(To list an event in this calendar, please e-mail info to [email protected]) March 18-19: Schoolhouse Arts Center at Sebago Lake will present Mike Harris performing his one-man show, “My Mother, My Father and My Mother,” in Schoolhouse’s Blackbox Theater at 7:30 p.m. $5 donation requested. All proceeds go to benefit the “Save Our Schoolhouse” campaign. […]
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Turf’s up in Gorham
GORHAM – A proposed new, $3 million stadium for Gorham High School, which would be built on an 85-acre town-owned site known as the Chick property, would feature artificial turf field, lights and bleacher seats for 1,500. The stadium would be constructed adjacent to the Narragansett Elementary School and the Public Safety Building, and would […]
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A boy's best friend
RAYMOND – A Raymond boy with epilepsy was informed last week that he will soon receive help in his fight against the mysterious and incurable disease – a new service dog that will be able to sense when dangerous seizures are about to strike. Seth Richards is an 11-year-old Jordan-Small Middle School student whose family […]
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Inside Naples – 3/11
Wow, my kids sure were excited when their school vacation was extended an extra day. The weather sure has been the talk of Maine and the town of Naples this winter. Didn’t the groundhog see his shadow? We’ll be in it deep this spring (the mud that is!) Construction update Craig Hurd, my normal contact […]
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Pre-K could expand, if new budget allows
WESTBROOK – The Westbrook School District finds itself in a conundrum as it enters a budget season: Less funding to work with but a need for expanded programming, and an abrupt shakeup in leadership. The district’s pre-K school program serving 4-year-olds is one example of the struggle school officials face over the next few months. […]
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There can only be one ‘Westbrook Idol’
WESTBROOK – It was a more thrilling finish than anyone could have imagined – a tie in the voting means eight competitors have a shot at taking home the first-ever “Westbrook Idol” title Thursday night. Fourteen semifinalists were whittled down to eight during a 21?2-hour event that rocked the Performing Arts Center at Westbrook Middle […]
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Windham officials discuss sewer proposal in Q&A
Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series probing local politics and issues in the town of Windham. This week’s article focuses on the proposed sewer. Windham politics have long been fraught with personal conflicts and division, maybe none so apparent than at recent Town Council meetings at which former councilors, former candidates […]
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Inside Gray – 3/3
A beautiful reminder Gray’s own Grand Drape was installed on the second floor of The Henry Pennell Municipal Complex last Friday, Feb. 25, with the help of a few locals and some members of the Gray Fire and Rescue. This historical curtain, had been hanging in Stimson Hall up until the 1960s, signed, “The College […]
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Scots look back on season
PORTLAND – Moments after losing to Cheverus in Monday’s Class A West regional final, Bonny Eagle senior guard Steven Simonds was self-effacing as he looked back on his four years with the Scots. “I played well (throughout my career), but I could have played better. It’s sad looking back after all that. It’s kind of […]
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Where’s Wescott? Family upset at community center name
WESTBROOK – The wife of Fred Wescott, the two-term Westbrook mayor who was the only one to die in office, has taken the name change at 426 Bridge St. personally. It was known as the Fred C. Wescott Junior High for nearly 17 years. But it became the Westbrook Community Center after the new Westbrook […]