A sweet fling Living Waters Church Women’s Ministry is presenting a Chocolate Lover’s Event from 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, at the church on Parker Farm Road, Buxton. For $10 per person, you’ll get you a box to fill with all sorts of homemade chocolate delights. For more information, contact Cori Nadeau at (301) 653-5316 […]
Robert Lowell
Staff Writer
Bob Lowell is Gorham resident and a community reporter for Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Westbrook Notes: Jan. 6
Valentine tea reminder The Friends of Walker Memorial Library will hold its Valentine’s Tea from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8, in the Eleanor Conant Saunders Reading Room on the library’s second floor. The event includes music, cookies, coloring, a quilt raffle and tea. For more information, call the library at 854-0630.
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Dead goats found in Buxton ditch
BUXTON — Animal Control Officer Adele Jones is seeking the public’s help to identify the owner of two Nigerian Dwarf goats that were found dead in a ditch on Skip Road. Jones picked up the goats Tuesday. “We don’t think they were hit by a vehicle,” she said Wednesday. “We don’t know what […]
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Gorham reviews proposed contract zone change for senior housing
GORHAM — A proposed change to a zoning contract to allow senior housing in South Gorham sought by developer Hans Hansen now goes to the Planning Board. The Town Council Tuesday voted 4-2, with Chairwoman Suzanne Phillips and Councilor Lee Pratt opposed, to direct the town’s Planning Board to hold a public hearing and offer […]
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Firm lays out plans for large solar farm, maybe sheep
Nexamp of Boston tells the Gorham Planning Board that building the solar array off Fort Hill Road would take four to six months and could be part of its “solar grazing program.”
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We Love to Eat: Feb. 6
Community meal – Thursday, Feb. 6, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Baked ham, $5. Bean supper – Saturday, Feb. 8, 5-6:30 p.m., Casco Masonic Lodge, 20 Mill St., Yarmouth. Three kinds of beans, hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, coleslaw, homemade biscuits and pies. $10, $4. Nonprofit organizations who want to list public meals should […]
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Westbrook Notes: Jan. 31
Post 62 to meet Col. Andrew Gibson, state chaplain for the Maine Army National Guard, will speak when the American Legion Post 62 meets for dinner at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, at its headquarters, 17 Dunn St. The post meets the first Wednesday monthly. Valentine’s Tea The Friends of Walker Memorial Library will hold […]
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Gorham Notes: Jan. 30
‘Big Fish’ GHS musical Gorham High School presents the musical “Big Fish” with the opening performance on Friday Jan. 31, and continuing through Sunday, Feb. 9, at the performing arts center at the school, 41 Morrill Ave. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. For tickets and reservations, call […]
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We Love to Eat: Jan. 30
Community meal – Thursday, Jan. 30, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Baked chicken, $5. Chowder luncheon – Friday, Jan. 31, and every Friday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl of haddock chowder with crackers, $9; or lobster roll lunch with chips, $10; cup of chowder, $6; combination […]
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30-acre solar farm proposed in Gorham
A Boston firm eyes a Fort Hill Road hayfield for a ground-based solar array.