Cemetery building gets facelift A 133-year-old building at 1187 River Road that still serves the South Buxton Cemetery Association has been recently spiffed up, and last week hosted a meeting of the board of directors. Built in 1880 for $100 at Tory Hill, the building now has a fresh look with new interior pine paneling, […]
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Westbrook polls will open Tuesday at 7 a.m.
WESTBROOK – Candidates in Westbrook’s four contested municipal races are making their final campaign push this week, leading up to the state referendum and municipal election on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Voting hours are 7 a.m.-8 p.m. at these voting locations: Ward 1: Fred C. Wescott Community Center, 426 Bridge St.; Wards 2, 3 and 4: […]
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We Love Sales
Craft fair – Friday, Nov. 1, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; and Saturday, Nov. 2, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Gorham House, 50 New Portland Road, Gorham. Christmas decorations, furniture, jewelry, quilts, baby items, kid crafts, mittens, pies, candles, wooden signs, jam, pumpkins, aprons and more than 35 crafters. Sandwich bar with beverages and baked goods. Busy Angels craft […]
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LETTERS: Support Bailey in Gorham
As an instructor at the University of Southern Maine, I know how important education is to the success of the next generation. Education, especially early in life, is critical to the intellectual growth of our kids – the earlier they begin learning, the higher their educational attainment later in life will be. Gorham residents – […]
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We Love To Eat
Community meal – Thursday, Oct. 31, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Beefpie. Suggested donation $5. Public supper – Saturday, Nov. 2, 5-6 p.m., West Gorham Union Church, Route 25 (three miles west of Gorham Village), Gorham. Three kinds of beans, hot dogs, chicken pie, American chop suey, casseroles, salads, homemade pies, coffee […]
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Looking Back
Nov. 2, 1988 A group of some 40 Gorham residents concerned about gravel pits in the town tried to have a meeting in the council chambers Monday afternoon. But their plan to go over a proposed draft ordinance on the subject of gravel pits was torpedoed by Danny and Jon Shaw and a score of […]
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Density at issue for housing proposal
WESTBROOK – Westbrook officials are weighing public opinion about the proposed sale and development of Prides Corner Elementary School, a plan that could turn the closed building into a 98-unit apartment complex. The city held a neighborhood meeting Wednesday night, after the American Journal’s deadline, at the Prides Corner Congregational Church to gauge public reaction […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Some dinosaurs from yesteryear’s office
In an email recently, someone asked if I was still doing minutes. No, I told her, that job was replaced by technology. “Doing minutes” meant attending meetings, recording (writing) what was said by using shorthand (another obsolete tool) and typing up the results into “minutes.” I guess no one types any longer, and fewer know […]
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Modern laughs in old musical
FREEPORT – For first time-director Simon Skold, the challenge of putting on the Freeport High School musical comedy, “The Boys from Syracuse,” was not about the singing, but the dancing. “Most of the kids have sung in the shower or sung in church, so the singing can come naturally,” he said. “Some kids have danced […]
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Decision time for school bond
FREEPORT – At stake for Regional School Unit 5 on Tuesday, Nov. 5, is a ballot question seeking to borrow $14,638,009 for academic renovations and field repairs at Freeport High School, and a separate ballot question, billed as a bond upgrade, that seeks $1,718,891 for the construction of synthetic field surfaces. The vote comes on […]