As most recently demonstrated by the New York Yankees’ acquisition of pitching ace Roger Clemens, pro baseball is an industry of big deals, high hopes and swift shifts of fate. But the same dynamics that play out on the field also apply to the field itself and the communities that host major and minor league […]
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Council wraps budget review Thursday
Westbrook city councilors will consider whether to cut several new positions Thursday from the proposed budget to pay for a curbside recycling program. At a meeting Thursday, ouncilors will scrutinize a part-time position in the Economic and Community Development office, a new parking enforcement officer and four new full-time paramedics. Those positions would be cut […]
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TD Banknorth Portland Open
The TD Banknorth Portland Open begins Wednesday, June 27. The field in the 54-hole event is cut after Thursday’s round to the low 40 scores and ties. This tournament in 2006 drew 143 players, including 24 Maine professionals and 33 amateurs. Last year Barry Dear (Salem, N.J.), shot 67-68-65-210 to pick up a $9,000 winner’s […]
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Remembering Cap Cowan Two gatherings, Saturday, May 5, and Sunday, May 6, were fine tributes to Caspar F. Cowan, who passed away Dec. 23, 2006, in Seattle, Wash. “Cap,” as he was known to his many friends, was a longtime resident of Portland. He died at a hospice facility in Seattle, where his daughter, Joanna […]
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Cracking down on crack
Windham police made two sets of crack cocaine-related arrests in two nights last week. Officer Brandon Ladd noticed a car stopped in the middle of the road late at night on Thursday, May 10 in the Mineral Springs Road area. The driver, Terri Cook, 38, was out on bail for possession of a controlled substance […]
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Windham Alumni Banquet a unique event
The Good Word this week is definitely the 96th annual Windham High School Alumni Banquet scheduled for May 19. It’s difficult to pin down just why this is such an important event, but it is. How many towns have an organization 96 years old that continues to meet each year? For many of us who […]
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Cutline for All city band photo
The Westbrook All City Band performs during the 2005 Together Days parade. This year’s festival is scheduled for June 1 and 2 in Riverbank Park. File photo by Mike Higgins
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Windham Book Club meets June 28
The Book Club at Windham Public Library meets regularly and is open to the public. New members are always welcome. The book, “The Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister” by Greg Maguire will be discussed at the Tuesday, May 29 meeting of the Book Club. June’s meeting will be Thursday, June 28 and the topic book […]
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Lifelong resident honored as grand marshal
Lifelong Westbrook resident Ellie Saunders is the grand marshal of the Westbrook Together Days parade this year. “I was quite surprised,” Saunders said, “It’s quite an honor.” Saunders, 87, widow of a former mayor, has been active in the Westbrook Historical Society, its museum and instrumental in sponsoring the Whitney Rose Garden. “She was named […]
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Gorham 45 years aago
The Westbrook American reported on May 16, 1962, that Rita Brown of College Avenue would retire in June after a 25-year teaching career in Gorham. Seventeen of those years were at the Frederick Robie and Little Falls schools.