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Westbrook High School class of 2013 commencement

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook High School graduating class of 2013 laughed, hugged and cried their way through Saturday’s ceremony last weekend, vowing to stay in touch even after they shed their identities as Blue Blazes. A large crowd of family, friends and school staff turned out June 8 at Merrill Auditorium in Portland on to […]

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Westbrook High School class of 2013 commencement

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook High School graduating class of 2013 laughed, hugged and cried their way through Saturday’s ceremony last weekend, vowing to stay in touch even after they shed their identities as Blue Blazes. A large crowd of family, friends and school staff turned out June 8 at Merrill Auditorium in Portland on to […]

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Westbrook High School class of 2013 commencement

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook High School graduating class of 2013 laughed, hugged and cried their way through Saturday’s ceremony last weekend, vowing to stay in touch even after they shed their identities as Blue Blazes. A large crowd of family, friends and school staff turned out June 8 at Merrill Auditorium in Portland on to […]

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Shakespeare returns

WESTBROOK – After a yearlong hiatus, Westbrook’s Riverbank Shakespeare Festival is back. Starting on Friday afternoon and running through the weekend, Acorn Productions’ theater groups will present two plays written by William Shakespeare: “The War of the Roses,” a compilation of the three parts of “Henry VI” performed by members of the Naked Shakespeare theater […]

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Shakespeare returns

WESTBROOK – After a yearlong hiatus, Westbrook’s Riverbank Shakespeare Festival is back. Starting on Friday afternoon and running through the weekend, Acorn Productions’ theater groups will present two plays written by William Shakespeare: “The War of the Roses,” a compilation of the three parts of “Henry VI” performed by members of the Naked Shakespeare theater […]

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Buxton picks Emery, Burns for selectmen

BUXTON – A longtime Buxton selectman, Clifford L. Emery, and Peter E.W. Burns won three-year terms on the Board of Selectmen, and Buxton voters approved the Maine School Administrative 6 school budget in a light voter turnout on Tuesday. Burns, with 303 votes, topped a four-way race for the two available selectman seats with Emery, […]

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Westbrook icon pushing retirement

WESTBROOK – George Tevanian has probably pushed close to 10 million carts in the last 47 years working as a cart attendant in Westbrook. Here’s the math: Working close to 40 hours per week, every week, he estimates that he’s handled around 100 carts an hour, meaning he has pushed and pulled and chased after […]

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Tepid turnout as Gorham rejects public safety complex bond

GORHAM – It was a slow day at the polls Tuesday. Fewer than 500 voters of the 10,000 registered in Westbrook turned out to pass a $32.1 million school budget. In Gorham, where a $6.3 million bond for a public safety complex was rejected, 1,624 ballots were cast out of 12,522. And in Buxton, where […]

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Tepid turnout as Gorham rejects public safety complex bond

GORHAM – It was a slow day at the polls Tuesday. Fewer than 500 voters of the 10,000 registered in Westbrook turned out to pass a $32.1 million school budget. In Gorham, where a $6.3 million bond for a public safety complex was rejected, 1,624 ballots were cast out of 12,522. And in Buxton, where […]

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Wing-a-ding-ding

All-you-can-eat hot wings, tossed in sauces from mild to singe-your-hair, should satisfy even the most ardent fans at the second Hot Wing Cook-Off Challenge.