Papers available for fall election Gorham Town Manager David Cole has announced that nomination papers are available for two Town Council openings plus three seats on the School Committee, including one held by John Doyle, who has stepped down. Papers, available in the town clerk’s office, need to be returned by 1 p.m. on Friday, […]
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Pownal News
Office hours The Town Office, at Mallett Hall, is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday 8:30 a.m.-6:30 and closed Friday. Meetings The Planning Board meets Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 7 p.m. , at Mallett Hall. The Planning Board ordinance review workshop will be held Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 8 a.m., at Mallett […]
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Faces & Places
The spacious grounds of Pine Tree Academy on Pownal Road in Freeport once again this year were home to the Camp Meeting of the Northern New England Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which includes the “Messiah’s Mansion” in the background. The full-scale model of the Mosaic Sanctuary was in New England for the first […]
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Durham News
Money OK’d for sinkhole fix In an emergency meeting held on Aug. 11, the Durham Budget Committee voted to take $1,650 from the town’s emergency fund to fix a sinkhole at the Eureka Community Center. The small sinkhole, on the Hallowell Road side of the building, did not prevent occupation of the building. The Durham […]
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Gritty’s cyclists continue to pedal for good causes
More than 10 years ago, three or four guys in Gritty McDuff’s Freeport Mug Club decided they wanted to ride in the Trek Across Maine charity cycling event. Today, that idea has expanded into one of the most successful fund-raising groups in the state. “When Bill Muldoon, Patrick Enking and I had the crazy idea […]
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Road race honors man killed in 2001 attacks
The fifth annual 9/11 Memorial 5K Run-Walk & Kids’ Fun Run takes place Sunday, Sept. 13, in Gorham. All proceeds from this event go directly to the Stephen G. Ward Memorial Scholarship Fund. The event honors Ward and all of those lost in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Ward was a graduate of […]
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Deadly Route 11 crash the latest in a string
Monday’s single-vehicle car crash that seriously injured two adults and killed a 4-year-old boy is the latest in a string of dangerous accidents that have occurred in Casco on Route 11 near Hancock Lumber’s Ryefield saw mill. Though the mill is in a straightaway area where the speed limit is 50 miles per hour, other […]
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Legislators: Fix intersection
Windham’s lawmakers are seeking changes to the historically dangerous Falmouth Road-Route 202 area. Windham’s legislative delegation is calling for changes at the intersection of Route 202 and Falmouth Road, the site of numerous crashes in recent years. The intersection, which is governed by two flashing yellow lights for Route 202 traffic and stop signs on […]
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Swim canceled for Westbrook’s Gallant-Charette
For marathon swimmers, the possibility of not finishing or postponing a race due to weather is a very real threat. Westbrook’s Pat Gallant-Charette, a decorated marathon swimmer, is no stranger to riptides and other challenges cutting her swims short, and in late July, she fell victim to Mother Nature again. Gallant-Charette had been in Ireland […]
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Arts Calendar
Theater Wednesday, Aug. 12-Saturday, Aug.15 William Shakespeare’s “The Life & Death of Richard III,” at the Studio Theater, Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave., Portland, 7 p.m.; also at 2 p.m. on Aug. 15. www.richardthethirdmaine.com or 847-8020. Thursday, Aug. 13 – Saturday, Aug. 15 “Coppelia,” presented by Maine State Ballet, Route 1, Falmouth, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays […]