Loon Echo Land Trust is hosting a trek up Bald Pate Mountain on Saturday, March 21, to see the sunrise from the summit. Hikers should meet at the South Bridgton parking lot for Bald Pate around 6 a.m. The sunrise is at 6:43. Snowshoes or hiking boots with traction devices are recommended, as are coffee […]
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Windham to consider all-day K
Windham-Raymond School Board members will hear a proposal to implement all-day kindergarten in Windham schools as part of this year’s budget process, Superintendent Sandy Prince said last week. Prince told the School Board at its March 11 meeting that he and other administrators felt strongly that Windham kindergarten should run for the full day starting […]
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Words from the mayor
CUTLINE ONLY READ ACROSS AMERICA Mayor Bruce Chuluda reads to members of Guyla Woodbrey’s class at Saccarappa School last week. Saccarappa was just one of many schools throughout the nation to participate in Read Across America Day to celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday and to encourage young people to read. Courtesy photo Mayor Bruce Chuluda reads […]
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CUTLINE ONLY STORK PIN Six public safety employees received stork pins last Thursday in recognition of their part in the birth of Ava Additon in the back of a Westbrook ambulance on Feb. 14 at 7:44 p.m. Pictured, from left, are mother Maia Additon, dispatchers Brian Mankowski and Lori St. Jock, Lt. Mark Theriault, firefighter […]
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Sorting the scams from the deals
Being in difficult financial straits doesn’t mean falling for the first obvious scam of the day. One Saturday morning, the first e-mail headline read, “Earn $30,000 a month typing at home.” This sounds too good to be true. I’ve been typing at various jobs since I was 16 (more than 50 years) and never earned […]
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Meeting offers chance to speak up
Mainers are invited to speak up on the economy, health care, war and the environment – and any other issues that concern them – at public “Town Hall Meeting” on Friday, April 3. The meeting, hosted by more than 45 community organizations from around the state, will be held 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in […]
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Gorham man faces life in child sex case
James L. Berke, 46, of Gorham is behind bars this week awaiting sentencing after a judge found him guilty Monday of multiple sex crimes involving children. Berke faces life in prison. Wednesday, he was being held in Cumberland County Jail without bail. Gorham Detective Dana Thompson arrested Berke March 23, 2008. The arrest came after […]
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We love to eat
Baked haddock dinner – Friday, March 20, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Haddock, baked potatoes, peas, coffee and dessert. Lent meal (choice of haddock dinner or pizza). $7, $3. Baked haddock supper – Friday, March 20, 4-7 p.m., St. Andre Church Hall, Biddeford. Haddock, mashed potatoes, rice pilaf, cole slaw, […]
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Ramblings
Enjoying ‘Evangeline’ We have a 1967 paperback of “Evangeline, A Tale of Acadia,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and I am thoroughly enjoying reading it. I seem to remember the first lines – “This is the forest primeval, the murmuring pines and the hemlock” – but I’m sure we did not study it in our English […]
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Save the Warren library
Citizens of Westbrook, say, “Not a Done Deal.” With such a short notice to the citizens of Westbrook and beyond, we are outraged by the board’s decision to close Warren Memorial Library. According to Caren Michel, library board treasurer, it is stated that the funds would be depleted in four years. And Bruce Saunders, board […]