One-Act Festival performance March 4 The Yarmouth High School Playmakers will present a public performance of their Maine One-Act Festival entry, “Epic Proportions,” a comedy set in the 1930s, Wednesday, March 4. The 8 p.m. performance at the Yarmouth Performing Arts Center, 286 West Elm St., will be preceded by a free cake and tea […]
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Alpine Skiing: Freeport annihilates the competition at Regionals
The Freeport boys alpine ski team posted a spectacular finish in last Tuesday’s Western Maine Conference regionals at Shawnee Peak, grabbing first place by an enormous margin. The trio of Caleb Abbott, Ryder Bennell and Blake Enrico led the squad to a vanishingly small 49-point total, 52 better than second-place Greely, at 101. “The best […]
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Standish council renews manager’s contract to 2018
The Standish Town Council has renewed Town Manager Gordon Billington’s contract through early 2018, when he is expected to retire. In a 6-1 vote Tuesday night, the council approved the three-year contract, which includes a new, 12-month guaranteed severance package, as well as protections from council attempts to reduce his salary. Councilor Wayne Newbegin voted […]
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Winter West’s ‘Family Skate Night’ canceled
Due to forecasts of sub-zero temperatures Friday night, the Kiwanis Family Skate Night in Riverbank Park, part of this weekend’s Winter West activities, has been canceled. Maria Dorn, the director of Westbrook Community Services, said this week that another skate night is being planned for early March. The rink, next to the Dunn Street American […]
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Gorham panel seeks public preservation input
Gorham’s Historic Preservation Committee is reaching out to the public this week about whether the town should have an ordinance aimed at preserving historic buildings in the 279-year-old community. The committee formed last year with Town Councilor Bruce Roullard as committee chairman. “This will be our first opportunity to hear from the public on historic […]
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Indoor Track: After Regionals, Freeport looks to States
The track season is nearing its zenith; this past Friday’s Western Maine Conference Championship gathered better than a dozen schools from around southern Maine at the University of Southern Maine’s Costello Sports Complex in Gorham. Falmouth, traditionally strong, did particularly well as a team, taking first on the boys’ side of things and third on […]
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Especially for Seniors
While talking recently with a former apartment roommate who is the same age as I am, she mentioned our last conversation when I said I was babysitting. “I hope you aren’t taking care of kids today,” she said. Calling from her Florida home, she said she just didn’t have energy enough to “chase” kids. I’ve […]
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Inside New Gloucester: 2/6/2015
One “Man” Band To Perform Boston’s Audrey Ryan is a jazz-pop artist whose influences range from Joni Mitchell to Edie Brickell. Her music has evolved over the years into an eclectic form of singer-songwriter indie rock performed as a one “man” band multi-instrumentalist. She utilizes loops on guitar as well as accordion, ukulele, banjo, drums, […]
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Gorham hires help to select police chief
After extending the appointment of Gorham’s acting police chief, the Town Council on Tuesday agreed to hire a firm to assist the town with filling its police chief vacancy. The position became available when Ronald Shepard, now a town councilor, retired in November after 42 years in Gorham’s Police Department. Since, Lt. Christopher Sanborn has […]
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Gorham Notes
Officials to speak at USM Gorham night David Flanagan, president of the University of Southern Maine, and Michael Phinney, chairman of the Gorham Town Council, will speak at a reception for university and town officials, on Gorham Night on Tuesday, Feb. 10, from 6-8 p.m., in the Alumni Reception Center. Flanagan and Phinney will deliver […]