GORHAM – Gorham voters in the municipal election on Tuesday, Nov. 5, will choose three town councilors in five-way race to serve three-year terms. The field includes one incumbent, Matthew Robinson, and challengers Forrest Genthner, Benjamin Hartwell, James Means and Bruce Roullard. The present council chairman, Philip Gagnon, and councilor John Pressey are not seeking […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: A perspective on the future
Returning recently from a corporate engagement in Boston, I stopped at the Hampton toll booths to contribute my money – as all Mainers must – to New Hampshire’s overflowing highway slush fund. Pulling away from the booth on one of the eight or 10 or 12 lanes (who can count them all?), I had to […]
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Criticism of Dutch ‘Black Pete’ custom energizes supporters
The ‘Black Pete’ holiday caricature is chided as racist, but a Facebook page got 1 million likes in one day.
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Halloween fun coming to Westbrook children’s center
Peek-a-Boo Children’s Center in the Dana Warp Mill in Westbrook will host a variety of Halloween family activities. The center, which operates as an indoor play space for parents and their small children seven days a week, will hold four special events, including two sweet-less treasure hunts, a glow-in-the-dark treasure hunt and a Mad Science […]
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Police frustrated two weeks after NH teen vanished
Abigail Hernandez was last seen leaving her high school on Oct. 9.
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Durham News – 10/23
Office hours The Town Office in Durham hours are Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Wednesday closed and Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. For more information, call 353-2561. Meetings Selectmen will meet Thursday, Nov. 7, at 6: 30 p.m., at the Town Office. The change is due to Election Day on Nov. 5. CEO available […]
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Freeport News – 10/23
Halloween fun in Freeport Trick-or-treaters are invited to visit local merchants in downtown Freeport to collect treats from 4-6 p.m. on Oct. 31. Participants should dress up in Halloween costumes and watch for the pumpkin signs in the windows. Ghosts make appearances at tour Ghosts of Freeport’s Past Walking Tours will be led by lantern-carrying […]
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Pumpkins galore, for a good cause
FREEPORT – Freeport will be awash in pumpkins Saturday as Camp Sunshine holds its fourth annual Pumpkin Festival on the main campus of L.L Bean. According to organizers, there will be live music, tasty treats, children’s games, a costume parade, and, of course, lots of pumpkin carving and decorating. The event runs from noon-8 p.m. […]
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Pownal News – 10/23
Meetings The Pownal Conservation Committee will meet Monday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m., at Mallett Hall. Pownal selectmen will meet Monday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m., at Mallett Hall. CEO office hours changed Effective Oct. 10, the Code Enforcement Office hours have changed to Thursdays from 5:30- 7 p.m. As always, the code officer, Barbara […]
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Group wants third withdrawal financial study
FREEPORT – Unhappy with a consultant’s updated analysis of what a stand-alone Freeport school district would cost, Moving Freeport Forward, a group of residents advocating for the withdrawal of the town from Regional School Unit 5, will ask the Town Council for a citizen-driven data review. “We need a bottom-up analysis,” said Charly Haversat, a […]