A Public Services Department employee avoided injury Thursday when the riding lawn mower he was operating slid into the Presumpscot River. Public Services Department Deputy Director John Emerson said crews were mowing the grass at Riverbank Park Thursday afternoon. Public Services Department worker Dan McMahan was operating a riding mower near the embankment by the […]

Cutline (Fred 1, 2 or 3) – Fred Farnham cuts and serves a cake, celebrating his birthday at town hall on Wednesday. Staff photo by Robert Lowell Farnham shares a birthday penny Buxton selectmen and town office employees surprised Code Enforcement Officer Fred Farnham with a birthday cake and ice cream on Wednesday at town […]

Carmichael awarded degree Justin Ellery Carmichael received a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering in commencement exercises in May at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass. Carmichael is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Carmichael. Conant graduates Allen Conant received an associate degree in May from the College of Culinary Arts at […]

The Planning Board recommended last week a set of restrictions on large retail projects that would limit their size and could be a stumbling block for a proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter in Westbrook. The board voted, 7-0, to send the standards to the council. The standards were developed in response to a proposal by Wal-Mart to […]

The city has extended the deadline for development proposals for Saccarappa Park until August. Proposals for development of the park were originally due to the city on July 1, but Director of Economic and Community Development Erik Carson said that deadline has now been extended until Aug. 1. Carson said one of the developers interested […]

Barden awarded scholarships University of Southern Maine student Michael T. Barden Sr., who plans to be a forensic psychiatric nurse practitioner, has been awarded the Arthur and Judith Benoit Memorial Scholarship and the Nursing Alumni Scholarship. Barden, a senior majoring in nursing and psychology, will graduate in 2006. A Gorham High School graduate in 1971, […]

When John Merrifield and his 14-year-old daughter, Brielle, set off to go on a bike ride, they set their sights high. The father and daughter team have just set out from their home on Reserve Street on a trek of about 1,000 miles that will take them down the eastern seaboard to Virginia Beach. And […]

When John Merrifield and his 14-year-old daughter, Brielle, set off to go on a bike ride, they set their sights high. The father and daughter team have just set out from their home on Reserve Street on a trek of about 1,000 miles that will take them down the eastern seaboard to Virginia Beach. And […]

The Gorham Middle School assistant principal will move to a newly created assistant principal position at the high school this fall. School Committee Chairman Marie South said this week that the reassignment of Assistant Principal Kim Slipp was part of a staff realignment designed to better meet the needs of the growing student population at […]

The Legislature passed a new state budget, which replaces $250 million in borrowing with spending cuts and a $1-a-pack hike on cigarettes, Friday night. The Maine House narrowly passed the budget, 74-72, with four Republicans missing. The Senate vote was more decisive, with a vote of 19-14 in favor of passage, with two Republicans absent. […]