GORHAM – For a real Halloween scare, how about being chased by a pack of zombies? That’s what will be happening in Gorham next week for those who dare to sign up for the Zombie Run – a 2.5-mile course crawling with obstacles like mud holes, spider webs and a slide through pumpkin guts. For […]
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Three visions for Westbrook
WESTBROOK – The common thread emerging from the campaigns of Westbrook’s three mayoral candidates is that the city needs to move forward by growing business. The differences are in how the three say the city should proceed. The candidates – incumbent Democratic Mayor Colleen Hilton, Republican Ernest O. Porell, and James Tranchemontagne, an independent – […]
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Letters to the editor: Civil emergency declaration another LePage puzzle
It didn’t take long for Mainers to start scratching their heads again. It appears our governor ran out of the duct tape he promised us. After a few weeks of relative quiet, he spouted again – this time about the dysfunction in Congress. We are a big country with 50 states and 50 governors. Only […]
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Girls’ Roundup: Biddeford stops Marshwood in soccer
BIDDEFORD — Lexi Paquette scored in each half Wednesday to lead Biddeford to a 3-1 victory against Marshwood in an SMAA schoolgirl soccer game. Paquette and Cassie Ellis scored in the first half as the Tigers (9-2-1) took a 2-0 lead. Sydney Jackman of Marshwood (9-3) scored off Megan McLean’s corner kick five minutes before […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: VA offers Aid and Attendance help
We’re getting close to Veterans Day, Nov. 11, and the memories it conjures up. Like others in my age group, I remember a time when young people dropped out of school to join the “service” and for many who graduated, going in the service was more common than going to college. Sometimes it seems as […]
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Tri-Town Weekly calendar – 10/16
Upcoming events Art at the Library October exhibit, featuring artist Wren Pearson, Freeport Community Library. On display all month. Freeport Conservation Commission, Wednesday, Oct.16, 6 p.m., Freeport Community Center. Freeport Recycling/Solid Waste Committee, Wednesday, Oct.16, 6:30 p.m., Freeport Community Center. Free genealogy classes, with Brian Bouchard, vice president of the Maine Genealogical Society, begin Wednesday, […]
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Pownal News – 10/16
Meetings Pownal selectmen will meet Monday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m., at Mallett Hall. The Pownal Planning Board agenda for its meeting Wednesday, Oct. 16, includes: New Business: Spatial Alternatives zoning map, John Schwanda of Owen Haskell Inc. The meeting will be at Mallett Hall at 7 p.m. The Planning Board will hold an ongoing […]
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Durham’s public works land offer pending
DURHAM – Residents of Durham had their first chance to hear the progress of the town’s fledgling Department of Public Works at a public informational session last week at the Durham Community School. The Oct. 8 session drew roughly 24 people, including the Durham Board of Selectmen and Town Administrator Janet Smith. Selectmen in August […]
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Freeport News – 10/16
Ghosts make appearances at tour Ghosts of Freeport’s Past Walking Tours will be led by lantern-carrying Freeport Historical Society docents through the dark paths of historic Woodlawn Cemetery on West Street in Freeport, Oct. 27, 28, 29 and 30, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. or earlier. Groups of 10 will visit specific locations at […]
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Push for RSU exit advances
FREEPORT – According to the founder of a group seeking to have Freeport withdraw from the Regional School Unit 5 it shares with Durham and Pownal, representatives from Moving Freeport Forward will submit more than 500 petition signatures this week that, once approved, could eventually allow town residents to vote on whether to return to […]