GORHAM – As charges are expected to be filed against a Gorham juvenile suspected of attempted arson, the owner of the home where the youth was shot has been replaced as coach of a football team. The move comes just before the team’s season opens and less than three weeks after the incident, which involved […]
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An award in Gorham, far from African violence
GORHAM – A man driven from his African homeland by violence has recently been honored for his work in Gorham as a site manager for elderly residents. Georges Budagu Makoko, 39, a property manager for Avesta Housing, was selected last month by the USDA Rural Development for the 2012 Site Manager of the Year for […]
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Gorham school eyed for police station
GORHAM – The former Little Falls Schools could be converted to a new police station in Gorham under the latest plan to reuse the building. The Town Council next week will consider asking voters in a November referendum to approve borrowing $5.75 million to pay for converting the former school to a central police station […]
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Looking back – Aug. 5, 1987 AND Aug. 6, 1997
Aug. 5, 1987 At around the time an oil cooler tube sprang a leak that started a big fire at S.D. Warren on Wednesday, workers from an outside contractor were reportedly running cleaning brushes through the tubes of a cooler for the oil that lubricates the mill biomass boiler’s stream turbine electrical generator. The leak […]
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Roxy, the dog banished to Gorham, is put down in Massachusetts
GORHAM – A 6-year-old female pit bull named Roxy, banished from a Massachusetts town last month, won’t live in exile in Gorham, as ordered by a court. “Roxy is dead,” said Gorham Police Chief Ronald Shepard. It is unclear when life ended for Roxy, who lost a reprieve to live out her days in Gorham. […]
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Westbrook to study 'dangerous' intersection
WESTBROOK – It’s common knowledge to people who live near Bridgton Road, otherwise known as the Route 302 corridor, that several intersections along the busy commuter lane are a nuisance at best, and life-threatening at worst. But the wheels of the state Department of Transportation turn slowly, and with at least one intersection, where Hardy […]
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TRI FOR A CURE preview – 'Hope for women'
SOUTH PORTLAND – In 2004, Julie Marchese faced her toughest challenge. Marchese was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now, in 2012, Marchese will once again serve as an organizer for the Tri For a Cure triathlon, an event that she co-founded in 2008 to raise money for cancer research. Once again, Southern Maine Community College will […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – Tax rebate season starts Aug. 1
It’s the middle of a hot spell and probably winter seems far away, but before you get too far into that book you’re reading or decide to splurge on something you could live without, remember that in Maine, Aug. 1 is the date you can file an application for property tax rebate (if you’re a […]
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Windham, Westbrook school health jobs gone
Westbrook and Windham school districts are now assessing the impact of the loss of their school health coordinators after state cuts eliminated the posts across Maine. Sandra Hale had served as Westbrook’s school health coordinator since the program was launched in 2001, carrying out initiatives ranging from employee wellness, health policies and anti-smoking efforts to […]
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Westbrook murder suspect awaits transfer
WESTBROOK – A Massachusetts man police say stabbed a Westbrook man to death last year is still waiting for transfer to Maine, after getting arrested last week by U.S. Marshals in New York State. Marshals arrested Tareek Hendricks, 31, formerly of Worcester, Mass., in Syracuse, N.Y., on the morning of July 11. Joe Ciciarelli, a […]