I wonder if thinking outside the box would improve my life? Maybe living outside the box would be pleasant. Sometimes the priority items on my to-do list really do stifle and it seems my life is pretty confined. This “outside the box” idea seems to be a possible solution to a lot of situations. Over […]
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Come to the Gray Village forum
Gray Village Master Plan Advisory Committee invites you to attend a Public Forum on Thursday, Sept. 21, from 6:30 to 8:30 at Spring Meadows Banquet Center on Route 100 in Gray. Greater Portland Council of Governments will present highlights from the Master Plan final report. The citizen’s committee will share its views. It’s been an […]
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Scare at Beech Ridge: Bernier okay
When Beech Ridge Motor Speedway owner Andy Cusack turned on his cell phone Sunday morning there was a voicemail waiting for him. On it Cusack heard the voice of 8-year-old Emma Bernier telling him that she was going to be okay. “It warmed my heart,” he said. “It was cute.” Eight hours earlier Beech Ridge […]
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Gorham 50 years ago
The American Journal reported in its issue of Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1956, that Mrs. Earl Keene of Main Street and Mrs. Malcolm Smith of West Gorham had returned from a visit to Dexter.
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Hearing focuses on sex offender list
From a teenager who had sex with another teen when he was living in Florida, to parents whose now-jailed son said he was fooled by an underage girl, the Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony Tuesday that the way Maine handles its sex-offender registry is ruining people’s lives. The most heart-rending account came at the beginning […]
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Kidney Foundation sponsors
The National Kidney Foundation of Maine will hold its annual “Halloween Kidney Walk” on Oct. 29 around Baxter Boulevard in Portland. This walk raises funds to directly support kidney patients throughout Maine. Locally, patients that utilize services at the Casco Bay Dialysis center in Westbrook will be some of the recipients of these funds. The […]
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Riverwalk arts fest cutlines
Melissa McLeod, standing at right, attracted attention at the Riverwalk Arts Festival with her bright, colorful paintings.
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Phillips, Thompson engagement Carl and Marcena Phillips of Gorham and David and Karlene Thompson of Kennebunk announce the engagement of their children, Andrew Phillips and Suzanne Thompson. Both are graduates of Gorham High School. The wedding will be held in Gorham in June 16, 2007. First lady to lunch at GMS Karen Baldacci, Maine’s first […]
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Gaither Homecoming coming to Portland
Gaither Homecoming GIVE IT AWAY TOUR 2006 “Throw Your Heart Wide Open – Give It Away” Gospel music favorite BILL GAITHER and his Homecoming Friends invite you to “Throw Your Heart Wide Open” this fall as the GAITHER HOMECOMING GIVE IT AWAY TOUR 2006 heads to Hershey’s Giant Center with TICKETS ON SALE May 22, […]
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Proposed bypass topic of meeting
The Maine Department of Transportation will hold a public informational meeting on a proposed bypass, aimed at reducing congestion in Gorham Village, Monday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m., at Gorham High School. Heath Cowan, project manager for the transportation department, will present a preliminary design for the project. As proposed, it would bypass Gorham Village […]