University of Southern Maine officials plan to meet with a member of the music faculty arrested last week on child pornography charges. Micah Maurio, 28, of Gorham was charged with dissemination of sexually explicit material of someone under the age of 12, according to a report by Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland […]

University of Southern Maine officials plan to meet with a member of the music faculty arrested last week on child pornography charges. Micah Maurio, 28, of Gorham was charged with dissemination of sexually explicit material of someone under the age of 12, according to a report by Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook’s holiday events are still going strong, with the Festival of Trees open until Saturday, and the winner of a downtown window-decorating contest announced next week. At the Festival of Trees on Tuesday, in the ground floor of the Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, preschool students from Woodfords Family Services filed in to take a […]

WESTBROOK – When Westbrook’s bicentennial time capsule is officially closed next week, the life of one of the city’s most beloved residents and historians will also be celebrated. On Tuesday, Dec. 16, the Westbrook Historical Society will host an open house and ceremony to close the new time capsule. A committee has been working on […]

GORHAM – The annual summer festival honoring Gorham’s founding families looks like an event of the past. The Westbrook/Gorham Community Chamber, which sponsored the Gorham Founders Festival in 2013 and 2014, will not back it next year. “The chamber has decided not to move forward with the Founder’s Festival in 2015,” Darryl Wright, chamber treasurer […]

GORHAM – The annual summer festival honoring Gorham’s founding families looks like an event of the past. The Westbrook/Gorham Community Chamber, which sponsored the Gorham Founders Festival in 2013 and 2014, will not back it next year. “The chamber has decided not to move forward with the Founder’s Festival in 2015,” Darryl Wright, chamber treasurer […]

Free USM holiday concert Robert Russell will direct the University of Southern Maine Chamber Singers in a concert at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13, at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 133 Pleasant St., Portland. The annual concert is free and open to the public. Christmas in the Barn The Hartwell Farm, 443 Sebago Lake […]

WESTBROOK – The city’s request that the state look at speed limits on Stroudwater Street, with an eye toward possibly lowering them, has had the opposite effect – the state is recommending increases. Now, city officials are asking the Maine Department of Transportation to take another look at the decision to increase speed limits on […]

The Maine Principals’ Association announced Friday that Kim O’Donnell, assistant principal at Buxton Center Elementary School, has been named Maine’s Outstanding Assistant Principal of the Year for 2015. She will be honored by the association at its annual awards banquet at its Spring Conference on April 30. O’Donnell received the award based on her accomplishments […]