Theater Thursday, May 14 “Mamma Mia,” musical presented by Portland Ovations, 7:30 p.m., Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $40.50-$70. www.porttix.com, call 842-0800 or visit the box office at Merrill Auditorium. Through Sunday, May 17 Maine Playwrights Festival, presented by Acorn Productions, at St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. $10-$15. Performance schedule, tickets at www.acorn-productions.org. “Other Desert Cities,” by […]

Theater Thursday, May 14 “Mamma Mia,” musical presented by Portland Ovations, 7:30 p.m., Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $40.50-$70. www.porttix.com, call 842-0800 or visit the box office at Merrill Auditorium. Through Sunday, May 17 Maine Playwrights Festival, presented by Acorn Productions, at St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. $10-$15. Performance schedule, tickets at www.acorn-productions.org. “Other Desert Cities,” by […]

Pearl Harbor survivor lends a hand Retired Navy veteran Harold Aamolt, 95, of Portland visited his Westbrook friends Nelson and Susan Graham on Saturday and helped American Legion Post 62 place U.S. flags on veterans’ graves at Woodlawn Cemetery. Aamolt survived the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. He was a crewmember […]

The Westbrook City Council approved the fiscal year 2015-16 budget Monday, passing next year’s $24.7 million municipal spending plan and sending the $34.1 million school budget to voters in June. During a second reading Monday, the council voted 4-1, with Councilor Paul Emery opposed and councilors Brendan Rielly and Gary Rairdon absent, to approve the […]

Gorham’s Dan Foley was voted off the CBS reality show “Survivor” Wednesday night, ending his pursuit of the $1 million prize as the sole survivor. Episode 13 of this season’s show proved to be an unlucky number for Foley. But he received a standing ovation at his viewing party in the packed Thatcher’s Restaurant in […]

May 16, 1990 Maine National Bank’s directors voted Friday to permanently stop work on a $16 million project, the bank’s new administrative office building off County Road in Westbrook. The bank will likely take down the steel framework that has been erected and with either have to fill or knock down the concrete foundation and […]

A new interactive sculpture project erected along the edge of Riverbank Park is meant to celebrate the role of the Presumpscot River in the surrounding community. The series of sculptures was designed by University of Southern Maine students, led by Michael Shaughnessy, an art professor and the president of the Friends of the Presumpscot organization. […]

A new interactive sculpture project erected along the edge of Riverbank Park is meant to celebrate the role of the Presumpscot River in the surrounding community. The series of sculptures was designed by University of Southern Maine students, led by Michael Shaughnessy, an art professor and the president of the Friends of the Presumpscot organization. […]

In the aftermath of a fatal car wreck last fall, which left two dead and a family devastated, a Gorham mother was sentenced to prison Monday. Candice Tucker was indicted in December on two counts of manslaughter and two counts of aggravated operating under the influence charges in the death of her teenage son and […]