Thornton Academy pulled away from a pesky Bonny Eagle team on Saturday at the Biddeford Ice Arena, getting an 8-2 win over the Scots. The Trojans led just 2-1 going into the second period before a deluge of six goals over the final two periods gave them the victory. The Trojans took an early lead […]
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Among the best I read with interest in the January 2008 Opera News about the career of Lorin Maazel, who is currently music director of the New York Philharmonic and formerly of the Cleveland Orchestra and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He will soon conduct the opera “Die Walkure” at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City. He […]
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Fuel assistance a big issue for seniors
The 35 percent increase in the price of oil this winter, combined with one of the coldest and snowiest Decembers in many years, has created a double whammy for Mainers. It doesn’t matter if a person is living on Social Security, a military pension or working full time at one of the department stores – […]
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Births at Bridgton Hospital
Lila Joanna Damon was born to Jenifer J. Rollins and Brady A. Damon of Bridgton, Dec. 8. She weighed7 pounds, 10 ounces. Her maternal grandparents are Linda and Kenneth Rollins of Bridgton. Her paternal grandparents are Lisa Thompson and Peter Baker of Oxford; and Tim Haley of Otisfield. Her great-grandparents are Nancy Damon of Norway, […]
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Fire leaves four homeless
After spending five nights at the Howard Johnson motel in Portland, Deb McDowell, who was displaced from her Westbrook apartment after a fire broke out early Friday morning, finally moved back Wednesday into a place of her own. “It was a terrible experience,” said McDowell, 51, whose apartment in Riverview Terrace, a public and elderly […]
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Holiday lights
CUTLINE ONLY (Christmas lights) Sarah Redmond decorated her home at 69 Conant St. in Westbrook with a hand from her three children, Daniel, 18; Alexis, 10; and David, 9. Holiday lights
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WHS hoop cut
Borelli Westbrook’s Dominic Borelli, shown here in a game a game earlier this season against Biddeford, had 17 points and seven rebounds to help the Blazes to a 64-37 win over Sanford in their home opener Friday. File photo
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Gendron meeting fueled by merger frustration
Westbrook, Windham and Raymond school officials met Wednesday in Augusta with Susan Gendron, the commissioner of education, seeking answers to the questions that have dogged consolidation meetings among the three school systems. The major questions that representatives want answered if the school districts are to consolidate are: Who will pay for debt that schools bring […]
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Listening to Al Hawkes Westbrook’s own Al Hawkes was featured on Nick Spitzer’s “American Routes” show Sunday on National Public Radio. Al is a popular bluegrass musician, who plays many instruments. He recorded many well-known singers and players in his record store, Event Record Studio, at Route 302 and Hardy Road, Westbrook in the 1950s. […]
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There are low-tech gift ideas
Believe it or not, there are lots of options for low-tech gifts this holiday season. “Simple, non-technology gifts will always be in style,” according to Glenda Lehman Ervin, a gift-giving expert with Lehman’s. “Items like food, linens, cookware, lotions and scents, and old-fashioned toys can be wonderful gifts to give and receive.” Lehman Ervin, whose […]