PORTLAND – After starting this season with seven new starters and a 1-2 record, the Gorham girls soccer team now looks to be peaking at just the right time. Just ask Cheverus. The Rams scored two goals midway through the first half and held off a Cheverus comeback in the second, adding a third goal […]
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A matter of conscience – The gay-marriage referendum
In a matter of weeks, Maine voters will be heading to the polls to decide whether same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. While voters must determine where they stand on the controversial and long-running issue, which was the topic of a ballot measure in 2009, churchgoers throughout Maine are reacting to the referendum in […]
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FIELD HOCKEY: Thornton Academy beats Bonny Eagle to advance
SACO – Before their preliminary round field hockey playoff game with Bonny Eagle on Saturday, Thornton Academy coach Lori Smith set her team a lofty goal of not allowing the Scots into their defensive circle the entire game. After the game, goalkeeper Abbey Siulinsky told Smith she didn’t touch the ball once. Mission accomplished. The […]
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Gorham man arrested after stabbing
GORHAM – A Gorham man was arrested just after midnight Saturday after the stabbing of a Windham man. Bradford L. Lacy was arrested at 12:05 a.m. and charged with aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon. Police were responding to a call that a man had been stabbed on Maple Drive in Gorham when they found […]
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Lifesaving Yellow Dot program launching
GORHAM – A pilot program in Maine aimed at saving lives at car accidents will be launched Saturday, Oct. 13, with several sites, including ones in Gorham and Westbrook available for citizens to sign up. Gorham Police Department, with added muscle from a senior citizens group, has spearheaded the drive for the Yellow Dot program […]
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A winning football team has Westbrook blazing
WESTBROOK – Friday’s 48-34 win over York guaranteed the Westbrook football team something that many past Blaze teams could only dream of – a winning record. But the aspirations of the Blue Blazes, now 5-1 and in the top spot in Western Class B, go much higher than simply being above .500. They have their […]
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A winning football team has Westbrook blazing
WESTBROOK – Friday’s 48-34 win over York guaranteed the Westbrook football team something that many past Blaze teams could only dream of – a winning record. But the aspirations of the Blue Blazes, now 5-1 and in the top spot in Western Class B, go much higher than simply being above .500. They have their […]
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A winning football team has Westbrook blazing
WESTBROOK – Friday’s 48-34 win over York guaranteed the Westbrook football team something that many past Blaze teams could only dream of – a winning record. But the aspirations of the Blue Blazes, now 5-1 and in the top spot in Western Class B, go much higher than simply being above .500. They have their […]
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No arrest, 25 years after murder
WESTBROOK – October is a month of changing leaves, crisp air and apple picking. Season changes can be therapeutic and welcoming, but for Rosemary Driggers and daughter Jamie Driggers, autumn evokes a harsh memory of a gruesome, unsolved murder that happened 25 years ago this month. Alice Ann Hawkes, Rosemary Driggers’ sister, was found dead […]
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No arrest, 25 years after murder
WESTBROOK – October is a month of changing leaves, crisp air and apple picking. Season changes can be therapeutic and welcoming, but for Rosemary Driggers and daughter Jamie Driggers, autumn evokes a harsh memory of a gruesome, unsolved murder that happened 25 years ago this month. Alice Ann Hawkes, Rosemary Driggers’ sister, was found dead […]