Music Sept. 25 Josephine County, music from United States, French Canada, Ireland and beyond with Erica Brown, Matt Shipman, Hanz Araki, and Colleen Raney, 7 p.m., Conant Homestead, 89 Conant St., Westbrook. Suggested donation $10. Bring your own lawn chair, refreshments. Masks required until seated. Farm and farm stand open at 5:30 p.m. Virtual Concert: […]
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Looking Back: Sept. 24
Sept. 27, 1995 Don Richards thinks it’s high time Westbrook got rid of party caucuses for nominating city officers. “It’s not fair to let a few persons control who the person is going to be on that ballot,” he said. He’s especially upset at the use of bullet balloting Wednesday, when bullet votes in the […]
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We Love to Eat
Haddock supper buffet – Saturday, Sept. 26, 5 p.m., Living Waters Church, Parker Farm Road, Buxton. Social distancing guidelines are in effect, including wearing of face masks and use of hand sanitizer. Takeout containers available. Suggested donation: $8, $4 and $20, family.
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Westbrook Notes: Sept. 17
Book sale reminder Friends of Walker Memorial Library will conduct a small sale of books for children and adults from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 in front of the library, 800 Main St. Browsers must wear masks. Books bundles are also available for purchase at walkerfriends.org/book-sale/ for $5. For more information, email […]
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Looking Back: Sept. 17
Sept. 20, 1995 Hebert’s West End Market, 934 Main St., a fixture in downtown Westbrook for 50 years, will close in about three weeks. Hubert “Storm” Hebert, 74, will retire and his son Joel is headed for less confining work. The store had been open from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. six days a week […]
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Gorham Notes: Sept. 17
Lions Club floats The Gorham Lions Club’s float was judged to be the best last weekend in the Gorham Founders Festival parade, which had a state bicentennial theme. The float, which received $500 for first place, depicted the one-room Elmwood School that now serves as the Lions Club’s clubhouse on South Street. Myles Clark, 10, […]
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We Love to Eat
Haddock supper buffet – Saturday, Sept. 26, 5 p.m., Living Waters Church, Parker Farm Road, Buxton. Social distancing guidelines are in effect including wearing of face masks and use of hand sanitizer. Takeout available. Suggested donation: $8, $4 and $20, family.
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Westbrook Notes: Sept. 10
Country music hall of fame visit Norm and Donna Conley of Westbrook recently visited the Maine Country Hall of Fame in Mechanic Falls. “Very interesting place . but really great to see that four Westbrook people have been inducted: Don Doane, Leu Mathieu, James Smyth and Al Hawkes,” Donna Conley said in a note to […]
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Gorham Notes: Sept. 10
Council, school candidates Town Council incumbents Suzanne Phillips and Ronald Shepard face a challenger, Christina Paul, in a three-way race for two seats in the municipal election Nov. 3. For the School Committee, three seats are available with a field of four candidates: James Brockman, Nicole Hudson, Sarah Perkins and Leah Sturm. School Committee incumbents […]