Seven earn Bentley honors Five students from Gorham have been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Bentley University in Waltham, Mass., and two were named to the president’s list for extraordinary academic achievement. Dean’s list students are: Maura Cullen Brady, a senior and economics-finance major; Nicole Danielle Roy, a senior and […]
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Westbrook Then & Now
191/191a/191b The photo on the left shows 864 Main St. on the left and 866 Main St. on the right in the 1920s. The 864 Main St. building was occupied by a retail store on the first floor, Driscoll’s Dry Cleaning on the second floor and the third floor was an apartment. The 866 Main […]
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Ramblings
On Saturday, July 25, the Deering High School Class of 1936 will hold its 73rd reunion, again at Verrillo’s Restaurant, Riverside Street, Portland. Members and guests will assemble at 11:30 a.m. and dinner will be served at noon, ordering from the menu. We had over 20 attending last year and hope for over 20 again […]
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Critics of Lukas have it backwards
Superintendent Suzanne Lukas should not be chastised for using her authority at the Bonny Eagle graduation. If she is criticized, it should be for not acting soon enough. Ms. Lukas reported that the school board had created a code of conduct following disruptions at the 2005 graduation ceremony and, in fact, the students were required […]
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Westbrook season in review cuts
Hamilton plunked: Westbrook’s Christian Hamilton grimaces and tosses his bat away after being hit with a pitch during a game against Deering in May. The Blazes finished the season as the No. 2 seed in the Class A West playoffs, but had their dreams of a rematch with the Rams shattered when they were upset […]
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Scarborough Downs Report-Rodeo Du Ruisseau
Rodeo Du Ruisseau stepped to the fastest time of the 2009 Maine harness season on June 27 as the often-claimed pacer confidently ascended up to the $6,000 Scarborough Open-level in a sizzling 1:54.4 speed show. Shawn Gray engineered his third driving win on the program behind Rodeo Du Ruisseau after reacquiring the upward-bound pacer via […]
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Q&A with Reza Namin
Reza Namin, who this week took over as superintendent of Westbrook schools, immigrated from Iran nearly 30 years ago. With no family or friends in the country, Namin said he chose to settle in Worcester, Mass., because of the number of colleges in the town, and an education what he was after. He went on […]
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West LL cut
Andrew St. Clair pitched the Westbrook Little League All-Stars to a recent win over Deering. He allowed only four hits, while striking out 13 and walking none. Courtesy photo
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Westbrook man facing two years in prison on fraud charges
A Westbrook man has been sentenced to 25 months in prison for aiding and abetting in Social Security fraud, employment verification fraud and aggravated identity theft and making false statements to a government agency. Thomas Kasenge, 29, was sentenced June 26 after being found guilty on the charges following a two-day, jury trial in February, […]
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Westbrook Then & Now
190/190a A house built in the late 1800s as a home and office by a Dr. Jenness, left photo, once stood on Main Street at Stroudwater Street. Dr. Thomas Smith was the next occupant and later, Dr. A.H. Burroughs. The building subsequently became an apartment house. The house was demolished in the mid 1960s to […]