Among the diverse selection of goods offered each Saturday at the Maine Market in Westbrook are hundreds of colorful hair accessories. While not the traditional produce expected at a local farmers market, Kristin Hayes and her business Kyla’s Bowtique has become a mainstay vendor. James Tranchemontagne, who organizes the Riverbank Park market, said the small […]

The Gorham Planning Board is being accused of depriving a property owner of her right to be heard Monday after the panel ignored her request to postpone talks on a proposed project because she’d be observing the Jewish New Year. The issue involves a request from a business to build a garage on Narragansett Street, […]

Following a recent renovation, the University of Southern Maine Art Gallery is now under review by the Maine Historic Preservation Commission to determine whether the building qualifies to retain its historical status. The art gallery, built in 1821, is in the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Register of Historic Places. Kirk Mahoney and Christi Mitchell […]

Following a recent renovation, the University of Southern Maine Art Gallery is now under review by the Maine Historic Preservation Commission to determine whether the building qualifies to retain its historical status. The art gallery, built in 1821, is in the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Register of Historic Places. Kirk Mahoney and Christi Mitchell […]

USM faculty concert series to open In the opening University of Southern Maine faculty concert of the season this week, bassoonist Wren Saunders has assembled a faculty and guest artist chamber group for an evening of contemporary music featuring the bassoon, flute, clarinet and harp. The concert features Krysia Tripp, flute; Thomas Parchman, clarinet; Judy […]

Distribution to middle-schoolers was delayed a week. A cabinet that pulled away from a wall at Gorham Middle School damaged about 100 computers just weeks before school opened. “They all came crashing down,” Dennis Crowe, Gorham School Department’s director of technology, said last week about the Aug. 11 incident. Crowe said an insurance claim would […]

Westbrook city councilors will consider a new rule that would require repayment when tenants are forced into emergency housing. After a tumultuous few months in which dozens of Westbrook apartment residents were displaced due to code violations, landlords could soon be forced to pay for emergency housing and other assistance that the city provides for […]

Westbrook city councilors will consider a new rule that would require repayment when tenants are forced into emergency housing. After a tumultuous few months in which dozens of Westbrook apartment residents were displaced due to code violations, landlords could soon be forced to pay for emergency housing and other assistance that the city provides for […]

Westbrook city councilors will consider a new rule that would require repayment when tenants are forced into emergency housing. After a tumultuous few months in which dozens of Westbrook apartment residents were displaced due to code violations, landlords could soon be forced to pay for emergency housing and other assistance that the city provides for […]