WESTBROOK — Two unidentified city employees are serving several months of paid administrative leave, but officials will not identify them. Mayor Michael Sanphy and City Administrator Jerre Bryant this week confirmed the two employees are on administrative leave, but refused to say who they are, whether they are department heads, and the reasons they aren’t […]
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Gorham Police Notes
Log Hunting for cat Police couldn’t locate a cat that was reported to be injured last month, and a caller said the animal had relocated to a field/vacant barn on Finn Parker Road. Cat up a tree Police received a call last month about a cat in a tree on Ossipee Trail. Cat rescued Police removed a […]
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Gorham Notes
Book tells of bygone farm life Michael D. Andrew wanted to acquaint his grandchildren and others about life when he grew up in the 1940s and 1950s on a farm in Gorham. So he wrote a book titled “The Place,” published by AuthorHouse and available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. “It is a story about […]
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Buxton Notes
The First Congregational Church of Buxton “Souper Bowl” fundraiser held on Feb. 4 to “tackle hunger” collected $47 and 205 pounds of food to support the local food pantry. From left are Jim Shimansky, Sandy MacMahon, the Rev. Allison Curry, Kathleen Bloomer, Stacie Grove and Janet Lang, with Reagan Jewett standing in front. Call to […]
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Lack of imagination casts a shadow over Groundhog Day
I meant to send out this column two weeks ago but it somehow got lost in my spotless, well-organized office. Here it is: Ever wonder who came up with the idea for Groundhog Day? Is February so drab, so dreary, so bleak and void of meaning, so lacking in things to celebrate or observe? Absolutely! […]
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State to ramp up traffic flow through 'bottleneck'
William Clarke Drive (Route 25) in Westbrook’s west end will be widened, with an added westbound lane beginning at Mechanic Street. The intersections at Saco Street and New Gorham Road and Main Street will also be improved under Maine Department of Transportation plans. Westbrook City Administrator Jerre Bryant believes construction will likely begin in 2019. WESTBROOK — […]
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Backlash follows Cape Elizabeth decision not to rehire special-ed director
CAPE ELIZABETH — A decision not to renew the contract of the School Department special education director is being criticized by parents and school staff. Jessica Clark was hired in July 2016, replacing Jane Golding, who retired in 2015. Steve Floyd served as interim director from 2015-2016. There have been four special education directors in the district […]
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Protest planned in support of Scarborough principal
SCARBOROUGH — A demonstration is planned Monday morning, Feb. 26, to protest the sudden resignation last week of Scarborough High School Principal David Creech. Creech submitted his resignation Feb. 16, effective at the end of the school year, amid renewed discussion about a district-wide change in school start times, set to begin in August. Creech has […]
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Looking Back
Feb. 24, 1993 George Goggins’ $6,232 raise for adding the Forestry Department to his duties as Westbrook’s public services director survived a City Council reconsideration Monday. Final action, however, will come March 1. Aldermen Paul LeConte and Don Richards voted against the raise in Finance Committee. LeConte said he wanted the raise reconsidered because it […]