GORHAM – A Gorham dirt-bike enthusiast, who said the town stopped him from riding on his own property, is now proposing a motocross track that would draw riders to race in Gorham. The proposed racetrack has fueled opposition in the rural neighborhood. Merritt Bennett said Gorham has banned him from using a small dirt track […]
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Budget bottom-line: No tax increase in Westbrook
WESTBROOK – Westbrook’s municipal budget is a done deal, and residents now will decide the fate of the school budget, which, if passed, will decrease taxes. On Monday, the City Council approved a $56.6 million budget for the city, school and county for the upcoming fiscal year. The city budget of $23.12 million and county […]
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Westbrook girl honored for 'mitten tree'
WESTBROOK – For her Mitten Tree Project, Marissa Bates, a 10-year-old Westbrook fifth-grade Middle School student, won the statewide Prudential Spirit of Community Award at the middle-school level. It is the largest youth recognition program based exclusively on volunteer community service, and honors middle and high school students for outstanding community service. Bates and high […]
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Westbrook girl honored for 'mitten tree'
WESTBROOK – For her Mitten Tree Project, Marissa Bates, a 10-year-old Westbrook fifth-grade Middle School student, won the statewide Prudential Spirit of Community Award at the middle-school level. It is the largest youth recognition program based exclusively on volunteer community service, and honors middle and high school students for outstanding community service. Bates and high […]
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Maine’s star shortstop goes down, but not out
Senior Michael Fransoso, a shoo-in for America East player of the year, is hit in the eye by a pitch.
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Soup to Nuts: Fiddle dee dee-licious
Spring is springing, leaves are leafing and ferns are unfurling, which means it’s time to cook up a mess of fiddleheads.
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Maine legislators criticize tax breaks
Over the past 50 years, Maine Legislatures and governors have added millions of dollars in tax breaks for businesses without ever doing the detailed analysis to find out which are effective and which are wasteful. But now that may be changing. In recent weeks, a growing list of legislators have called for a review of […]
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Westbrook names new boys basketball coach
WESTBROOK – Westbrook High School has announced the hiring of Michael Burke as the new coach of the varsity boys basketball team. Burke replaces Mark Karter, who stepped down after 21 years at Westbrook to take the head coaching job in Gorham. Burke was most recently the junior varsity boys basketball coach at South Portland […]
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Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths
More than 573,000 birds are killed by the country’s wind farms each year, including 83,000 hunting birds such as hawks, falcons and eagles, according to an estimate published in March in the peer-reviewed Wildlife Society Bulletin.
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West Gardiner fires its fire chief after just 3 months
Reasons for the dismissal of Vicki Dill, the town’s first female fire chief, remain murky.