Some of the people who make Profenno’s work Age: 32Hometown: WestbrookTime here: The last six yearsOccupation: CookOn the work environment: ?“It’s really like a family here.” Age: 22Hometown: GorhamTime here: The last three yearsOccupation: BartenderOn the restaurant: “It’s rare to have a nice community place ?like this that’s not a chain.” Age: 24Hometown: WestbrookTime here: […]
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For autistic kids, a playground of their own
WESTBROOK – For most children, a playground with swings, monkey bars and a slide is pretty easy – and a lot of fun – to navigate. But for a child with autism, it’s not so simple. Most playgrounds are not designed with their needs in mind. Now, thanks to a new project at Spring Harbor […]
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LOOKING BACK – Sept. 23, 1987
An arrest warrant has been issued for a Portland man, and police are closing in on two others sought in connection with a string of Gorham burglaries, worth an estimated $25,000 in stolen goods and vehicles. According to Gorham Police Chief David Kurz, the same trio are responsible for “20 or 30” other such crimes […]
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GIRLS SOCCER: Gorham blanks Bonny Eagle
GORHAM – It was wet, windy and nearly a wash out, but even the weather couldn’t put a damper on the Gorham girls soccer team’s offense Tuesday. The Rams scored less than two minutes into the game and added three more in a six-minute span in the second to beat Bonny Eagle 5-0. Playing their […]
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Tri–Town Weekly's Community Calendar – 9/18
Upcoming Durham code enforcement officer, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 5-7 p.m., Durham Town Hall. Van Reid, Maine author of the Moospath League series, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 7 p.m., Freeport Community Library. Breakfast forum, Thursday, Sept. 20, 7:30-9 a.m., Muddy Rudder, U.S. Route 1, Freeport. Breakfast forum hosted by Yarmouth and Greater Freeport chambers. Kristine Schuman from […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Candidate taking a gamble
One of Paul Ryan’s first acts after being anointed by Willard Romney as putative GOP heir to the presidential throne was to make a pilgrimage to the Las Vegas gambling palace of Sheldon Adelson, the casino tycoon. And he went there neither for the floorshows nor the roulette; he went to the Nevada desert to […]
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Amtrak’s Downeaster opening new stops
FREEPORT – With the announcement that Amtrak’s Downeaster service to Freeport will be chugging into the station on Nov. 1, the town is anticipating the economic shot in the arm that many think the train will bring. “We’re so excited about (the Downeaster’s arrival),” said Janet Dutson, the executive director of FreeportUSA, the local merchants’ […]
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Westbrook woman completes 33-mile swim in Japan
Despite enduring more than 100 jelly fish stings and more than 19 hours in rough seas, Pat Gallant-Charette completed what a few weeks ago she called the toughest swim of her career on Thursday Japan’s Tsugaru Strait. The 61-year old, long-distance-swimming grandmother from Westbrook completed the 33-mile swim in a time of 19 hours and […]
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ON THE RIGHT LANE – From vacation to staycation
I have always believed that when a legislative body meets, the members will do one or two things to those who elected them and sometimes they do both simultaneously. One result will cost the taxpayers more money and the other will result in less freedom. That’s what I used to say about the Congress of […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – Expert help there for the asking
Quick as a wink, summer is over and fall arrives. Time was, we’d be looking for a place to get apples, and spend a lot of time baking pies and getting ready for the fairs and visiting friends while the weather was cooperative. Nowadays, we also need to decide whether to change our insurance coverage […]