It’s been said there are two things that are certain in life, death and taxes. One other thing that death and taxes have in common is that both are something nobody looks forward to. While death is something that can’t be controlled, people do have a measure of control over their taxes. And while no […]
Web
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster, Web
Rep. Allen leads well
Editor, The Lakes Region Suburban Weekly printed a letter on July 14 accusing Congressman Tom Allen of lack of engagement and non-presence at polling places during the June 13 primary. I believe it is important to point out that Congressman Allen was in actually Washington that day representing the people of Maine. Tom Allen’s steadfast […]
advertisement
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster, Web
'An incovenient truth,' indeed
Editor’s Note: Sally Breen, an environmental and political activist residing on Highland Lake in Windham, will be writing environmental articles approximately once a month. Feel free to comment or to make suggestions for environmental topics that interest you. My passion for the environment began when my family, which included three children, lived near Houston, Texas. […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Web
Players and cheerleaders prepare to help out 'a good cause'
Local schools will be well represented Friday, when the 17th Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic will be played at Biddeford’s Waterhouse Field. The game features East-West all-star squads chosen from this year’s graduates, with 100% of the net proceeds being donated to the Shriners Hospitals. For some players, like Westbrook defensive lineman Anthony Dahms, it […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
Gorham hosting three-day festival
An attempt to earn a place in the Guinness Book of World records marks this weekend’s first three-day St. Anne/Gorham Days Festival in Gorham. The festival gets underway at 5 p.m. on Friday, July 28, with carnival rides, entertainment and plenty of food on the midway on the lawn at Gorham’s Municipal Center and at […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
Woodshop challenged by city hall restoration
Damon Harmon at R.G. Eaton Woodworks said he’s been doing millwork for almost 50 years, and making the new windows for the Portland City Hall clock tower is one of the hardest things he’s worked on in his career. “It’s up there,” he said. Eaton Woodworks on Rochester Street won the bid for reproducing the […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
School records available for pickup
The Westbrook School Department plans to destroy special education records of former students whose birth dates are between Jan. 1, 1979 and Dec. 31, 1979. Parents, guardians and/or former students may obtain their records before Aug. 31, 2006. Records that are not picked up will be destroyed. Proper identification will be required. For more information […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
Gorham 50 years ago
The Westbrook American reported in its issue of July 25, 1956, that the Ladies Auxiliary of the Gorham Fire Department were to hold their annual banquet Aug. 3 at the Cascade Lodge in Scarborough. Lydia Hoyt and Esther Shepard were hostesses.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
China chart possibilities
World Population…..6.5 billion (U.S. Census Bureau estimate on July 25) U.S. Population………299 million (U.S. Census Bureau estimate on July 25) China Population……..1.3 billion (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency estimate in July 2006) U.S. population is about 4.5 percent of world’s population. China population is about 20 percent of world’s population. Top four nations by population 2005 […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
New England Chiropractic moves
New England Chiropractic, the practice of Dr. Kelly Larson-Brunner and Dr. Warren Munger Lain, has moved from Main Street to a new location at 89 Larrabee Road near Midas and the Dehler Animal Clinic. With the move the practice is doubling its capacity with two private massage therapy suites and two examination and spinal scan […]