WESTBROOK – Westbrook officials are accepting proposals up until Friday from commercial and residential real estate brokers who might want to help the city sell the City Hall and former Prides Corner Elementary School buildings. But this week, Bill Baker, assistant city administrator for business and community relations, said there have been no takers so […]
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LOOKING BACK – Sept. 16, 1987
Over the opposition of a roomful of residents, Westbrook’s City Council voted 4-2 Monday (Wescott, Juniewicz and Lefebvre absent) on first reading to make Turner Street permanently dead end. Final action is due Sept. 21, with another big citizen turnout expected. Opponents focused their criticisms on extra traffic created on Bernadette Street and Huntress Avenue, […]
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Westbrook Notes – 9/13
Joyce, Aube back after hospital stays School Committee member Suzanne Joyce and City Councilor Dorothy Aube are both back at their posts this week after brief hospital stays. Last Friday, Joyce said, she was attending her son’s high school football game in Wells, Westbrook versus Wells, in Wells, when she felt heart palpitations. This had […]
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EDITORIAL – Public-access ?ombudsman welcome, ?but bears watching
The Maine Attorney General’s Office last week announced the hiring of Brenda Kielty as the state’s first public access ombudsman. The responsibilities for the position include “responding to informal inquiries about Maine’s Freedom of Access Act, working to resolve complaints, preparing educational materials about the law in collaboration with the Right to Know Advisory Committee, […]
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Standish bridge work forces one-way traffic
STANDISH – Crews are performing repair work on the Steep Falls Bridge, connecting Limington and Standish Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Due to this project, there will be an alternating one-way traffic pattern over the bridge each day from 7 a.m.-5 p.m., with flaggers assisting motorists through the area. Work on this steel bridge truss […]
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Durham Briefs – 9/11
Child hurt in accident A 1-year-old girl was injured on a Durham farm last week when the strap of her car seat was caught in a vehicle tire. At approximately 2:59 p.m., on Sept. 7, Maine game wardens were notified of an incident involving the girl, who was injured on a John Deere Gator utility […]
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Greater Freeport chamber director to leave
FREEPORT – Executive Director Debora King is leaving the Greater Freeport Chamber of Commerce for a similar job in Brunswick. Her last day in Freeport is Sept. 21. King has been the chamber’s executive director since late 2010. She begins her new position as executive director of the Brunswick Downtown Association on Oct. 1. “The […]
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Durham's spike in break-ins being probed
DURHAM – The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a higher-than-average number of burglaries in Durham in August. According to Capt. Raymond LaFrance, there were six reported burglaries in Durham last month – a number that wouldn’t even raise eyebrows in a larger city like Portland, but is high for a small community like Durham. […]
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FOOTBALL: Scarborough, Russo beat up Scots
SCARBOROUGH – The Scarborough Red Storm threw an early monkey wrench at everyone’s – except perhaps their own – Class A football expectations Friday night, beating up on the visiting, heavily favored Bonny Eagle Scots 35-18. In a nearly-complete reversal of last week’s fortunes, when the Scots whipped Biddeford 42-14, Bonny Eagle (1-1) never really […]
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Our barns are ‘filled with history’
RAYMOND – A new book by Raymond resident Don Perkins is the culmination of many years probing the engineering masterwork and people behind historic barns. “The Barns of Maine: Our History, Our Stories” was released Tuesday after about four years of extensive research, Perkins said. Perkins, 42, has lived near Sebago Lake in Raymond since […]