Cutlines (Jesse, Jesse 1 or 2) – Jesse Southard, 7, shows his trophy for finishing in second place on Friday in the Aces 1 Boys Division of a summer tennis tournament sponsored by the Gorham Recreation Department. Jesse will be in the second-grade at Narragansett School this fall. Staff photo by Robert Lowell Cutlines (tennis […]

Westbrook High School teacher Allyson Montana recently got the opportunity to get a first-hand look at Japanese teaching methods during a three-week tour of Japan. Montana, who teaches Chinese, world history and fine arts at the high school, went to Japan in June on a trip sponsored by the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund. She said […]

“Oh my,” Hollis resident Jane McCarthy said when she first saw the calendar filled with revealing photos of local socialites. “It’s a little risque,” she said. The women who appear in the “Dorcas Dishes Calendar” were one of the most popular attractions at Buxton Community Day Saturday. Modeled after a calendar in the movie “Calendar […]

“Oh my,” Hollis resident Jane McCarthy said when she first saw the calendar filled with revealing photos of local socialites. “It’s a little risque,” she said. The women who appear in the “Dorcas Dishes Calendar” were one of the most popular attractions at Buxton Community Day Saturday. Modeled after a calendar in the movie “Calendar […]

A man was seriously injured after he fell 15 feet off a wall onto some rocks by the banks of the Presumpscot River Sunday afternoon. Police and Fire officials would not confirm the man’s name citing federal privacy laws. The police report indicated he was alone at the time of the fall, and no one […]

In this city of ours, we’ve come to realize, if you’re not a developer, you’re nobody to City Hall. You may recall, as reported a couple of months ago in the American Journal, that the previous mayor wrote a letter to a local developer promising 90 parking spaces in the CVS parking area. You may […]

In this city of ours, we’ve come to realize, if you’re not a developer, you’re nobody to City Hall. You may recall, as reported a couple of months ago in the American Journal, that the previous mayor wrote a letter to a local developer promising 90 parking spaces in the CVS parking area. You may […]

In this city of ours, we’ve come to realize, if you’re not a developer, you’re nobody to City Hall. You may recall, as reported a couple of months ago in the American Journal, that the previous mayor wrote a letter to a local developer promising 90 parking spaces in the CVS parking area. You may […]

Last Thursday, the Turnpike Authority held a meeting in Room 114 at the High School. The purpose of discussion was to get public input from the taxpayers on the topic of the Stroudwater Street Bridge and closing it totally for up to one year. The Turnpike Authority decided to hold the meeting, when the feedback […]

Voters in School Administrative District 6 are being asked next week to approve a referendum measure to fully pay for the school budget. Buxton polls will be open for the single-item referendum question from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26, at the town hall on Portland Road. On June 14, voters district-wide […]