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Seniors meal – Wednesday, May 4, noon, St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Home cooked meal. Donation, $3. Church luncheon – Thursday, May 5, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Sweet and sour meatballs. $2.50. Pancake breakfast – Saturday, May 7, 7-9 a.m., West Baldwin Church, Route 113, Baldwin. Pancakes, sausage, […]

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we love to eat 0504

Seniors meal – Wednesday, May 4, noon, St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Home cooked meal. Donation, $3. Church luncheon – Thursday, May 5, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Sweet and sour meatballs. $2.50. Pancake breakfast – Saturday, May 7, 7-9 a.m., West Baldwin Church, Route 113, Baldwin. Pancakes, sausage, […]

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Dispatchers worried about 911 call center consolidation

A potential consolidation of Gorham’s and Westbrook’s emergency call centers has local dispatchers concerned about the effect it could have on their jobs and communities. Two Gorham dispatchers planned to take their concerns to the Gorham Town Council on Tuesday, May 3, and ask for a public hearing on the town’s discussions to consolidate dispatching. […]

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Review of middle school administration requested

Nearly 40 parents asked the Gorham School Committee last week to form a committee to review administrative operations at the middle school. Parents presented a letter with 85 signatures in support of forming the ad hoc committee. The call to form the committee came after middle school Principal Dennis Duquette withdrew his application for a […]

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Cutline (village school kids) – A class of fourth-grade students from Village Elementary School recently toured the Statehouse with Rep. Chris Barstow, D-Gorham, on the right. At the conclusion of the tour, Barstow and Sen. Philip Bartlett, D-Gorham, on the left, introduced the students to Gov. John Baldacci. Courtesy photo Cutline (Sensale-Guerin) – National Small […]

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Cutline (village school kids) – A class of fourth-grade students from Village Elementary School recently toured the Statehouse with Rep. Chris Barstow, D-Gorham, on the right. At the conclusion of the tour, Barstow and Sen. Philip Bartlett, D-Gorham, on the left, introduced the students to Gov. John Baldacci. Courtesy photo Cutline (Sensale-Guerin) – National Small […]

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Council approves new police cars

The Westbrook Police Department will be getting new patrol cars later this year thanks to a vote by the City Council authorizing the city to seek bids for three replacement cruisers. The council voted 6-0, with Councilor Gary Groves absent from the meeting, to authorize the city to seek bids for the marked police cars […]

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Correction 0504

A caption on last week’s front page erroneously identified Michael Cox as a soldier who had served in Iraq. Cox served in Sgt. Larry Roukey’s unit, but did not serve in Iraq. It was a photographer’s error.

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Action plan needed

My name is Janet Davis, and I am a parent in this community. In lieu of the recent events concerning our middle school administration, my husband and I have questioned what the role of the school committee is and what it should be within our school district. In most large, well run organizations a panel […]

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Action plan needed

My name is Janet Davis, and I am a parent in this community. In lieu of the recent events concerning our middle school administration, my husband and I have questioned what the role of the school committee is and what it should be within our school district. In most large, well run organizations a panel […]