Cutline (sign of spring -editimages) – Katie St. Onge, on the left, and Katie Lowe take advantage of Sunday’s beautiful weather to sell iced tea by the side of Morrill Avenue. Staff photo by Jim Correale Rummage, perennial sale There will be two days of bargains this month when Trinity Circle sponsors its annual spring […]

The Gorham Middle School principal is one of two finalist for a job as Cape Elizabeth Middle School principal. A Cape Elizabeth schools search committee announced Tuesday that Dennis Duquette was a finalist for a job there, along with a principal from Portland High School. Duquette did not return a call from the American Journal […]

Cutline: Amber Rose Collins Collins on dean’s list Amber Rose Collins has been named to the dean’s list at Colby College in Waterville. She was one of the first girls to enter Cheverus in Portland, where she was on the honor roll throughout high school. Collins is the daughter of Elizabeth Collins of South Portland […]

One city councilor is considering revisiting a vote on a heavy trash disposal program – an indication the program could be revived. Council President Jim Violette said Monday he was going to ask the council to revisit the possibility of implementing the coupon program at the next regular City Council meeting, scheduled for May 2. […]

Westbrook student athletes and cheerleaders were recently suspended for drinking at a party. They were in violation of the Westbrook Code of Conduct, signed by all extra and co-curricular students. The violation carried with it repercussions that took our top basketball players out of a chance for a state title as they were suspended from […]

A framed collage of Pope John Paul II was the centerpiece among Easter lilies and a lit candle decorating the altar at St. Anne’s Church in Gorham last week. An organist played as parishioners arrived. “We gather to celebrate the life of Pope John Paul II,” said the Rev. Lawrence J. Conley, pastor of Saint. […]

The widow of a Maine soldier killed in Iraq last year was brutally murdered by her father last week in Westbrook. The father, Nicolae Onitiu, 51, strangled Lavinia Gelineau, 25, with a clothesline in the basement of her home on Central Street Shortly after killing his daughter, police said Onitiu, who was visiting from Romania, […]

The widow of a Maine soldier killed in Iraq last year was brutally murdered by her father last week in Westbrook. The father, Nicolae Onitiu, 51, strangled Lavinia Gelineau, 25, with a clothesline in the basement of her home on Central Street Shortly after killing his daughter, police said Onitiu, who was visiting from Romania, […]

The widow of a Maine soldier killed in Iraq last year was brutally murdered by her father last week in Westbrook. The father, Nicolae Onitiu, 51, strangled Lavinia Gelineau, 25, with a clothesline in the basement of her home on Central Street Shortly after killing his daughter, police said Onitiu, who was visiting from Romania, […]

Worrying that someone in uniform will be waiting for her, a Westbrook mother of a soldier in Iraq often fears going home. “I have dreams about that knock,” Joann Nappi said recently while wiping tears away. Her son, John R. Hamel, patrols the Sunni Triangle in Iraq. Hamel, 22, is the son of Joann and […]