Stan Sawyer, 61, the newly retired/newly rehired Westbrook school superintendent, says that “there is still a lot that has to be done between now and May of 2008, when we bond and break ground (on the new middle school).” File photo by Rich Obrey
Web
Posted inAmerican Journal, Web
Westbrook Little League update
LITTLE LEAGUE – PLAYOFF GAMES SCORES: Tickets Unlimited 11 – Sappi 4 Messer 9 – Kiwanis 6 Eagles 3 – Dairy Queen 1 Lions 7 – Phoenix Welding 3 Sappi 7 – Lions 4 Eagles 4 – Kiwanis 3 8 innings Sappi 5 – Eagles 0 Messer 6 – Tickets 5 Messer won their two […]
advertisement
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster, Web
Windham Remembered
This photo was taken in 1944 by the owners, Cummings and Elizabeth Lothrop. The barn in the picture was constructed out of parts of the first church in Windham, built about 1795. The original location was the corner of Webb and Chute roads. Abandoned after the new church was built at Windham Hill, the structure […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster, Web
Meet the performers…
Pam Baker and the SG’s Pam is one of Maine’s most well-known blues performers. One of the first Maine blues artists to receive steady FM air play with the release of her first CD, “Bakin’ the Blues”, Pam quickly established a loyal following. Her rich voice and winning stage presence continue to charm audiences throughout […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster, Web
Local residents graduate from St. Joseph
The following students graduated from Saint Joseph’s College in Standish on May 12: Naples: Janie Joyce, Jeffrey Peterson. Raymond: Nikki Emery, Parker LaChance, Matthew LeBlanc, Andrew Young. Standish: Jennifer Clarke, Daniel Currier, Christopher Doughty, Marie Eckstein, Lisa Moesel, ChristiAnne Proctor, Andrew Walker. Windham: Jeremy Ackroyd, Mariya Barankevich, Diana Dorval, Jessica Laflamme, Amy Melanson, Chad Pulkkinen, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
Program explores Windham
On Thursday, June 14, a lecture and slide show about Windham’s Antique Homes will be presented at Windham Historical Society, 234 Windham Center Road. The 7 p.m. program will be followed by a tour of the Parson Smith House on Saturday, June 16 from 9 to 11 a.m. Linda Griffin, a broker at Pleasant River […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
colGOR
Sign ordinance on agenda The Gorham Planning Board will meet in a workshop to discuss proposed amendments to sign ordinances at 6 p.m. on Monday, in the Gorham Municipal Center, 75 South St. Gorham planner Deborah Fossum said a sign ordinance subcommittee has been working on amendments for months. The meeting affords members of the […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
Looking back
June 1982 Westbrook aldermen tabled for public reaction Monday a tough new ordinance giving the fire chief power to set up tow-away lanes on private property. Aldermen did not get copies of the ordinance until they arrived for the meeting, though it had been studied in a council committee, and it was not read to […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
'Time has come' for 186 Gorham grads
Gorham High School graduates were urged Sunday to do what they love and be thankful. “Passion is always contagious,” valedictorian Emily Mason-Osann told her fellow students during commencement ceremonies Sunday at Merrill Auditorium in Portland, where 186 seniors received diplomas from Principal John Drisko. “Do what you love with passion and gusto,” Mason-Osann exhorted. She […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
Ramblings
Immigrants’ stories “The Immigrants Who Came to the City of Mills” was the program for the May 30 meeting of the Westbrook Historical Society, arranged by Suzan Norton, vice president. She gave a presentation on the French, Irish, Danish and Swiss families who settled in Westbrook. Her interesting talk was followed by Eugene Berg, who […]