The City Council will take its first vote on the 2009-2020 budget Monday. Last week, the Finance Committee, which is made up of the seven city councilors, unanimously approved the $55.8 million budget, which represents a 3.1 percent increase over the current budget. It would raise the tax rate by 47 cents, to $15.90 per […]

A few years back, a phenomenon began called “poetry slams,” which I never quite understood, especially since I do love poetry. The kind of poetry I enjoy would not be subject to slams or free-verse interpretation. If I were still living in Greenwich Village, I imagine poetry slams – or worse – are still happening. […]

May 18, 1994 A brief line in Wednesday’s police log opens a new aspect of the missing money in Westbrook City Hall. It indicates that someone was warned of the leak in April 1993. The first criminal charge might be not for taking the money, but for failing to fix the leak. Police Chief Ronald […]

With Iraq losing steam, the latest U.S. “invasion of choice” is Afghanistan, a remote, dejected area consisting of a series of valleys inserted into clumps of ungodly high mountains sitting astride the route over which men yearning for the limber dancing girls and spicy food of India have passed for millenniums. It is occupied by […]

With Iraq losing steam, the latest U.S. “invasion of choice” is Afghanistan, a remote, dejected area consisting of a series of valleys inserted into clumps of ungodly high mountains sitting astride the route over which men yearning for the limber dancing girls and spicy food of India have passed for millenniums. It is occupied by […]

First Parish Congregational Church in Gorham is putting a new twist on its food drive. In “A Mile of Food,” starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, donors will deposit nonperishable items along a mile route stretching from the First Parish Church, 1 Church St., to the Gorham Ecumenical Food Pantry at St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 […]

First Parish Congregational Church in Gorham is putting a new twist on its food drive. In “A Mile of Food,” starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, donors will deposit nonperishable items along a mile route stretching from the First Parish Church, 1 Church St., to the Gorham Ecumenical Food Pantry at St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 […]

Cutline (2682 volunteers) – Library volunteers gather in the Frank Jewett/Hanson School Library for a celebration honoring their hard work. In the front row, from left, are Heather Pike, Sharon Rausch, Lois Hoyt, Beth Fogler, Monica Steinbuchel and Kristi Hamilton. Back row, June Tardiff, Kathleen Brown, Alycia Campbell, Joanne Harris, Michele Jellison, Meg Raymond, Heather […]

A part-time teen services position at Walker library was restored and the school resource officer remains in the budget approved unanimously by the Finance Committee Monday. The City Council will take its first vote May 18 on the $55.8 million budget, which represents a 3.1 percent increase over this year’s budget. It would raise the […]

Men and boys’ yard, home sale and auction – Saturday, May 9, 10 a.m., West Gorham Union Church, Route 25 (three miles west of Gorham Village), Gorham. Furniture, tractors, lawn mowers, tools, all kinds of yard and outdoor items. Viewing at 8:30 a.m. Accepting donations of old, new and slightly used items. Coffee, doughnuts, hot […]