GORHAM – The vice chairman of the Gorham Town Council has unexpectedly quit. Philip T. Gagnon Jr. announced his resignation, effective in November, last week in a surprising move that comes amid apparent council infighting. Gagnon had previously criticized the town’s handling of a matter involving another councilor. Gagnon did not respond Tuesday by the […]

GORHAM – The vice chairman of the Gorham Town Council has unexpectedly quit. Philip T. Gagnon Jr. announced his resignation, effective in November, last week in a surprising move that comes amid apparent council infighting. Gagnon had previously criticized the town’s handling of a matter involving another councilor. Gagnon did not respond Tuesday by the […]

GORHAM – The vice chairman of the Gorham Town Council has unexpectedly quit. Philip T. Gagnon Jr. announced his resignation, effective in November, last week in a surprising move that comes amid apparent council infighting. Gagnon had previously criticized the town’s handling of a matter involving another councilor. Gagnon did not respond Tuesday by the […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook is a long way from Hollywood, but that doesn’t mean filmmakers can’t pursue their craft here. Ahura Zakhuur Diliiza, the owner of Unicorn Cove on Main Street in Westbrook, is a case in point. He has started a film company, Unicovia Pictures, which released its first film, “Anikruya,” in 2009. Diliiza now […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook is a long way from Hollywood, but that doesn’t mean filmmakers can’t pursue their craft here. Ahura Zakhuur Diliiza, the owner of Unicorn Cove on Main Street in Westbrook, is a case in point. He has started a film company, Unicovia Pictures, which released its first film, “Anikruya,” in 2009. Diliiza now […]

WESTBROOK – One week after members of the Westbrook City Council’s Committee of the Whole vowed to make big changes to the Planning Board’s recommended restrictions for fireworks in the city, the City Council decided to effectively kill any local regulation on retail fireworks sales, instead relying on state law. The City Council on Monday […]

WESTBROOK – One week after members of the Westbrook City Council’s Committee of the Whole vowed to make big changes to the Planning Board’s recommended restrictions for fireworks in the city, the City Council decided to effectively kill any local regulation on retail fireworks sales, instead relying on state law. The City Council on Monday […]

WESTBROOK – Two members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be performing in Westbrook on Thursday, July 5, when Hot Tuna takes the stage for an acoustic show at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center on Stroudwater Street at 7:30 p.m. Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady are the founders of Hot Tuna, and […]

Standish and Old Orchard Beach were among five communities recently awarded grants through the Land and Water Conservation Fund from the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands. Land and Water Conservation Fund grants last year provided $366,166 in funding throughout Maine. Five grants recently were awarded to the towns of Vassalboro, Old Orchard Beach, Pittsfield, […]

GORHAM – A Massachusetts court Monday approved an agreement that prevented destroying a female pit bull accused of attacking other dogs, and ordered the dog out of town – to Gorham. The agreement approved in Milford District Court stipulates relocating the 6-year-old dog to Gorham with its new owner, Rachelle O’Handley, and that the dog […]