WESTBROOK – After more than 20 years fighting for fish passages and cleaner river standards, members of the Friends of the Presumpscot finally got a chance to kick off their hiking boots and have a good time. Some 25 members of the group and supporters of the organization’s cause to clean up the river and […]
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Penna picked to lead Bonny Eagle High School
STANDISH – Paul Penna, longtime principal at Gray-New Gloucester High School, has been hired by School Administrative District 6 to lead Bonny Eagle High School. Penna, 57, has lived on Depot Street in South Windham for 30 years. He has led Gray-New Gloucester High School since 2003 and previously spent 16 years in Portland schools […]
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Downtown in Development
WESTBROOK – It’s almost sensory overload driving through downtown Westbrook. There are orange cones and brightly vested construction crews constantly moving down Main Street during daylight hours. There’s some work going on near the rotary at the end of Main Street. In between, there are new businesses, demolitions and a sense of optimism. “I know […]
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Ohio kidnapping, rape suspect pleads not guilty
Ariel Castro, 53, has been jailed since his arrest on May 6 shortly after the three women he had allegedly held for a decade in his home escaped to freedom.
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Q&A with Louis Philippe
Louis Philippe, 57, is returning to the spotlight after 30 years, in Biddeford’s City Theater production of “9 to 5: The Musical.” This will be Philippe’s first time acting on the City Theater stage and the return performance has given Philippe, who lives in Westbrook, a renewed respect for the amount of work and creativity […]
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Scientists levitate items with sound
Researchers devise a possible breakthrough for electronics and pharmaceutical industries.
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Letters to the editor: Rails are still safer than pipelines
We must focus on moving away from reliance on fossil fuels, a reader says.
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Letters to the editor: Rails are still safer than pipelines
We must focus on moving away from reliance on fossil fuels, a reader says.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Maine Gardener: Ogunquit’s Warriors on the trail of a killer
Marginal Way in Ogunquit is one of Maine’s most historic and enjoyable coastal footpaths. It was used by the local tribes before Europeans came to what is now Maine, and is traversed by thousands of people each year. But Marginal Way is under attack by an invasive plant from Europe that is strangling vegetation along the […]
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Maine fun-run promoters race to cash in on fitness craze
The arrival of the for-profit events in Maine has some runners concerned about the future of traditional charity races.