Community meal – Thursday, Oct. 24, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Chicken pie, $5. Free dinner – Thursday, Oct. 24, 5:30-6:30 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 678 Washington Ave., Portland. Chowder luncheon – Friday, Oct. 25, and every Friday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl of haddock […]
Robert Lowell
Staff Writer
Bob Lowell is Gorham resident and a community reporter for Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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We Love Fairs: Oct. 24
Christmas, craft fair – Saturday, Oct. 26, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Longfellow Place, 80 Longfellow St., Westbrook. Craft fair – Saturday, Nov. 9, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Scarborough Free Baptist Church, 55 Mussey Road, Scarborough. Variety of crafters, baked goods, white elephant items and lunch with lobster stew and corn chowder.
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$71.9M GHS plan goes to School Committee
The High School Building Committee recommended the plan over a lesser and more expensive option.
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Buxton officials to decide on election date to replace Harmon
The town needs someone to serve until next June, when Jean Harmon’s term would have expired.
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Crowded council race, land buy on Gorham ballot
Ward polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 5.
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Sanborn named chief of Gorham Police
Christopher Sanborn joined the Gorham force in 1989, most recently serving as the deputy chief.
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Police searching for 2 Gorham teens
GORHAM — Police are seeking the public’s help in locating two missing 13-year-old Gorham girls. Nevaeh Joyce and Courtney Taft have been missing since Oct. 20. “They were last seen in the area of Gray Road,” Police Chief Christopher Sanborn said in a statement. Sanborn told the American Journal two officers are assigned to the […]
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Westbrook Notes: Oct. 17
Poetry series Lowry’s Lodge poetry series continues at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at One Westbrook Common, next to Westbrook House of Pizza. Linda Aldrich and Nick Coulombe are featured poets and hosts are Jim Donnelly and Anna Wrobel. Light fare will be served and a suggested deonation is $4. Seniors to meet Westbrook […]
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Gorham Notes: Oct. 17
Gorham grad on Collins’ staff Timothy O’Neill, a Gorham native, has been hired as a staff assistant in the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Senator Susan Collins. O’Neill is a 2015 graduate of Gorham High School and is the son of Tim and Diane O’Neill of Standish. “Timothy has an impressive record of achievement and […]
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Gorham candidates face issues of growth, taxes, new GHS
Voters will decide Nov. 5 which three of six candidates they want on the Town Council.