WESTBROOK – While the Westbrook Food Pantry has shifted between several locations in the last decade, a dedicated base of volunteers and community support has grown with the organization’s rising needs. The pantry, located in the Westbrook Community Center at 426 Bridge St., has recently completed yet another move, this time to a different location […]

A group of artists is teaming up with the local nonprofit Friends of the Presumpscot River to present the “River Show,” a large collection of river-themed paintings, in a combined effort to celebrate the waterway and recent advances made by the organization. With an official opening on Friday, July 18, Saccarappa Art Collective’s “River Show” […]

Free gazebo concert The Common Ground Band will entertain in a free concert 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 15, at the gazebo on the lawn at Gorham Municipal Center, 75 South St. The concert is part of a summer concert series sponsored by Gorham Recreation Department. Parking is along South Street or in the municipal […]

Free gazebo concert The Common Ground Band will entertain in a free concert 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 15, at the gazebo on the lawn at Gorham Municipal Center, 75 South St. The concert is part of a summer concert series sponsored by Gorham Recreation Department. Parking is along South Street or in the municipal […]

BUXTON – Buxton’s annual Community Days festival is rounding into shape and includes a fashion show with models displaying how women dressed in a bygone era. The town’s annual shindig combines the two-day Buxton Community Days on Friday, July 18, and Saturday, July 19, with the annual fair and lawn party of the Dorcas Society […]

BUXTON – Buxton firefighters, friends and a twin brother turned out on July 2 at Bonny Eagle Middle School to welcome home a soldier who returned from a deployment in Afghanistan. “It’s good,” Staff Sgt. Jamie Grant said as he greeted those at the turnout. “This was a surprise.” Grant said it was great that […]

WESTBROOK – A trial run of a downtown trash initiative designed to cut down on large, imposing dumpsters in the Main Street area was approved by the Westbrook City Council on Tuesday. The plan would offer businesses and larger residential properties the option of a tote system through Pine Tree Waste, which would look much […]

July 12, 1989 A public hearing will be held Aug. 2 in Westbrook on a draft permit that will, for the first time, require that S.D. Warren Co. investigate and if necessary clean up past hazardous waste releases at their Westbrook plant. The hearing is being held by the Environmental Protection Agency. According to EPA […]

BUXTON – Two suspects in a Buxton robbery in which a rifle allegedly was brandished were arrested last week in Portland and taken to York County Jail in Alfred, according to a Buxton Police Department report. Buxton Police Chief Michael Grovo said in a report that suspects Martin Bruneau, 24, and Ricky Swasey, 55, both […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook seems to have a knack for churning out great musicians and performers, stemming from a multitude of high school and community programs that focus on the arts. 15-year-old Hannah Herman, entering her junior year at Westbrook, is the latest example. Herman, who has danced since age 3, was recently selected to participate […]