WESTBROOK – Since voters approved the idea of retail marijuana sales, cultivation and manufacturing back in November 2016, many communities in Maine, Westbrook included, have passed moratoriums on the subject in order to allow state and local leaders to establish regulations. While the Westbrook City Council opted to extend the moratorium another 180 days at […]
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Gorham Notes
Remembering MLK Jr. Gorham Ecumenical Council will observe the solemn occasion of the 50th anniversary on Wednesday, April 4, of the death of The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The sanctuary of the First Parish Congregational Church, 1 Church St., in Gorham will open 4-8 p.m. to those who wish to “stop in, light a candle of […]
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Looking Back
March 31, 1993 Ed Mesere and Theron Murrray, both 16 and juniors at Westbrook Regional Vocational Center, were to leave at 6 this morning for Archangel, Russia. They’ll be gone for a month. They’re taking three sets of cold-weather clothes, boots for the Russian snow and food for gifts. For four Sundays, they’ve been meeting […]
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We Love to Eat
Community meal – Thursday, March 29, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Chicken and gravy, $5. Free dinner – Thursday, March 29, 5:30-6:30 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 678 Washington St., Portland. Chowder luncheon – Friday, March 30, and every Friday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl […]
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Female students encouraged to explore technical trades
WESTBROOK – More than 50 girls from the area converged at Westbrook Regional Vocational Center last week to prove technical trades are not just a man’s world. The event, Totally Trades, was held through a joint partnership of the Maine Department of Transportation, Maine Department of Education and New Ventures Maine, and exposed seventh, eighth […]
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Cousins Maine Lobster to roll into Cape Elizabeth's Fort Williams Park
CAPE ELIZABETH — Longtime lobster-roll food truck Bite into Maine will be joined this summer in Fort Williams Park by Cousins Maine Lobster, owned by a pair of Maine natives who now have food trucks in every corner of the country. On March 12, the Town Council approved the addition of a 90-square-foot vendor site on […]
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Thanks to cancellations, Cape Elizabeth school calendar faces uncharted territory
CAPE ELIZABETH — Nine cancellations so far this year have pushed the last day of school for grades K-11 from June 11 to June 22 and may tack on an extra hour to the school day for seniors. The School Board on March 15 discussed how to make up for the days, which were canceled because […]
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The Universal Notebook: Well-being in Maine isn’t what it once was
For last week’s column about ways Gov. Paul LePage has made life harder for Maine people, I talked to several people in social service agencies. One of them suggested that, as a measure of misery in Maine, I cite the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index, in which Maine dropped from No. 4 in 2016 to No. 24 […]
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Here's Something: We're all a bunch of saps
Welcome to another edition of Boos and Bravos, where we try to criticize and praise in equal amounts: BOO to Facebook. Although I’ve long been hoping for the total demise of this social media platform, I take a bit of solace in last week’s stock plunge, which followed the revelation that 250 million users’ personal […]
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Letter: Maine must protect community TV channels
“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” (1939) and “Born Yesterday” (1950) portray the deleterious effect of corporate lobbying and should be required viewing for people in power. Charter Communications, new to Maine in 2016, has been the subject of complaints received by the attorney general’s office for non-compliance with state cable franchising laws and would benefit […]