WESTBROOK – Members of the Maine Development Foundation chose a good day to tour Westbrook’s downtown. On Friday, with the sun bouncing off the river and the sound of Saccarappa Falls in the background, the city’s newly formed downtown coalition showed off Westbrook’s assets and sought to provide an idea of the scope of work […]
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Westbrook downtown assets, challenges eyed
WESTBROOK – Members of the Maine Development Foundation chose a good day to tour Westbrook’s downtown. On Friday, with the sun bouncing off the river and the sound of Saccarappa Falls in the background, the city’s newly formed downtown coalition showed off Westbrook’s assets and sought to provide an idea of the scope of work […]
Gorham Notes 8/14
Sato picked for NYC dance program Ellie Sato of Gorham, a pre-professional student at the Portland School of Ballet, was selected to attend the nationally auditioned Ailey School Professional Summer Intensive Program in New York City. The Portland School of Ballet, said in a statement, “Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is one of America’s foremost […]
Gorham Notes 8/14
Sato picked for NYC dance program Ellie Sato of Gorham, a pre-professional student at the Portland School of Ballet, was selected to attend the nationally auditioned Ailey School Professional Summer Intensive Program in New York City. The Portland School of Ballet, said in a statement, “Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is one of America’s foremost […]
Gorham Notes 8/14
Sato picked for NYC dance program Ellie Sato of Gorham, a pre-professional student at the Portland School of Ballet, was selected to attend the nationally auditioned Ailey School Professional Summer Intensive Program in New York City. The Portland School of Ballet, said in a statement, “Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is one of America’s foremost […]
USM moves to restore art-gallery exterior
GORHAM – Easing anxiety of preservationists, University of Southern Maine announced this week its plans to restore the exterior of its 193-year-old art gallery on the Gorham campus. University officials, in a meeting on its Gorham campus with preservation advocates on Wednesday, announced restoration plans for vintage windows, siding and trim stripped from the art […]
USM moves to restore art-gallery exterior
GORHAM – Easing anxiety of preservationists, University of Southern Maine announced this week its plans to restore the exterior of its 193-year-old art gallery on the Gorham campus. University officials, in a meeting on its Gorham campus with preservation advocates on Wednesday, announced restoration plans for vintage windows, siding and trim stripped from the art […]
School board meeting focuses on possible suit
WESTBROOK – The Westbrook School Committee will talk behind closed doors this week about possible litigation. While the circumstances behind the executive session Thursday, Aug. 14, are unknown, the agenda states that the meeting is “for the purpose of consultations between a body or agency and its attorney concerning the legal rights and duties of […]
Obstacle-course event is flexing economic muscles
WESTBROOK – As three teams of workers with machinery prepared obstacles Monday for the upcoming Tough Mudder – a messy, 10- to 12-mile endurance race – to be staged at Sunset Ridge Golf Links in Westbrook, course superintendent Logan Greenlaw, whose job is to keep the course looking its best, had accepted the destruction as […]
Buxton Notes – 8/14
Dorcas thanks community Sharon House, spokeswoman for the Dorcas Society of Hollis and Buxton, recently thanked the community for success of its annual fair last month. “ The proceeds of this fair enable our organization to care for the Bar Mills Parish House, support the libraries, churches and other organizations in our area and provide […]