The annual Gorham Business & Civic Exchange will name its Business Person of the Year at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9, at Crockett Interiors, 673 Main St. Last year’s recipient, Martha Harris, owner of Natural Country Photography will present the plaque to the new winner. Members of the exchange were asked to nominate their […]

A Westbrook man has been released on $100,000 bail after police arrested him last week and charged him with 25 felony counts of possession of child pornography. Gary T. Foley, 51, of 128 Brown St., is awaiting arraignment, which will most likely occur in the first week of May or the first week of June, […]

We noticed in the local paper that the Planning Board is going to be discussing the disposal of land behind the old Saco Street School on Saco Street. The Westbrook Housing Authority has built some condos behind the homes and store that are near the school. The Fraternal Order of Eagles has recently bought the […]

Seniors meal – Wednesday, April 19, noon, St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Home cooked meal. Donation $3.50. Church luncheon – Thursday, April 20, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Chicken and mushroom soup, $3. Seniors lunch – Wednesday, April 19, 10:30 a.m., North Windham Union Church, UCC, 723 Roosevelt Trail […]

Seniors meal – Wednesday, April 19, noon, St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Home cooked meal. Donation $3.50. Church luncheon – Thursday, April 20, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Chicken and mushroom soup, $3. Seniors lunch – Wednesday, April 19, 10:30 a.m., North Windham Union Church, UCC, 723 Roosevelt Trail […]

The American Red Cross will be holding the following blood drives in the area this month: April 4 Bonny Eagle High School 700 Saco Road, Standish 7:30 a.m. -2:30 p.m. April 10 Trinity Episcopal Church basement 15 Cleveland St., Saco 1:30-7 p.m. April 10 Windham High School 406 Gray Road, Windham 8 a.m. -1 p.m. […]

Commissioner Roland Martin of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, will speak at a sportsman’s forum at the Windham Gorham Rod and Gun Club clubhouse on April 26. Martin and his staff will make presentations and take questions from the public at the meeting, which is free and open to the public. The […]

Garden Club scholarship The Gorham Garden Club is now accepting applications for a scholarship. To be eligible, applicants must either be a high school senior or enrolled in a post secondary school and plan to major in plant and soil science, environmental studies, botany, ecology, forestry, wildlife management or related fields. The club’s merit scholarship […]

Daffodils in bloom Each spring, Joan Ashley of Falmouth alerts me when the lovely daffodil display at Saco’s Laurel Hill Cemetery is in bloom. She called last week to say that many of the flowers have blossomed, but with more to come. They are blooming early this year, I presume because of the lack of […]

A minimum wage increase that Democratic leaders have been trying to get passed in the Legislature since January is on its way to final passage. The bill made it out of the House Tuesday with a 73-70 vote in favor and no debate. That was after an amendment was stripped off on Monday that would […]