Hospice training in South Portland VNA Home Health & Hospice, at50 Foden Road, South Portland, will host a special 24-hour training for volunteers to visit hospice clients. The training will prepare participants to be part of the VNA Home Health Hospice team bringing comfort to individuals and families facing a terminal illness. The training takes […]

GORHAM – Surfacing last week, several emails among Gorham officials indicate that the town likely will consider regulating group homes following an arson that extensively damaged one last month. The Gorham Town Council has not publicly talked about regulating group homes and the matter has not been an agenda item. The emails concerning group homes […]

STANDISH – Standish is putting its orginal town hall near the intersection of routes 35 and 25 on the market, with the most likely new owner being a publishing company that could bring more than a dozen jobs to town. While town councilors at a special meeting Aug. 28 were keen to allow economic activity, […]

WESTBROOK – After two unexpected key donations in the form of a grant and a fund drive, Mission Possible Teen Center is close to making back the money it lost during budget cutbacks earlier this summer. “I think people just get it,” said Susan Austin, a member of the center’s board of directors. “It’s a […]

WESTBROOK – After two unexpected key donations in the form of a grant and a fund drive, Mission Possible Teen Center is close to making back the money it lost during budget cutbacks earlier this summer. “I think people just get it,” said Susan Austin, a member of the center’s board of directors. “It’s a […]

WESTBROOK – After two unexpected key donations in the form of a grant and a fund drive, Mission Possible Teen Center is close to making back the money it lost during budget cutbacks earlier this summer. “I think people just get it,” said Susan Austin, a member of the center’s board of directors. “It’s a […]

WESTBROOK – The United Way of Greater Portland kicked off its fall fundraising season Tuesday with a first-ever food drive outside Mission Possible Teen Center in Westbrook. “Our goal is to fill the truck,” said Suzanne McCormick, the United Way president and CEO, as she pointed to a large box truck provided by Wayside Food […]

Theater Thursday, Sept. 13-?Sunday, Sept. 23 “Tess of the D’Urbervilles,” presented by Dead Wessex Fair at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland. Co-sponsored by University of Southern Maine English Department and the Women and Gender Studies program. 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 1 p.m. $12 adults, $10 students/seniors. Two for one on Thursday evenings. […]