Pet store puppies come from the large scale breeding industry, also known as puppy mills. Maine Department of Animal Welfare USDA reports show that 99.99 percent of all puppies sold in our pet stores are from mid-western large-scale breeding facilities. We at Maine Citizens Against Puppy Mills are told stories from new pet store pup […]
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2014-2015 winter sports schedules: Westbrook
Boys Basketball Dec. 5 Sanford 6 p.m. Dec. 9 @ Scarborough 7 p.m. Dec. 12 South Portland 7 p.m. Dec. 16 @ Biddeford 7 p.m. Dec. 19 Bonny Eagle 7 p.m. Dec. 20 @ Noble 12 p.m. Dec. 23 Deering 7 p.m. Dec. 30 @ Massabesic 7 p.m. Jan. 2 @ Windham 3 p.m. Jan. […]
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2014-2015 winter sports schedules: Merriconeag
Nordic Skiing Jan. 3 Telstar Relays (Merriconeag will probably attend) TBD Jan. 7 @ Yarmouth (Falmouth, Scarborough, Fryeburg; at Pineland) 3:30 p.m. Jan. 14 Falmouth, Yarmouth, Freeport, Scarborough (at Pineland) 3:30 p.m. Jan. 19 @ Fryeburg (at Stark’s Hill) 10:30 a.m. Jan. 28 @ Gray-New Gloucester (Scarborough, Cape) 3:30 p.m. Jan. 31 Sassi Race (at […]
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Westbrook Notes – 12/11
Art exhibit, sale The Mary Brooking Studio, 863 Main St. (rear entrance), Westbrook, is holding an art exhibit and sale, “The Sky is not Blue,” 4-6 p.m., on Saturday, Dec. 13. Wine and hors d’ouevres will be served; music will be provided by Bess Berg on the piano; and Andy Curran will judge participating entries. […]
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Photo auction puts city on arts-scene map
WESTBROOK – For the past 15 years, an annual party hosted by the Bakery Photo Collective has been growing, and it’s now one of the largest events at the Dana Warp Mill in Westbrook. Photo A Go-Go, an auction that supports collective, has grown from representing 30 artists during the group’s first year to showing […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Senior athletes will be honored
As you can imagine, we get many news items each week, some of which are of interest to local senior citizens. At this time of the year, we also are notified of annual awards and lists of the most popular songs, movies, plays and books of the past year. One recent notice is sure to […]
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Yarmouth News – 12/10
Ottow assistant principal of the year The Maine Principals’ Association has announced that Joshua Ottow, assistant principal at Yarmouth High School, has been named Maine’s Assistant Principal of the Year for 2015. He will be honored by the MPA at its annual awards banquet at its Spring Conference on April 30, 2015. He will also […]
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Contest keeps birders on their toes
FREEPORT – Jeanette and Derek Lovitch, the owners of Freeport Wild Bird Supply, have begun their sixth annual Winter SnowBird(er) Contest. Every Saturday morning, anyone interested in viewing birds in their natural habitat is invited to meet the Lovitches at 8 a.m., at the store on 541 U.S. Route 1. Bring warm winter clothing, they […]
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USM suspends Gorham music professor charged with child porn
The State Police Computer Crimes Unit arrested a Gorham man Friday morning on child pornography charges. According to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland, Micah Maurio, 28, was charged with dissemination of sexually explicit material of someone under the age of 12. He was arrested at his apartment at 132 Gray Road and […]
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Gorham athlete’s mother charged with manslaughter, OUI
A Gorham woman, whom Bridgton police said in October was the driver in a single-car crash that claimed the lives of her son and another passenger, has been indicted by the Cumberland County grand jury. Candice Tucker, 35, of Gorham, faces charges of two counts of manslaughter and two counts of aggravated criminal operating under […]