What do terrorists want? According to the CIA or some other equally reliable but possibly fictional government agency, every dangerous fanatic – from Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh to South Carolina church shooter Dylann Roof to Boston Marathon creepo Dzhokhar Tsarnaev – wanted exactly the same thing: Food stamps. Apparently, killing innocent people for hazy […]
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Freeport filmmaker hones Acadia project
Following a nine-year hiatus, a Freeport filmmaker is concluding his work on a documentary on the carriage roads at Acadia National Park, to coincide with the park’s 100th anniversary. Ronald Gillis is raising money through the online site Kickstarter to wrap up “Rockefeller’s Teeth: John D. Rockefeller Jr., and his Carriage Roads to Paradise.” Gillis […]
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Freeze Out volunteers looking for another warm welcome in Freeport
Freeport Community Services has made its 12th annual Freeze Out much more doable for the staff and volunteers who stand outside on a midwinter day, collecting food, personal care items and money for people in need. This year’s Freeze Out, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 20, will be a 12-hour event instead of the 24-hour grind […]
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Beach to Beacon largess goes to city teen center
My Place Teen Center in Westbrook will be the beneficiary of this year’s prestigious Beach to Beacon 10K road race on Aug. 6. For the nonprofit, the announcement on Wednesday is a significant one, and can help raise the organization’s profile statewide and beyond. The Beach to Beacon race, in its 19th year in 2016, […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Programs to put on the calendar
The Lake Region Senior Center is for all seniors in the area and is held at Little Falls Activity Center, 40 Acorn St., in Gorham. It’s a drop-in center and is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. -1 p.m. It will be closed on Monday, Feb. 15, in honor of Presidents Day. A couple of […]
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Janet Allen takes on sales responsibilities at Lakes Region Weekly
Janet Allen, who has been representing The Forecaster and Sun Media Group publications in several southern Maine communities, will also be representing the Lakes Region Weekly in Gray and New Gloucester, as well as Current Publishing’s other publications. The change comes as a result of the recent merger between Current Publishing and The Forecaster. Allen, […]
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Big third quarter secures Gorham Rams’ win over Stags
Stephen Burns lit up the third quarter for Gorham on Tuesday night, Feb. 2, spearheading a comeback vs. visiting Cheverus. Burns tallied 14 of the Rams’ 17 points in the stretch, giving his team a narrow edge they would build on in the fourth. 48-40 the final. “[Cheverus] is very dangerous,” said Gorham head coach […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: For second selectman, a first-class pain
The incident – involving a lawsuit and big-city lawyers – happened back home about a year ago and it just came up on the docket this past week. It was a motor-vehicle accident involving our town’s second selectman, Henry Pinkham, and a well-to-do tourist from Massachusetts. We didn’t know anything about him and I can’t […]
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Durham News
Office hours The Durham Town Office hours are Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8: 30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed Wednesday; and Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. For more information, call 353-2561. Meetings The Planning Board has scheduled a public hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 6 p.m., at the Town Hall, on proposed land-use ordinance changes. A meeting […]
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Girls Basketball: Last-second three spoils Freeport’s chances
Sometimes, four quarters boils down to one last shot, and that’s exactly what happened for Freeport and Wells on Thursday night, Jan. 28. The Falcons controlled for much of the action – they even led by 11 at one point – but the Warriors regrouped in the late going, and Natalie Thurber nailed a go-ahead […]