South Buxton Cemetery and Westbrook’s Woodlawn Cemetery will participate in the Wreaths Across America honor for veterans on Saturday, Dec. 17.
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More men ‘Man Up to Cancer’ with growing support group
Cape Elizabeth resident Trevor Maxwell’s Man Up to Cancer community has taken off across the country, inspiring men not to go through it alone.
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‘It’s overwhelming’: Westbrook faces potential surge of homeless
Local churches, residents and city officials are working to prepare as federal funding for rent assistance and for sheltering asylum seekers ends Jan. 1.
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Westbrook inauguration: City has ‘amazing future,’ mayor says
City Councilor Anna Turcotte will continue as president of the council with Councilor David Morse as vice president.
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Full military burial honors for Westbrook’s Blanche Kelley
A burial service was held Monday for the decorated veteran who was a chauffeur at the Pentagon in the 1950s.
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Lakes Region Sportsman: Deer season still open for stalwart hunters
While most of us have oiled our long guns and put them away for another season, the muzzleloader crowd still has two weeks to hunt. For those of you who have tagged out already, you are part of a record deer harvest that will go down in the books. With only preliminary data in thus […]
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Meet Melvin, a pampered pet pig with a big personality
The “pretty spoiled” rescue pet has a social media presence and recently scored high in a national contest.
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It could be curtains for Buxton’s annual ‘Peabody Pew’
The community play, produced by the Dorcas Society of Hollis and Buxton, has been performed at Tory Hill Meetinghouse in Buxton annually for more than a century.
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Portland man takes helm at Maine Cancer Foundation
Ray Ruby hopes to increase the scope of the organization’s fundraisers, which include Tri for a Cure and Mary’s Walk.
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Christmas tree shortage leaves some nonprofits out on a limb
Some have had to forgo their annual fundraising tree sales, but others have secured stock.