Elizabeth Lamontagne will represent Gorham in the Cumberland County Spelling Bee on Tuesday, March 7, at Harrison Middle School in Yarmouth. Lamontagne, daughter of Terry and Fred Lamontagne of Tannery Brook Road, won the Gorham Middle School title in a two-hour spelling bee on Valentine’s Day in the school’s auditorium. Lona Tassey, Gorham’s bee master, […]

He might not have the name recognition of R2D2 or C3PO, but “Falgor,” a 5-foot-tall robot, has something those two Hollywood robots don’t: a mean jump shot. Falgor, a robot assembled by a team of local high school students, has hit 20 of 25 shots from distances of up to 20 feet away from the […]

Roosevelt discussed at W.L.U. meeting The Women’s Literary Union held a membership lunch on Feb. 17 at the Woodfords Congregational Church. The Daily Thymes store and catering service again catered the delicious luncheon of lasagna, green salad, baked breads, and chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting, decorated with strawberry slices and blueberries. President Patricia Shapazian […]

Roosevelt discussed at W.L.U. meeting The Women’s Literary Union held a membership lunch on Feb. 17 at the Woodfords Congregational Church. The Daily Thymes store and catering service again catered the delicious luncheon of lasagna, green salad, baked breads, and chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting, decorated with strawberry slices and blueberries. President Patricia Shapazian […]

Hannaford is proposing a shopping center that includes a supermarket in Buxton, which leaves a long time, family-owned grocery wondering about its future. Buxton planners were to see the Hannaford proposal for a shopping center on a 13-acre site at the intersection of Portland Road and Route 202 on Feb. 21. Hannaford will make a […]

This week, S.D. Warren Co. brought its dispute with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection before the U.S. Supreme Court. Now owned by Sappi Fine Paper, S.D. Warren claims the state went beyond its legal power by imposing environmental regulations on its hydroelectric dams. In Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, William Kayatta Jr., attorney for S.D. […]

The Maine Economic Growth Council, which Democratic leaders praise as a fair and unbiased source, red flagged the state’s continued number one ranking in state and local tax burden and rising health care costs in its annual report card. In all, the state got four red flags and three gold stars on economic performance indicators […]

Shortly before noon on Monday, a plow from the Westbrook Recreation Department fell through the ice while clearing the snow from Sunday’s storm off a skating rink on East Bridge Street. Public Services Department Deputy Director John Emerson said the plow broke through a soft portion of the ice and the wheels sunk in a […]

To racing fans around New England, Phil Libby of Buxton was a legendary racecar driver. To his family and those who knew him, he was a dedicated father and friend. Libby died on Friday, Feb. 10, at 78. Libby drove in the first race ever at Beech Ridge Speedway in Scarborough in 1949. He went […]

Endowment renews photographer’s ties to MFA That headline in the Feb. 2 Living/Arts section of the Boston Herald refers to the endowment for the curator of photography recently presented to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts by Estrellita Karsh, widow of the famous photographer, Yousuf Karsh. Karsh, born in 1908, left his native Armenia for […]