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They haven't forgotten

You’ve seen them, walking in tight formation along a spectator-lined parade route, bedecked in their blue and red Maine Dirigo tartan kilts – a couple dozen bagpipers and drummers with a public safety background combining to power out a mesmerizing marching tune. They’re the Maine Public Safety Pipe & Drum Corps, formed in the wake […]

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Lawmakers confident about dam safety

AUGUSTA – No one in state government – all the way up to the governor – denies the state is failing to regularly inspect Maine’s potentially hazardous dams. Most, though, don’t expect to do much about it, even though state law requires regular inspections. Instead, some say there’s no risk in the current situation. Others […]

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Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly

Lawmakers confident about dam safety

AUGUSTA – No one in state government – all the way up to the governor – denies the state is failing to regularly inspect Maine’s potentially hazardous dams. Most, though, don’t expect to do much about it, even though state law requires regular inspections. Instead, some say there’s no risk in the current situation. Others […]

Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly

Time Warner service restored

Time Warner Cable has restored all services to its New England customers affected by this afternoon’s network issue. According to the company, this issue began at about 2:30 p.m. Additional flooding and storm damage impacted its fiber-optic network, causing a loss of service for customers in New England. This past weekend its network was severely […]

Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly

Time Warner service restored

Time Warner Cable has restored all services to its New England customers affected by this afternoon’s network issue. According to the company, this issue began at about 2:30 p.m. Additional flooding and storm damage impacted its fiber-optic network, causing a loss of service for customers in New England. This past weekend its network was severely […]

Posted inAmerican Journal

Channel swimmer gets a hero’s welcome

WESTBROOK – After spending nearly 16 hours swimming through frigid ocean waters crossing the English Channel, a police escort made Westbrook’s Pat Gallant-Charette’s trip home much faster and easier. That’s what she got when she arrived Tuesday afternoon at the bus terminal in Portland, after flying into Boston. Two Portland police cruisers met her there, […]

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Norman-David closes in Westbrook

WESTBROOK – It’s been 20 years since David Kennerson opened Norman-David Lincoln Mercury at 140 Larrabee Road, which made closing the franchise a tough move to make. “It was very hard, because I’d been affiliated with it for so long,” he said this week. Kennerson said the dealership officially closed on Aug. 19 after he […]

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Norman-David closes in Westbrook

WESTBROOK – It’s been 20 years since David Kennerson opened Norman-David Lincoln Mercury at 140 Larrabee Road, which made closing the franchise a tough move to make. “It was very hard, because I’d been affiliated with it for so long,” he said this week. Kennerson said the dealership officially closed on Aug. 19 after he […]

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Norman-David closes in Westbrook

WESTBROOK – It’s been 20 years since David Kennerson opened Norman-David Lincoln Mercury at 140 Larrabee Road, which made closing the franchise a tough move to make. “It was very hard, because I’d been affiliated with it for so long,” he said this week. Kennerson said the dealership officially closed on Aug. 19 after he […]

Posted inAmerican Journal

Norman-David closes in Westbrook

WESTBROOK – It’s been 20 years since David Kennerson opened Norman-David Lincoln Mercury at 140 Larrabee Road, which made closing the franchise a tough move to make. “It was very hard, because I’d been affiliated with it for so long,” he said this week. Kennerson said the dealership officially closed on Aug. 19 after he […]