The holiday decorations have been put away, which in my household means I’ve drunk the last drops of Christmas ale. I’m now ready to face whatever the new year has to offer (bock beer, I hope), and deal with any leftover issues from 2014 (I just found a couple of bottles of Oktoberfest in the […]
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Down the road a piece: Shining a light on the solstice
I am not a pagan, a Wiccan or even a Unitarian, but I’ve always been curious – in summer and winter – about the solstice. Each season has its own personal solstice. We’re told that the earliest people, who had little to do at night after sundown, would leave their dreary caves, go outside and […]
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Ice rink readied for skaters
By Larry Grard [email protected] Community members, including parents of Pownal Elementary School students, spent a few hours on a recent Saturday morning rebuilding the skating rink at the school’s athletic field. Tim Giddinge, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, along with Jim Donoghue, physical education director and guidance counselor at the school and others spent […]
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Officials: RSU closure ‘unnerving’
At the Windham High School varsity basketball game Friday night, Windham police Chief Richard Lewsen was pleasantly surprised when he was surrounded by grateful students and parents. “A great many parents and students circled around the superintendent and myself, and they gave us basketballs and a jersey and just clapped for us,” Lewsen said. The […]
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Inside Bridgton – 12/26
Happy New Year! When I think about being halfway through the “teens” of the 21st century, it is like pondering the endless universe, or trying to understand physics: abstract and surreal. How is it possible? Where does the time go? In my seven years of writing this column I’ve reported on the demolition and rebirth […]
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POLITICS & OTHER MISTAKES: Time to go
Now that Mike Michaud’s political career is coming to an end, let’s review the highlights of his long tenure in office. Roll the highlights, please. Uh … highlights? We appear to be experiencing technical difficulties. Whenever we enter the words “Mike Michaud” and “highlights” in the computer, it keeps replying, “No items found matching your […]
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New app safeguards sounds and memories
When Kate St. Clair’s 7-year-old son entered hospice care, her friend Pamela Castrucci knew the family’s powerless feeling all too well, and was compelled to help them preserve his memory. Three weeks later, after many sleepless nights, Castrucci had designed a prototype of what is now called Voice Kite, a cloud-based app for mobile phones, […]
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Gorham signature probe: No charges, many questions
GORHAM – A cloud of uncertainty hangs over Gorham as no results have been released and no charges filed following an investigation into whether a signature on a Gorham town document dated 12 years ago is forged. Now, Gorham resident Bernard Broder and Town Councilor Benjamin Hartwell, who had pushed for a police investigation concerning […]
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Westbrook crash takes out hydrant, pole
The driver of a car that took out a fire hydrant and flattened a streetlight pole early Tuesday morning at the corner of Main and Church streets fell asleep, said Westbrook Police Officer Douglas Maher. The accident happened around 4:30 a.m. Police said the driver, whose name was not released, did not appear to be […]
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Dancing Elephant wins downtown window contest
Westbrook city officials and downtown business owners packed Mister Bagel on Thursday night for the initial “Business in the Brook” event, highlighted by the announcement that Dancing Elephant restaurant had won the downtown window-decorating contest. The party was hosted by the Downtown Westbrook Coalition and served as a way to unite those invested in the […]