FREEPORT – James Myall of Topsham, an archaeologist and historian who most recently worked at the University of Southern Maine, is the new executive director of the Freeport Historical Society. Myall will succeed Christina White, executive director since 2008, within the next week or so. White will remain as a special consultant. Myall, who is […]
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Pownal News – 9/10
Meetings Pownal selectmen will meet Monday, Sept. 22, at 7:30 p.m., at Mallett Hall. The Planning Board will meet Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m., in Mallett Hall A Planning Board ordinance review workshop will be held Tuesday, Sept. 23, from 8-9:30 a.m., at Mallett Hall. Sept. 11 service scheduled The North Pownal United Methodist […]
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Energy audits money well spent
FREEPORT – Most of the 26 income-eligible Freeport residents whose homes have been made more energy efficient with the help of a town-secured grant live in mobile homes, Town Planner Donna Larson says. Joan Plourde’s home on Durham Road is one of them. Contractor Mark Poirier of The Heat Doctor in Portland recently conducted an […]
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Freeport domestic incident defused
A Falmouth man is at Maine Medical Center for evaluation following an incident involving a suicide threat that took place at his ex-wife’s home Monday on South Freeport Road, police said Tuesday morning. Bryan Kennedy, 40, was taken into protective custody shortly before 7 p.m. Monday, according to Lt. Susan Nourse of the Freeport Police […]
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No ?Saturday hours at Windham library?
WINDHAM – Starting next week, the Windham Public Library will no longer operate on Saturdays. The library will remain open Monday through Friday. Although it will be open nine fewer hours per week, library staff will still work 240 hours weekly, according to Library Director Jen Alvino. The change does not represent a cutback in […]
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Inside New Gloucester – 9/5
Coffeehouse Opens Synaptic Cleft will open the season for the Village Coffeehouse on Saturday, Sept. 6, at 7:30 p.m. An inventive and creative trio, Synaptic Cleft features Xar Adelberg on bass (formerly with Cinder Conk a favorite of the Coffeehouse), Mark Barnette on drums, and Frank Mauceri on the horn. This music is jazz-like and […]
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LETTERS: Give blood
Local veterans organizations, family and friends of Toby Pennels have asked the public to support Toby and the family by giving blood at a Red Cross blood drive at the Windham Veterans Center, 35 Veterans Memorial Drive, North Windham (back of the Hannaford Complex). The blood drive will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Focusing on all things ‘senior
This fall, local seniors have an opportunity to visit a Senior Expo, where all kinds of resources will be showcased. I can guarantee there will be some display or resource that you’ve never thought of before. Maine Senior Guide, a great online resource for all things “senior,” is hosting and organizing two Senior Expos this […]
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Looking Back – 9/4
Sept. 6, 1989 Long ago, their ancestor Joshua Woodbury, a courier for the King of England, was granted Duck Pond (now Highland Lake) and all the land around it by the king. In the 1930s and ‘40s, a brother and sister, Joshua’s descendants, swam in Mill Brook and admired the deer and moose that visited […]
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Westbrook Notes – 9/4
Class of ’64 celebrates 50th The Westbrook High School Class of 1964 held its 50th class reunion on Aug. 15 and 16. The committee of Michael and Deborah Mazerall, Ken Randall, Madelyn Richio St. Clair, and Paul Jensen planned a festive weekend for their classmates. The weekend began on Friday, Aug. 15, when 26 classmates […]