WESTBROOK – The owners of a controversial strip club that opened for a day in 2010 before the city shut it down have lost their battle in federal court, just weeks after the club lost its Warren Avenue lease and moved out permanently. Larry Ferrante, owner of Dreamers Cabaret, tried to open the club in […]
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Westbrook economic development director steps down
WESTBROOK – Keith Luke has stepped down as Westbrook’s director of economic and community development. His last day on the job, which he’s held for 31?2 years, was Dec. 31. Luke said this week that, with resolution of some high-profile issues, including the dispute between Pike Industries and Idexx Laboratories, as well as the problems […]
Gorham man arrested, suspected of multiple Hannaford robberies
WATERBORO – A 23-year-old Gorham man was arrested and charged with robbing the Hannaford Bros. supermarket in Waterboro on Tuesday, Jan. 3, and authorities are confident he’s the same man who robbed other stores in Gorham, Scarborough and Portland during the last two months, according to Mathew Baker, chief deputy sheriff for the York County […]
Scarborough ‘coverall bandit’ may be connected to Gorham crimes
SCARBOROUGH – The coverall bandit has struck again, this time robbing the Shaw’s supermarket at 417 Payne Road in Scarborough, where he made off with an undisclosed amount of cash Wednesday evening. The incident occurred at about 6:40 p.m., Dec. 28, when a man wearing a tan Carhartt coverall and a dark blue, watch cap-style […]
Gorham studio saving a legacy: Singer Jane Morgan’s works compiled in a Mosher Road audio facility
GORHAM – The singer Jane Morgan has been in show business for decades, and her anecdotes about being asked out by Milton Berle and having the Beatles over to dinner speak to both her longevity and good connections. These days, the singing star from the 1950s and ’60s is focused on preserving her life’s work. […]
Complaints filed as Pike ends blasting
WESTBROOK – Westbrook has received several complaints about production blasting being done by Pike Industries at its controversial quarry on Spring Street, but so far there have been no calls for action. So far, city officials received complaints from a total of five people, all remarking that they were unhappy with noise and vibration caused […]
New Year grand in Gorham
GORHAM – A five spot buys a New Year’s Eve reveler in Gorham Village an evening of family entertainment capped off with early fireworks. Randy Judkins, who has performed worldwide, is a headliner this year with his comedy, juggling and unicycling. Junkins will perform 8-8:45 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Gorham High School, […]
Celebrating everyday miracles
CUMBERLAND COUNTY – Miracles are often described as amazing and larger than life, cases of divine intervention that suspend the laws of nature and make the impossible possible. But miracles happen every day, right in our own backyards. A one-eyed owl shows a remarkable will to live of the coast of Maine, a Raymond man’s […]
Celebrating everyday miracles
CUMBERLAND COUNTY – Miracles are often described as amazing and larger than life, cases of divine intervention that suspend the laws of nature and make the impossible possible. But miracles happen every day, right in our own backyards. A one-eyed owl shows a remarkable will to live of the coast of Maine, a Raymond man’s […]
Christmas tree farmers try to keep it real
SOUTHERN MAINE – While Maine may be known as the Pine Tree State, come Christmas time, Windham resident Cheryl Kinney prefers an artificial tree. Growing up in the 1960s, Kinney said her parents brought home an aluminum Christmas tree, one of the first alternative holiday trees ever made. Much to the dismay of her natural-tree-preferring […]