‘North of Broadway’ The Centre of Movement School of Performing Arts, 19 State St., will present “North of Broadway” with act 1 at 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, and act 2 at 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 19, in the auditorium at South Portland High School. The show is a tribute to the “wonderfully […]

Cutline (Long View Farm 1, 2, 3 or 4) – Long View Farm at Mosher’s Corner in Gorham. This 155-acre former dairy farm with land on Main Street and Mosher Road (Route 237) would be impacted by a town ordinance change restricting access of new homes to roads. Staff photo by Robert Lowell

Albert Mosher’s homestead in Gorham sits at Mosher’s Corner where Main Street intersects with Route 237. His 155-acre Long View Farm sprawls along Route 237 leading to Little Falls. Like other landowners, Mosher, the sixth generation on the family farm, had questions this week about how a proposed amendment to the town’s Land Use and […]

Westbrook High School has announced the following members of the Class of 2005 have been awarded scholarships. Nathaniel Foster (Adelphi University Trustee Talent) Michelle Olney (Alanna Ashley Phillips-Crocker Memorial) Gretchen Carroll (Ann Mason-Osann Memorial) Ryan Luce (Arlyn T. Vaughn Sr. Memorial) Vanessa Jordan (Averett University Presidential) Gretchen Carroll (Barking Foundation) Rosemary Perkins, Andrew Wight (B. […]

Westbrook High School has announced the following members of the Class of 2005 have been awarded scholarships. Nathaniel Foster (Adelphi University Trustee Talent) Michelle Olney (Alanna Ashley Phillips-Crocker Memorial) Gretchen Carroll (Ann Mason-Osann Memorial) Ryan Luce (Arlyn T. Vaughn Sr. Memorial) Vanessa Jordan (Averett University Presidential) Gretchen Carroll (Barking Foundation) Rosemary Perkins, Andrew Wight (B. […]

Do you know older adults who have turned down a chance to go out with family or friends because they are concerned about falling or have cut down on favorite activities because they are afraid they might fall? If so, “A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls” can help. A Matter of Balance is […]

Canal students present history program Fifteen fifth-grade students of Westbrook’s Canal School presented the program at the Westbrook Historical Society’s annual meeting June 1. They are in Mrs. Patten’s class. Bob Egan, of the school’s computer lab, showed slides of the pictures he took of the society’s collection, and the young students described them. The […]

Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series about Mary Collins’ recent trip to Florence and the hill towns of Tuscany. I’ve just returned from a two-week Elderhostel trip to Italy, visiting Florence and several other areas in Tuscany. Elderhostel, an educational and travel program for people 55 and older, sponsors trips across […]

A visitor crossing a doorway threshold of the Royal Brewster mansion in Buxton enters a world much as it was 200 years ago. The mansion at Tory Hill, located at the intersection of routes 112 and 202, has been owned by Richard “Sandy” Atkinson and his wife, Beverly, since 1990. They’ve preserved the spirit of […]

A visitor crossing a doorway threshold of the Royal Brewster mansion in Buxton enters a world much as it was 200 years ago. The mansion at Tory Hill, located at the intersection of routes 112 and 202, has been owned by Richard “Sandy” Atkinson and his wife, Beverly, since 1990. They’ve preserved the spirit of […]