Turkey supper – Friday, July 17, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Bradley Memorial United Methodist Church, 454 McNeil Road, Fryeburg Harbor. Follow signs from Route 5 between Fryeburg and Lovell. Fresh cooked turkey, stuffing, gravy, vegetables, gingerbread, coffee, cold drinks, served family style. $7, $3. Tickets on sale at 4:30 p.m. Pancake breakfast – Saturday, July 18, 7-10 […]

Mikado.jpg A contemplative Nanki-Poo, in front, played by Darren Bluestone, is surrounded by the three little maids, Peep Bo (Brittney Morton), Yum-Yum (Colleen Gallagher) and Pitti-Sing (Allison Frenzel) – all members of the cast of Arundel Barn Playhouse’s “The Mikado.” The Gilbert and Sullivan comic operetta opened July 14 and runs through August 1. Monica […]

This week the Lucius Flatley coffee shop seminar took on the challenge of Maine’s budget. They did not consider programs, but dealt only with possible savings. The first and nearly unanimous suggestion: legalizing and taxing marijuana. The seminar estimated that a tax of half the size now levied against tobacco would bring in enough money […]

A former altar boy at St. Hyacinth’s Church was awarded $4.4 million last week in a lawsuit against a priest who the man said molested him more than 20 years ago. According to attorney Sumner Lipman, Steven Boyden, now 39, was sexually abused by the Rev. Ronald Michaud in 1984 and 1985, when Boyden was […]

A 24-year-old Westbrook woman was indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury Friday on a charge of Class C theft, after an investigation into an adoption scam. Misty Sargent and another 27-year-old woman with Westbrook ties scammed more than $50,000 from couples who believed they would be adopting the women’s babies, according to police. The […]

Artists in search of affordable spaces to live and work could soon find just what they’re looking for in Westbrook. Westbrook Housing is in the process of purchasing a dilapidated building at 917 Main St., in order to build affordable condominiums and gallery space for artists in its place. John Gallagher, executive director of Westbrook […]

Artists in search of affordable spaces to live and work could soon find just what they’re looking for in Westbrook. Westbrook Housing is in the process of purchasing a dilapidated building at 917 Main St., in order to build affordable condominiums and gallery space for artists in its place. John Gallagher, executive director of Westbrook […]

If new commercial and residential projects in Gorham are any indication, the national economic slump is having little effect on the pace of development in this southern Maine town. The town’s Planning Board recently gave the green light for a Mercy Hospital medical center in South Gorham, and construction is set to begin next week. […]

A referendum on whether to review Westbrook’s charter is now looking likely for June 2010. The city’s Municipal Officers, which include the seven city councilors and the mayor, voted unanimously Monday to table the issue until September. The formation of a commission to study the charter has been a topic of discussion in front of […]

When former Gov. Angus King first announced his intention nine years ago to put a laptop in the hands of every seventh- and eighth-grader in the state, it raised more than a few eyebrows. Maine, after all, was and probably always will be a rural state with limited resources. It’s to the credit of King, […]