<p style=" “margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;”>STANDISH – A Standish woman was killed Sunday morning in a single-car crash on Saco Road. <p style=" “margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px;”> <p style=" “margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;”>Cherie Ann Haskell, 47, died after her 1991 Buick […]
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Details unresolved in proposed Westbrook school closing
WESTBROOK – Parents of children throughout Westbrook schools say that closing Prides Corner Elementary School makes sense, but the idea that fifth-graders would go to school with middle-school children does not sit well. “I remember eighth grade, and the things you say and do, I don’t want a 10-year-old to hear that,” Katie Hatch, who […]
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Gorham notes – 2/15
Gorham chose Romney Gorham Republicans by the slimmest of margins in their caucus Feb. 4 picked Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, over U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas in the race for presidential nomination. Matt Mattingly, chairman of the Gorham Republican Committee, reported that Romney got 24 votes, just one more that Paul, with […]
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Phyzgig back for an encore
WESTBROOK – Acorn Productions’ annual Phyzgig festival, produced in late December and billed as a family-friendly, mid-winter pick-me-up, was so successful in 2011 that organizers are bringing some performers back for a smaller encore during February school vacation week. The show will be at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center at the Westbrook Middle School on […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – A beast of burden
There is an elephant that makes his home in the national tool shed. Most people pay no attention to him. For years, he has been fed in large part with provisions borrowed from neighbors. By means of bookkeeping legerdemain, they have been able to ignore these loans. Consequently, since his costs are largely hidden and […]
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‘It feels fantastic’: Local Olympian running ski program for disabled veterans
NEW GLOUCESTER – On a recent winter day at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, a group of cross country skiers gathered at the Oak Hill trail to enjoy the cold morning by gliding across the fresh coat of snow that had fallen the night before. It’s not really that unusual of a scene, Pineland’s trails […]
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Gorham man hits $1 million jackpot
GORHAM – A Gorham man won $1 million in an instant ticket game, the Maine State Lottery announced Monday, and he has already claimed his prize – minus chunks for Uncle Sam and the state. Robert Mezzanotte bought his winning ticket at the Hannaford in Gorham. The modest Mezzanotte declined comment Tuesday. Tim Poulin, deputy […]
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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Windham gets past Gorham
GORHAM – The Windham High School girls basketball team improved to 13-4 on the season after taking down the Gorham Rams (7-10) in Gorham on Tuesday night, 51-43. The Eagles were led by Meghan Gribbin, who scored a game-high 25 points, out dueling the Rams’ Kristin Ross, who added 23 of her own. Entering Tuesday […]
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Westbrook girls beat Thornton Academy, edge closer to home playoff
WESTBROOK – Points were at a premium when the Westbrook and Thornton Academy girls basketball teams squared off in Westbrook on Jan. 31. With neither team lighting up the scoreboard, it was evident that the game was going to come right down to the wire, and it did. Fortunately for the Blue Blazes, they were […]
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Legacy Publishing celebrates expansion
WESTBROOK – A Westbrook company officially opened its second location in the city Tuesday, with a number of distinguished guests in attendance, including Gov. Paul LePage. LePage, along with representatives from both Sen. Susan Collins’ and Sen. Olympia Snowe’s offices, were on hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Legacy Publishing. Also on hand were Westbrook […]