With high spirits and and a collective held breath, the Camp Sunshine community awaits the official announcement that they have captured the Guinness World Record for the world’s tallest sandcastle. Stretching a record-breaking 31.7 feet tall, the Castle to the Sun was carved by Ed Jarrett of Falmouth, who currently holds the record for a […]
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Walk for Jordan benefit event, Sept. 16
Jordan Emerson is a 13-year-old girl from Windham entering 8th grade at Windham Middle School. She was in a car accident at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough on Aug. 8 and is currently in the intensive care unit at Maine Medical Center in Portland with serious injuries. There is a fund-raiser for Emerson and […]
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Bonny Eagle welcomes the Class of 2011
Bonny Eagle High School welcomed almost 350 new students on the first day of school, Aug. 29. The first day at the high school is reserved for incoming freshmen who participate in activities, go through schedules, have a picnic lunch, visit classrooms, and meet their teachers. The students were welcomed to the high school by […]
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Windham Remembered
At Windham’s town meeting in March 1884, it was voted (after three years of being on the warrant) to spend not more than $500 for a hearse. Keep in mind the school budget that year was $2,000. The hearse, shown above, cost $400 and the “extra” was spent on building a hearse house. Drawn by […]
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Reinforcements aid seized dogs
Staff from the U.S. Humane Society is assisting local welfare agencies this week in caring for the dogs involved in the state’s largest animal seizure. Since the Aug. 21 seizure of the J’aime Kennel, 35 Paucek Road in Buxton, several of more than 200 animals have been removed for medical treatment, and all could soon […]
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We love to eat
Bean supper – Saturday, Sept. 8, 4:30-6 p.m., Buxton Center Baptist Church, Route 22, Buxton. Two kinds of beans, red hot dogs, chop suey, cole slaw, homemade biscuits, dessert and beverage. $6, $2. Bean supper – Saturday, Sept. 8, 5-6 p.m., Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Two kinds of beans, hot dogs, cole […]
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Dems expect to fill nominations at caucus
The Westbrook Democratic Caucus will be held Sunday, with Lynda Adams expected to seek the nomination for city clerk and Jim Violette expected to seek the nomination for mayor. Adams will be seeking the Democratic nomination for city clerk just three weeks after seeking the nomination at the Republican caucus. Adams lost her bid to […]
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Decline of the birds, what's next?
The scientific and first-hand observations confirm that our bird population is plummeting, contributing to what has become the greatest wave of extinctions since dinosaurs disappeared 65 million years ago. But, after all, 99 percent of all the species that ever lived are now extinct. So, why should we be concerned? Let me introduce you to […]
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Wesbrook Then & Now
Main Street, looking east, as it appeared around 1945, is shown on the left. Buildings on the left included Vallee Drug Store, Tom’s Restaurant, Rocheleau Clothing, F.W. Woolworth and First National Store. Buildings on the right side of the photo – all demolished during urban renewal – are the Scates Building with LaChance Drug Store, […]
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Programs: Primary focus is on upgrades
A few new programs are debuting this week in local schools, but educators say their focus for the new school year is primarily on revising and upgrading what’s already there. Jan Breton, assistant superintendent of Westbrook schools, said “nothing of any significance” is changing in the curriculum for current students, but a whole new grade […]