Acorn Productions will leave its Dana Warp Mill space in Westbrook at the end of April. According to an announcement Monday by Acorn founder Michael Levine, Acorn Productions is developing the company’s plans for the upcoming 2014-15 theater season, but “the need for a permanent space no longer exists.” It has been located at the […]

Acorn Productions will leave its Dana Warp Mill space in Westbrook at the end of April. According to an announcement Monday by Acorn founder Michael Levine, Acorn Productions is developing the company’s plans for the upcoming 2014-15 theater season, but “the need for a permanent space no longer exists.” It has been located at the […]

WESTBROOK – A proposed Stroudwater Trail project would move one step closer to bringing Westbrook’s outlying trails into the downtown, and could eventually provide a complete loop of the Westbrook and Portland trail systems. In cooperation with Portland Trails, the new project would expand the Stroudwater River Trail, which would effectively extend the trail across […]

GORHAM – With enrollment slipping, the University of Southern Maine is looking to trim faculty, programs, and possibly closing a dormitory complex in Gorham, as officials wrestle with a sizeable gap in the $140 million budget. “We’re looking at coming up with $14 million,” Robert Caswell, university spokesman, said this week. But, Caswell said that […]

If you have stood in line at the grocery store and watched as a fellow senior used a little blue card (like a credit card) when he or she paid for their groceries, you are observing someone who is using a “food stamp” card. Here in Maine this program is called “SNAP” which stands for […]

IMarch 22, 1989 Another Gorham election season came to an end last week with the resounding defeat of Burleigh Loveitt and Daniel Willett for Town Council seats in what many observers have described as one of the nastiest campaigns in memory. Loveitt, a veterinarian, is a well-know name in local politics and a past member […]

IMarch 22, 1989 Another Gorham election season came to an end last week with the resounding defeat of Burleigh Loveitt and Daniel Willett for Town Council seats in what many observers have described as one of the nastiest campaigns in memory. Loveitt, a veterinarian, is a well-know name in local politics and a past member […]

WESTBROOK – A delegation that includes a Westbrook city councilor will travel to Archangel, Russia, on March 28, just four months after a Russian delegation visited Greater Portland as part of a 25th anniversary celebration of the sister-city relationship. Westbrook City Councilor Michael Foley, along with Phillip Spiller Jr., the son of former Westbrook Mayor […]