Terrorism is something that gives me absolutely no pleasure to write about but with the massive terror attacks that just happened in Paris there is no way I can get it out of my brain. I can’t get it off my mind because on the 24th of May, 1972, I witnessed one of the two […]
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City warms to new retail center plans
A site plan for a large Westbrook retail center now called “Dirigo Plaza” was praised by Westbrook Planning Board members Tuesday for including pedestrian-friendly elements such as pond-view walkways and streetscape enhancements along Main Street. The approximately 500,000-square-foot project will take over the land owned by Pike Industries, which still operates a deep gravel pit […]
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Police investigating school bus accident in Windham
Windham police responded Wednesday afternoon to an accident involving a school bus with children aboard. According to a Cumberland County dispatcher, the bus and a car operated by a suspended elderly driver collided at about 3:20 p.m. at the corner of Pope Road and Windham Center Road in the Windham Hill section of town. Motorists […]
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Tri-Town Community Calendar
Upcoming events “Cobblers to Capitalists: Two Centuries of Freeport Shoemaking,” Freeport Historical Society exhibit, runs through Jan. 15, 2016, Harrington House, 45 Main St. $3 admission. Open Tuesday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Labor Day to Memorial Day. For more information, see www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org or call 865-3170. Freeport Rotary, meets every Wednesday, 7 a.m., Harraseeket Inn, 162 Main […]
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Pownal sales: Handicrafts and other goodies
The flurry of holiday events in Pownal starts early this year, as both the Bradbury Mountain Arts show and sale and the Coffin’s Corner Christmas sale are on tap the weekend prior to Thanksgiving. The Bradbury Mountain Arts sale at Mallett Hall is Saturday, Nov. 21, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 22, from […]
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Wakeman: Vote would trigger Durham’s withdrawal panel
Durham selectmen will establish a committee to negotiate withdrawal from Regional School Unit 5 only if residents vote to move the process forward at the annual town meeting in April, according to the chairman of the selectmen’s board. Selectmen decided last month to schedule a public vote during the annual town meeting in April. By […]
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Pownal News
Office hours The Town Office, at Mallett Hall, is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday 8:30 a.m.-6:30 and closed Friday. The office will be closed for Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26. Meetings The Pownal Planning Board meets Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m., at Mallett Hall. The Pownal Board of Selectmen will meet […]
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Durham News
Office hours The Durham Town Office hours are Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8: 30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed Wednesday; and Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. The office will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday Nov. 26 and 27. For more information, call 353-2561. Meetings The Durham Board of Selectmen will meet Tuesday, Dec. 1, 15 and 29, […]
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Midnight run ignites Freeport's holiday season
A midnight fun run and walk on Thanksgiving night led by Santa Claus on a Harley-Davidson, followed by an early Black Friday shopping spree, will get Freeport in the mood for the holiday extravaganza that is to come a week later. That will be the time for FreeportUSA’s Sparkle Celebration and the rush of humanity […]
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Sappi dam plan moving ahead
Officials from Sappi Fine Paper will host the next in a series of public meetings regarding the removal of the company’s hydroelectric dams at Saccarappa Falls. Sappi has announced its intent to file an application to surrender its license for the dams, part of its agreement to establish fish passage at the site by May […]