Thomas “Tip” Fairchild, minor league baseball player for the Houston Astros, recently conducted a pitching/throwing clinic for local youth players in Raymond. The clinic was divided into two Wednesday evenings, Nov. 28 and Dec. 5. This is Fairchild’s second time teaching in Raymond. Twenty- five Sebago Long Lake Cal Ripken players ages 9 to 13 […]
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Births at Bridgton Hospital
Fionnuala O’Reilly-Massimino was born to Caitlin B. O’Reilly and Joseph Massimino of Bridgton, Nov. 27. She weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces. She joins Sebastian O’Reilly-Massimino, 6, Cyrus O’Reilly-Massimino, 3, and Lucius O’Reilly-Massimino, 1 1?2. Her maternal grandparents are Roderick and Sylvia O’Reilly of Santa Cruz, Calif. Her paternal grandparents are Joseph and Albina Massimino of, […]
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Our sewer runneth over
Looking at the Portland Water District’s overruns on the Little Falls sewer conveyance it is important that we keep our eyes on the bigger picture. No doubt, some serious mistakes were made. There were not enough contingencies built into the budget by district at the outset. If these were but a few percentages larger, then […]
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Quinn's Corner
The other day a prominent business executive used the Maine turnpike – something he rarely does, because he normally helicopters between his home and Kennebunkport, where he occasionally serves as a foreign policy adviser. Unused to the hurly burly of highway traffic and confused by the proliferation of toll booths (trucks, coins, receipts, Canadian currency, […]
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45 years ago
The Westbrook American reported on Dec. 12, 1962, that Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Holmes of Wood Road announced the birth of a grandson, John J. Winters Jr., son of John and Ann (Holmes) Winters, Foxboro, Mass. In Buxton, a deer was killed when it ran into the car of Mrs. Phil Cousens of Groveville,who was […]
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Gorham High varsity winter sports schedules
BOYS BASKETBALL Dec.14 @ Scarborough 7 p.m. Dec. 18 Westbrook 7 p.m. Dec. 21 South Portland 7 p.m. Jan. 3 Thornton 7 p.m. Jan. 5 @ Noble 5 p.m. Jan. 8 Bonny Eagle 7 p.m. Jan. 10 @ Kennebunk 7 p.m. Jan. 12 Cheverus 7 p.m. Jan. 15 @ Portland 7 p.m. Jan. 18 Massabesic […]
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Capers hold on to defeat Gorham
Cape Elizabeth 5 Gorham 4 The Cape Elizabeth hockey team took a 5-2 lead into the third period against Gorham on Saturday only to see that lead nearly disappear before holding on for a 5-4 win. Max Foner led all skaters with two goals for the Capers. Foner scored the first goal of the game […]
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AJ hoop pics
WestBB33.jpg Westbrook’s Christian Hamilton (33) tries to slow the progress of this Biddeford player in the second half of last week’s season opening win. Staff photo by Carl Pepin WestBB34edited Dominic Borelli of Westbrook (34) takes the ball downcourt in action from the first half of last Friday evening’s 64-52 win at Biddeford. Staff photo […]
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Ramblings photo
WITH 46955 – ramblings (silk jpg) A cocoon produced by the silkworm. Courtesy photo Ramblings photo
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Rafters survive falls; teen center $1,900 richer (video)
The list of risks included the following: Orthopedic injuries, being struck in the face with a paddle (resulting in black eyes or broken teeth) and getting caught up in churning, 40-degree water on a freezing cold December day. However, none of the above swayed a group of Westbrook officials from their plan- rafting down Saccarrappa […]