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Letters to the editor: Families need help from SNAP

I live in Westbrook with my two children. I have an incurable medical condition and receive Social Security Disability Insurance. It’s not enough to live off, so I work part-time to keep the roof over my family’s head. I don’t receive a lot from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but every little bit helps. I […]

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Stabbing survivor honored

GORHAM – Bouncing back from a stabbing attack on July 24 in South Boston, a Gorham woman has been honored for her courage and character by Bryant University, which she attends. Kayleigh Ballantyne, 21, of Gorham was attacked shortly after midnight in South Boston after being followed to her building. A Suffolk County District Attorney […]

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Stabbing survivor honored

GORHAM – Bouncing back from a stabbing attack on July 24 in South Boston, a Gorham woman has been honored for her courage and character by Bryant University, which she attends. Kayleigh Ballantyne, 21, of Gorham was attacked shortly after midnight in South Boston after being followed to her building. A Suffolk County District Attorney […]

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Gorham Notes – 10/24

Four projects win OK In one vote on Monday, the Gorham Planning Board approved 5-0 (Thomas Hughes and Corey Theriault absent) four commercial requests the board agenda listed as one consent agenda item. The board granted Martin’s Point Health Care approval for a 12,600-square-foot medical office building at the intersection of routes 25 and 237. […]

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NEW CHAPTER

WESTBROOK – A former elementary school in Westbrook is likely to be sold to a developer who plans to convert the property into a 98-unit, market-rate apartment complex. Pending City Council and rezoning approval, the Prides Corner Elementary School, at 375 Pride St., will be sold for $650,000 to V&E Enterprises Inc. of South Portland. […]

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School traffic guide denied

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook City Council on Oct. 21 denied approving money from the city’s contingency account to pay for crossing guides at the middle school and at a busy intersection at Stroudwater and Forest streets. At the City Council meeting, the proposal to fund the middle school crossing guide position at $5,000 was denied, […]