Contrary to the positive spin by local TV channels and the print media, the flavor of the informational meeting (on the proposed Riverbank Park concert venue) on the evening March 27 was more of a flurry of unanswered questions. It was stated that the concert promoters picked Riverbank Park, because the turnpike is so close […]
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Gorham Notes – 4/17
Gorham PD celebrates 50th anniversary The Gorham Police Department observed its 50th birthday with an observance on Saturday at the Gorham Municipal Center. The department began operating on April 12, 1964. Saturday’s anniversary ceremony packed the Town Council chambers to overflowing. Chief Ronald Shepard said Stephen Wentworth, who was Gorham’s first full-time chief, began patrolling […]
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Controversy prompts calls for change
WESTBROOK – The Westbrook controversy involving the high school code of conduct, student suspensions and the resignation of the athletic director was heightened this week by calls for change, including a public request for School Committee member Suzanne Joyce to resign. At a City Council meeting Monday, Westbrook radio personality Ray Richardson called for the […]
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‘Moral turpitude’ issue sparks set-to
GORHAM – In a prelude to a likely May showdown, a Gorham town councilor and a resident are sparring through an exchange of emails and finger-pointing that stem from drunk-driving cases involving two other councilors. At issue is whether the town should address what constitutes moral turpitude in a town charter provision that governs the […]
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GREETINGS FROM ZIP CODE 04074: Pig pile on the poor
Let’s play kickball with the poor, shall we? The governor has found his issue that excites him! Similar to the old Guinness World Book of Records’ question for college students back in the 1960s and ’70s of “How many kids can you fit into a Volkswagen,” today we have from Augusta, “How many different types […]
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WMTW moving to Westbrook facility
After 15 years in the Time and Temperature building in downtown Portland, the WMTW television station will be moving into a broadcast-ready facility on Ledgewood Drive in Westbrook this fall. “Our team has accomplished so much from this historic building,” Dave Abel, president and general manager of WMTW, said in a press release Wednesday. “We […]
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Sea Dogs off to good start
With 11 games played in the new season, the Portland Sea Dogs, with seven wins and four losses, are tied for second place in the East Division of the Eastern League. Sure, it’s very early, and 142 games is a long season, but this team displays an intensity and drive that predicts an exciting, interesting […]
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LETTERS: A special performance
The concert performed by the Army Field Band at the Freeport Performing Arts Center last Tuesday made me proud to be a citizen of the nation that values its freedoms and produces generations willing to sacrifice for them. The band’s music ranged from opera to Mozart, Broadway to spirituals and nursery rhymes, with marches, anthems […]
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Gorham Notes – 4/10
Fickett honored Gorham Deputy Fire Chief Ken Fickett has been named citizen volunteer of the year by the Maine Recreation and Park Association. Cindy Hazelton, director of the Gorham Recreation Department, recognized Fickett in a presentation at last week’s Town Council meeting. Hazelton said Fickett, a Gorham native, has been a recreation department volunteer for […]
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Problem-solvers to compete in world finals
WESTBROOK – In just the second year of a creative problem-solving competition, two teams of Westbrook Middle School students have qualified for the world finals taking place in Des Moines, Iowa, in May. Now, their biggest problem is raising the money to get there. The two teams, each made up of seven students ranging from […]