After some discussion and adjustments Tuesday, the Standish Town Council unanimously approved the municipal budget. The approved budget reflects a property tax rate of $9.61 per thousand of valuation, a reduction of 50 cents from last year’s rate. The total municipal budget is $6.05 million, an increase of $130,000, or 2.2 percent, over last year. […]
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Sights set high
In a corner of her cozy living room, at a huge sewing table, Lou Nerren, 82, of Raymond, spends much of her time sewing the totes, handbags and fleece blankets she sells at Cottage Industries, the Raymond business she shares with her daughter, Jani Cummings. A former schoolteacher and an astute businesswoman, Nerren deftly feeds […]
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Casco Village Church hosts lasagna dinner, April 29
An unusual monthly public supper at the Casco Village Church, United Church of Christ, will take place on Saturday, April 29, from 5 to 6 p.m. For one super evening only, diners will be treated to a family-style Lasagna dinner in Casco’s newest Italian restaurant aka, the Casco Village Church. Diners will be amused by […]
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Benjamin Cyrus Rad
Darius and Tiffany Strauchs Rad of Lyman are pleased to announce the birth of their son Benjamin Cyrus, born April 13, 2006 at the Birthplace at Mercy Hospital in Portland. Benjamin’s paternal grandparents are Gale Rad of Medfield, Mass. and Parviz Rad of Berkeley Heights, N.J. His maternal grandparents are John and Sharon Strauchs of […]
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Mayor
I am pleased to present the City Council with a proposed budget for fiscal year 2006/07 that I believe properly balances the competing needs for continued support of our municipal and educational programs and services against the ever increasing tax burden being imposed upon our residents and businesses. In spite of the genuine efforts of […]
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The Westbrook American reported in its issue of Wednesday, April 25, 1956, that Clifford Holden, Dwight Webb and Edna Dickey were the members of the Gorham Teachers Club’s scholarship committee. The club had established a $100 tuition scholarship fund to benefit a high school senior who wanted to become a teacher.
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Tillson to graduate summa cum laude Marie L. Tillson will graduate summa cum laude at the University of Southern Maine with a bachelor’s degree in social and behavioral sciences. Tillson, a graduate of Bonny Eagle High School in 2000, is the daughter of Leroy Tillson III and Lynn Hughes and stepdaughter of Hal Hughes and […]
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Bulletin Board calendar-May
Community Bulletin Board-May 2006 May 1 City Council meeting 7 p.m. room 114 Westbrook High School May 2 Walker Memorial Library story hour 10:30 a.m. Planning Board-7 p.m. room 114 Westbrook High School May 3 Early release day – Westbrook High School Prides Corner School-early release at 1:45 p.m. Wescott Junior High School art show […]
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Clean-up hitters: Westbrook fields prepared for Saturday's opening
It may be months since Westbrook’s shaggy-headed sons returned from the Little League World Series, but the aftereffects of their success are still reverberating on the ballfields of the community. Not only have more youngsters than ever signed up this year for the various levels of Little League, but a large contingent of players, parents […]
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Wescott a pilot Marcia Wescott recently earned her private pilot certificate as a student studying aviation/flight operations at Daniel Webster College in Nashua, N.H. Considered a professional milestone in the aviation industry, a private pilot certificate means that an individual can fly most single-engine planes using visual flight rules to virtually any airport and take […]