Fill the closet Bonny Eagle High School health teachers and the T-Cell Team, an AIDS awareness club are seeking donations for a Cinderella’s Closet. A Cinderella’s Closet can help make a girl’s high school dance a wonderful experience by providing dresses who cannot afford an expensive dress. People can donate dresses, shoes, and accessories of […]
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New routes are a risk to students (letter)
I am writing about a very important issue that my neighbors and I have concerning the change in bus route for this year. I have contacted the School Administrative District 6 Transportation Department about this and apparently they don’t feel that it is a problem. I live on Main Street (Route 11) in Steep Falls […]
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Blazes fall to Bulldogs
Portland 19 Westbrook 14 One yellow hankie. That’s all it took to change the face of Westbrook’s 2008 season opener against Portland at Westbrook’s Olmsted Field last Friday night. On the first play of the fourth quarter, with Westbrook down 19-14, the Blazes had the ball at their own 27. Catching the Bulldogs’ defense off […]
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Town forms police chief search panel
Buxton will form its own search panel to hire a new police chief, foregoing the option to use the Maine Chiefs of Police Association to aid in the search and saving the town nearly $1,000 in the process. The town will ask Gorham Police Chief Ronald Shepard and Scarborough Police Chief Robert Moulton to sit […]
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Westbrook fall sports preview
Westbrook fall sports preview Sport: Football Coach: Jeff Guerette-first season Last year’s record: 3-5 2008 season: The 2008 season got off to a tough start for the Blazes, as they dropped the home opener to Portland 19-14. Key players: Mike Anthony, senior, RB/LB; Andrew Drouin, junior, OG/LB; Patrick Fagan, junior, OT/LB; Christian Hamilton, senior, RB/DB; […]
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BE preview cuts
Kevin Bonny Eagle’s Kevin Moskevich, blasts out of a bunker in a match against Thornton Academy in Saco last season. Moskevich is back to anchor the Scots’ golf team this season. File photo Cody Bonny Eagle’s Cody Marean, left, attacks the Gorham zone in a game last season. Marean and the Scots got off to […]
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We Love to Eat
Flapjack fling- Saturday, Sept. 13, 7:30-10 a.m., West Cumberland Methodist Church parish hall, corner of Blackstrap and Upper Methodist roads. Pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, ham, muffins, juice, fruit cup and coffee. $6, $3. Takeout available. Bean supper – Saturday, Sept. 13, 5-6 p.m., Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Two kinds of beans, hot […]
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Bonny Eagle fall preview
Football Coach: Kevin Cooper Last year’s record: 12-0, Class A state champions 2008 Season: The Scots are 1-0 after thumping Cheverus 46-6 in week one. Key Players: Nate Doehler QB/DB, Josh Ruby RB/DB, Travis Dunn TE/DE, Josh Spearin OL/DL, Dayton McPherson RB/LB, Wade Severance WR/DB, Brent Tibbetts OL/DL, Jesse Harmon OL/DL, Ryan Nason RB/DB, Joe […]
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City, union reach labor agreement
While city employees will see an increase in wages as part of a three-year agreement between the city and the general unit labor union, the employees will also be expected to start contributing to their own health benefits. The second of five city labor union contracts received preliminary approval from the City Council Monday. The […]
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Will home sales rebound?
Though real estate sales have been down for over a year, some Lakes Region real estate agents think they are ready to rebound. “I think we’re getting close to the bottom,” said Timothy Perry, sales manager at Krainin Real Estate and president of the Western Maine Board of Realtors, adding he is receiving more inquiries […]