Heavy winds knocked out power lines and felled trees as Hurricane Sandy came through the area Monday, but a much less-than-expected rainfall eliminated the threat of flooding. Sandy left thousands in Maine without power and as of Tuesday evening, 386 Central Maine Power customers in Westbrook, 2,524 in Buxton and 957 customers in Gorham were […]
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House District 125 – part of Westbrook
Ann Peoples (D) Residence: Westbrook Occupation: Consultant Political experience: Maine House Legislatures 123, 124, 125. Q: What do you think the three most important issues are? A: We have many issues. My top three are, jobs, infrastructure and property tax. All three are specific to the district. Q: What do you think the solutions are? […]
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BOYS SOCCER: Scarborough edges Gorham for Western Maine crown
GORHAM – Wednesday night’s Western Class A boys soccer final between No. 2 Scarborough and top-ranked Gorham was your classic tale of two halves. After the Rams dominated the first verse but was unable to score, the Storm took over in the second. Difference was, Scarborough scored. Sam Cekada scored the only goal of the […]
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Work begins on Westbrook transfer station
WESTBROOK – Casella Waste Systems expects to have its new trash transfer facility in Westbrook up and running by the end of the year, when it will close the controversial incinerator it owns in downtown Biddeford. Joe Fusco, spokesman for Casella Waste Systems, confirmed this week that all union employees at Maine Energy Recovery Co. […]
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Westbrook area spared heavy damage from Sandy
WESTBROOK – Heavy winds knocked out power lines and felled trees as Hurricane Sandy came through the area Monday, but a much less-than-expected rainfall eliminated the threat of flooding. Sandy left thousands in Maine without power and as of Tuesday evening, 386 Central Maine Power customers in Westbrook, 2,524 in Buxton and 957 customers in […]
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Westbrook area spared heavy damage from Sandy
WESTBROOK – Heavy winds knocked out power lines and felled trees as Hurricane Sandy came through the area Monday, but a much less-than-expected rainfall eliminated the threat of flooding. Sandy left thousands in Maine without power and as of Tuesday evening, 386 Central Maine Power customers in Westbrook, 2,524 in Buxton and 957 customers in […]
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'True statesman' Rodney Quinn mourned
GORHAM – Mourners from around the state will gather for a memorial service Sunday for Rodney S. Quinn, a leading political figure locally and in Maine for more than four decades. Quinn died Oct. 27 at the age of 89 after being stricken with pneumonia. An Air Force veteran during three wars, Quinn, a Gorham […]
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Westbrook considering moving to Class B in all sports
WESTBROOK – Two years ago, the Westbrook High School football team dropped down from Class A to Class B. The turnaround has been stunning. The Blue Blazes, an also-ran in Class A football for years, made the playoffs with a 4-4 record in their first season in Class B, and this year, they have taken […]
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Rodney Quinn, statesman, war veteran, columnist, dead at 89
Rodney S. Quinn, the Gorham native who retired as a lieutenant colonel after a 27-year military career and then rose to the job of Maine secretary of state, died Saturday, Oct. 27. His family said he died at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House after being stricken with pneumonia two days before. His death follows that of […]
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Rodney Quinn, statesman, war veteran, columnist, dead at 89
Rodney S. Quinn, the Gorham native who retired as a lieutenant colonel after a 27-year military career and then rose to the job of Maine secretary of state, died Saturday, Oct. 27. His family said he died at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House after being stricken with pneumonia two days before. His death follows that of […]