Meetings The Planning Board meeting is Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m., in Mallett Hall. The Pownal Board of Selectmen will meet Monday, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m., at Mallett Hall. Music Night at Fuego Diablo Fuego Diablo, 52 Loring Lane, has scheduled its first Music Night of the new year, Saturday, Jan. 24, starting […]
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Durham News: 1/21/2015
Office hours The Durham Town Office hours are Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8: 30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed Wednesday; and Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. For more information, call 353-2561. Meetings Durham selectmen will meet Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 6:30 p.m., at the town office. The Eureka Committee will meet Thursday, Jan. 22, at 6 p.m., at […]
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Chief handed two-day suspension
Darrell Fournier is taking a two-week break from his duties as Freeport fire chief, recuperating from shoulder-replacement surgery. Two days of that time, however, includes an unpaid suspension. And while the controversy surrounding Fournier’s second job – which he has resigned – has not totally subsided, Fournier now is in the clear as far as […]
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Looking Back: 1/15/2015
Jan. 17, 1990 The Gorham School Committee voted Wednesday to have fourth-graders move from the Little Falls School to the Village School in April, before the school year is out. Superintendent Constance Goldman recommended that the committee approve the move, but said she wished she had an alternative. The class must be moved, she said, […]
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Pownal News: 1/14/2015
Meetings The Planning Board has scheduled a site walk for Saturday, Jan. 17, at 9 a.m., for a single lot with private road on the R. Schmidt property, 58 Poland Range Road. The application will be on the agenda for review at the regular Planning Board meeting Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m., in Mallett […]
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Faces & Places
Darryn DuShane, director of the Port Teen Center at the Freeport Community Center, shovels snow off the town skating rink last Thursday evening. DuShane said that the rink became a mess when people walked through it following a snowstorm the previous weekend. A good thaw and refreeze is needed to restore good skating conditions, DuShane […]
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With lasting friendships, ‘it feels like family’
Freeport Community Services has been celebrating our 40 years of service to the communities of Freeport and Pownal in special ways throughout 2014. As we lead up to our signature White Nights celebration on January 24, 2015, we have partnered with the Tri-Town Weekly to “Shine the Light” on many of our programs and services […]
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Park host stays on the job, 24/7
Ed Warden is staying in his big tent for the winter at the Bradbury Mountain State Park campground in Pownal mostly because he can. Warden loves the active lifestyle involved in being the camp host at the state park, a volunteer position with the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands. He set his tent up […]
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Council waits again on new recall amendment
The Westbrook City Council is in no rush to push through a process for recalling elected officials, and residents won’t likely vote on any new provision until November 2016. At the City Council’s Committee of the Whole meeting Monday, councilors discussed specifics of a draft recall ordinance, which was first introduced in August 2014. In […]
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New Year Gorham wows ’em
The annual New Year Gorham celebration rang in 2015 with food and festivities, then finished with a bang. Revelers packed several events at venues around town and passes sold out early. It was a “healthy, affordable night out,” said Virginia Wilder Cross, event founder and an organizer. Cross said volunteers would meet on Thursday, Jan. […]