MPTC

- John C.L. Morgan

Patriots Honor MPTC

According to the Boston Globe, Beverly Preston of the Mission Possible Teen Center was one of twenty-one 'Community MVPs' honored by the New England Patriots at a ceremony at Gillette Stadium yesterday.

According to the Patriots' press release about the event, Community MVPs were recognized for "their above-and-beyond service to others in the six New England states" and received a football-shaped wooden trophy and agency grants ranging from $1,500 to $10,000 for the Grand Prize Winner.

Preston was the only Mainer to win the award.

- John C.L. Morgan

Quote of the Day

"I don't want to make Westbrook sound like Darfur. It really is a nice city."

- Mike Mack, a probation officer who lives in Windham, in an American Journal guest column about the upcoming Mission Possible Gala Dinner and Dance on Friday, April 5.

Despite his butchering of the name of Westbrook's premier park (it's Riverbank, not Riverside), I'll give Mr. Mack some advice: Prepare for an onslaught of letters to the editor demanding you keep your rude remarks to yourself.

- John C.L. Morgan