Local businessman Dennis Nickerson led a convoy to the area ravaged by Hurricane Helene, donating over 110,00 pounds of supplies.
Robert Lowell
Staff Writer
Bob Lowell is Gorham resident and a community reporter for Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Buxton Notes: Oct. 17
Children’s author to sign books Author Tonya Shevenell will sell and autograph her books, including her latest, “The Moon Over Malibu Maine,” between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at Mr. Peabody’s Apple Crisp, 1070 Long Plains Road, Buxton. It’s her third children’s book and illustrated by Laura Winslow. For more information about […]
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Westbrook Notes: Oct. 17
Activities at the Common There is an open mic night from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at Westbrook Common. Local band Phil ‘n the Blanks will perform from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturaday. Participate in Zumba at 10 a.m. Sunday or salsa from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Another open mic night will […]
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Gorham Notes: Oct. 17
Free Thanksgiving meal Roxanne Moody has announced the free community Thanksgiving Day meal volunteers and donors are providing again this year on Nov. 28. The meals are available for pickup, or delivery to those without transportation. Meals will be prepared at Mister Bagel, 13 New Portland Road, Gorham. “We put out 130 meals last year […]
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We Love Sales and Fairs: Oct. 17
Two-day fall book sale – Friday, Oct. 18, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 19, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Shaw Gym, 75 South St., Gorham. Also features a train show by the Maine3Railers. Sale sponsored by Baxter Memorial Library. Windham craft fair – Saturday, Nov. 2, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Windham Christian Academy, 1051 Roosevelt Trail, Windham. Christmas […]
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We Love to Eat: Oct. 17
Gorham bean-hole bean supper – Saturday, Oct. 19, seating at 4:30, 5:15 and 6 p.m.; UCC at North Gorham, 4 Standish Neck Road, Gorham. Beans, red hot dogs, potato salad, coleslaw, homemade brown bread, rolls, coffee or punch, and homemade dessert. $12, $8 children. For takeout orders, call 892-5363 by 5 p.m. Oct. 18. Free […]
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Mayoral race tops Westbrook balloting; city ready for record turnout
Voters also will choose two city councilors in contested races and pick a School Committee at-large member.
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Unkempt Westbrook veterans’ monument in need of ‘honor’
A Westbrook resident discovered a veterans’ monument at Pride’s Corner covered by an overgrown bush and hopes to have it cleaned up.
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Gorham Notes: Oct. 10
Plow Days success A dozen antique tractors Saturday plowed and harrowed the 70-acre cornfield at Parsons Dairy Farm Saturday and Sunday during the annual Plow Days. Ken Spiller of Gorham showed his 1949 Farmall H that his father, Alvin Spiller, bought new. One exhibitor even traveled from Massachusetts, and visitors’ cars lined Buck Street. […]
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Buxton Notes: Oct. 10
Expanded hours at Town Hall The Buxton Town Clerk and Registrar of Voters will be open for additional hours on Saturdays Oct. 19 and Oct. 26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Buxton Town Hall, 185 Portland Road, to issue and receive absentee ballots and register voters for the Nov. 5 state general […]