this house at 782 Main St. at the corner of Spring Street for many years. The house was eventually purchased by the Chevron Oil Company and demolished to make way for a service station. The business eventually became a Humphrey Farms Store. C.N. Brown Company purchased the business […]
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We Love to Eat
Community meal – Thursday, April 19, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Shepherd’s pie, $5. Free dinner – Thursday, April 19, 5:30-6:30 p.m., St. Peters Episcopal Church, 678 Washington St., Portland. Chowder luncheon – Friday, April 20, and every Friday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl of […]
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Westbrook school budget includes 6% tax increase
WESTBROOK — The $38.6 million school budget brought before city councilors for review includes a $2.3 million increase totaling 6.4 percent over the current operating budget. Taxpayers will be asked to foot $20.4 million of the school’s fiscal year 2019 bill, a $1.1 million, or 5.8 percent increase over what taxpayers were asked to support for […]
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Spring Harbor Hospital earns Gold Seal
WESTBROOK — Spring Harbor Hospital, a nonprofit, private psychiatric hospital on Andover Road, recently earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Behavioral Health Care Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal of Approval is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective care. Surveyors […]
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Conflict-of-interest concerns dog Cape Elizabeth council, School Board
CAPE ELIZABETH — Five months after the last election, questions are still being raised about how to address a potential conflict of interest between the Town Council and School Board, which Town Manager Matt Sturgis called “uncharted territory.” The School Board and Town Council met April 12 to discuss implications of the school’s $25.6 million budget. […]
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Universal Notebook: April 19
In totalitarian countries like China, Russia and North Korea you expect to find troops at the borders, state security checking citizen IDs and massive military parades. You don’t expect those sorts of things in a democracy. But more and more these days it seems as though America is becoming a police state. No, I do not believe […]
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Gorham Notes
Local longtime farmer Albert Mosher recently celebrated his 90th birthday with family and friends. Local farmer has milestone birthday Albert Erlon Mosher, who still actively farms his landmark home at Mosher’s Corner in Gorham, was feted for his 90th birthday by family, friends and former employees on April 7 with an open house. The sixth […]
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Westbrook Notes
Several Westbrook High School students participated in the state science fair hosted on March 24 at Thomas College in Waterville. From left are Sam LaRose, Gavin Wallace, Allie Bramble, Tyler Brackett, Brad Wallace, Kaitryn Pitt, Lily Webber and Danielle Sliger. Guy Cote Cote water district VP Guy Cote of Westbrook was elected vice president of […]
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Westbrook updating accessory dwelling land use ordinance
WESTBROOK — City leaders are in the midst of rethinking how accessory dwelling units are handled in Westbrook by adding a new definition and performance standards to the land use ordinance. Director of Planning and Code Enforcement Jennie Franceschi said the new ordinance, which the city council will review at a second reading April 23, better […]
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Here's Something: Comparing civil rights movements then, now
A few weeks ago, as the country marked the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, I gained a deeper realization that the civil rights leaders and protesters of the 1950s and 1960s were true American heroes. That “greatest generation” of civil rights fighters were just as brave, just as disciplined […]
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