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Town outgrows garage

As Buxton public works Director Lary Owen and his crew prepare for another Maine winter, he isn’t doing it from the comfort of an office. Owen works from a workbench in the corner of the garage. When snow starts falling, his crew won’t have a washroom or place to take a break in the middle […]

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Ramblings

Learning about antique bikes Guests at the Oct. 4 Westbrook Historical Society meeting heard Zip Zamarchi of Eliot give an interesting talk on the collection of antique bicycles he and his wife, Carol, own. On a table at the front of the hall was a display of many of their old books and pamphlets on […]

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We Love to Eat

Roast beef dinner – Saturday, Oct. 14, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Scarborough Lions Club, Lions Den, Route 114 (just beyond Sam’s Club), Scarborough. All-you-can-eat roast beef dinner. Proceeds to benefit the Project GRACE fuel fund. $7, $3. Bean supper – Saturday, Oct. 14, 4:30-6 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 179 Ridgeland Ave., South Portland. $7, $3. Roast […]

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Looking Back

October 1981 A March referendum is the new target of those who want a vote on changing the Gorham town charter to permit recall of town council and school committee members. Petitions for a November vote failed for lack of enough valid signatures, said Town Clerk Brenda Caldwell. Munson White, Jerry Larrivee and Tom Hawkes […]

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Looking Back

October 1981 A March referendum is the new target of those who want a vote on changing the Gorham town charter to permit recall of town council and school committee members. Petitions for a November vote failed for lack of enough valid signatures, said Town Clerk Brenda Caldwell. Munson White, Jerry Larrivee and Tom Hawkes […]

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Looking Back

October 1981 A March referendum is the new target of those who want a vote on changing the Gorham town charter to permit recall of town council and school committee members. Petitions for a November vote failed for lack of enough valid signatures, said Town Clerk Brenda Caldwell. Munson White, Jerry Larrivee and Tom Hawkes […]

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Couldn't have done it without you

Maine Old Cemetery Association would like to publicly thank the city of Westbrook, specifically Tom, John and Daryll of the Public Works Deptartment, for allowing us into Saccarappa Cemetery to hold a cemetery repair workshop. Everything we asked for was ready for us on time. We couldn’t have done it without your kind and generous […]

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cutline for shaw story

(Cutline for shaw site 1,2,3 or 4) – Shaw Brothers Construction, Inc., propose an asphalt plant and quarry on 115 acres it bought in recent months from LaChance Brick Company on Mosher Road in Gorham. The brick company retained part of its property to retail and distribute bricks.

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Planners postpone Gorham site walk

The Gorham Planning Department announced that the site walk at 4 p.m. today (Oct. 12) for the asphalt plant and quarry proposed on Mosher Road by Shaw Brothers Construction has been postponed. The construction company asked for the postponement following the heavy rainfall in the past 12 hours, according to the town’s planning office. Planners […]

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Planners postpone Gorham site walk

The Gorham Planning Department announced that the site walk at 4 p.m. today (Oct. 12) for the asphalt plant and quarry proposed on Mosher Road by Shaw Brothers Construction has been postponed. The construction company asked for the postponement following the heavy rainfall in the past 12 hours, according to the town’s planning office. Planners […]