Family woodlot owners will be able to get important information about the 2008 federal Farm Bill and good land stewardship through a series of workshops to be held in March. The meetings, sponsored by a collaboration of federal and state agencies and local groups, will be held around Maine, according to Andy Shultz, Maine Forest […]

The Gorham Planning Board meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight, Monday, March 2, has been postponed to Monday, March 9, in the same location, Gorham Municipal Center, 75 South St..

Baked haddock dinner – Friday, March 6, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Haddock, baked potatoes, peas, coffee and dessert. Lent meal (choice of haddock dinner or pizza). $7, $3. Baked haddock supper – Friday, March 6, 4-7 p.m., St. Andre Church Hall, Biddeford. Haddock, mashed potatoes, rice pilaf, cole slaw, […]

A proposal for a business park on 26 acres is on the agenda for the Buxton Planning Board when it meets Monday at 7 p.m. Narragansett Business Park is being developed by Patricia Leavitt on Route 202 across from Waterman Road. Leavitt would sell lots in the project to businesses, which could include restaurants or […]

Cutline (hard copy photo) – Carol Quint, left, welcomes Rena Wynn as a new member of the GFWC Westbrook Woman’s Club. – Courtesy photo Wynn joins Woman’s Club Rena Wynn was welcomed as a new member of the GFWC Westbrook Woman’s Club at its annual midwinter luncheon in January at Keeley’s. Following lunch, Susan Poulin, […]

A Connecticut-based distributing company is moving into the Saunders Business Park. According to Vin Veroneau, president and chief executive officer of J.B. Brown & Sons, which owns the park, Velocity Express is slated to move into its newest location within the next 30 to 45 days. Veroneau said some renovations, including adding 1,400 square feet […]

For generations, the wind has made life difficult for a Gorham farm family. Violent winds blowing across the open fields at the Hamblen farm, where Hereford cattle are raised, have thrown hay wagons through fences. In 1906, it flattened a barn. “It blows constantly,” said Charles Hamblen, 48, the seventh generation at the 100-acre farm. […]

For generations, the wind has made life difficult for a Gorham farm family. Violent winds blowing across the open fields at the Hamblen farm, where Hereford cattle are raised, have thrown hay wagons through fences. In 1906, it flattened a barn. “It blows constantly,” said Charles Hamblen, 48, the seventh generation at the 100-acre farm. […]

A Westbrook man was arrested for motor vehicle burglary early Monday morning. Police found Adam Bickford, 28, of Brackett Street, hiding in the garage of a home on Colonial Avenue at around 1:20 a.m. Monday after several cars were broken into on Webster and Colonial avenues. Tracking Bickford’s footsteps in the snow, police took him […]

A Westbrook man was arrested for motor vehicle burglary early Monday morning. Police found Adam Bickford, 28, of Brackett Street, hiding in the garage of a home on Colonial Avenue at around 1:20 a.m. Monday after several cars were broken into on Webster and Colonial avenues. Tracking Bickford’s footsteps in the snow, police took him […]