The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently issued a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for S.D. Warren’s Eel Weir Hydroelectric Project. This brings the project one step closer to a new, 30-to-50-year operating license. “It’s a huge document,” said Phil Boissonneault of the Portland Water District. “There are no really drastic changes. They’ve allowed an August […]
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Monday Meals site change Due to construction at Windham Hill United Church of Christ, the Monday Meals generally held there on the 3rd and 4th Mondays will be held at the Windham Assembly of God. For more information, please call Marie at 642-2834. The lunch will be served at Dundee Park on Aug. 22. Senior […]
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Wake up, Westbrook
With the bordering Wal-Marts in New Hampshire, there are 27 Wal-Marts within a 150-mile radius of Westbrook, Maine. Our priority should be on preserving Maine-owned businesses and our quality of life not making Wal-Mart shopping more convenient. Let’s not ruin our beautiful state. We don’t have some of the advantages of other locations (mild climate, […]
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Ultimate frisbee: American Journal
Mix one part NFL tailgate party with one part Grateful Dead show and another part Ironman Triathalon. What do you get? The Portland Ultimate Frisbee Summer League tournament. On Saturday, more than 500 men and women from all over Maine – and some from beyond – competed in the season-ending 30-team tournament. The games began […]
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Shirts off to calendar girls
In response to Margie Petrone’s letter saying that the Buxton Dorcas Society calendar and the women who posed for it were immoral – Margie, did you actually see the calendar? I did, and it is beautiful, not the least bit disgraceful and very tastefully done. God did help these women. He gave them their bodies. […]
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An angry taxpayer
My name is Jim Martel, and I live at 11 chestnut St., Westbrook. I have lived at this address for most of my 50 years. I was compelled to write this letter while I was standing on my back deck looking out over my back yard and listening to the sounds of a skidder, chain […]
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Bypass awaits president's signature
Mixing with bumper-to-bumper commuter traffic, big trucks belch diesel smoke and fold like jackknives, as they cut through the intersection in Gorham Village. Rush hour in Gorham is a daily frustration for motorists sitting in traffic and a safety hazard, as nearly 40,000 cars and trucks a day drive through town where routes 114 and […]
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Lightning hits home
A vacationing Gorham woman said quick thinking and a fast response saved her house after it was hit by lightning last week. Darlene Esty said a house sitter shut off an outside propane tank and called the Gorham Fire Department late Wednesday afternoon following an explosion in the kitchen of her home on Chadwick Drive, […]
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Little by little, the layers of worry slough off as you get older. I never worry anymore about my barrettes being aligned evenly in my hair. This was a cause of fretfulness when I was six or seven. Braids, or as we called them then, pig tails, made short work of that concern. I worry […]
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Casco Days festival this weekend
Casco Days, put on by the Casco Fire Association, is a 70-year tradition for the small town. The three-day festival attracts both residents and visitors with its midway, fireworks, parades, and performances. And if that’s not enough, there’s plenty of food. Over 200 area volunteers work the event, which raises over $100,000 a year for […]