A CLOSER LOOK Saco River Community Television last year had 7,715 subscribers, with 2,310 in Standish, representing 29.9 percent; 1,790 in Buxton, 23.2 percent; 1,679, Waterboro, 21.8 percent; 815, Hollis, 10.6 percent; 635, Limerick, 8.2 percent; and 486, Limington, 6.3 percent. The station has a $101,000 budget, supported by each member town. Subsidies by town […]

Senior meal – Wednesday, Feb. 4, noon, St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Home-cooked meal. Suggested donation, $3.50. Bean supper – Saturday, Feb. 7, Stewart P. Morrill Post 35 American Legion, 413 Broadway, South Portland. Two kinds of beans, brown bread, ham, lasagna, cole slaw, dessert and beverages. $7, $3. Roast beef supper […]

Two Windham teens are facing charges for a strong-arm robbery in Westbrook earlier this month. On Monday, Westbrook police, with the help of Windham police and the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, arrested 18-year-old Anthony Raine, also known as Anthony Dunton, and accomplice 19-year-old Joseph Maxfield, both of Windham, for a strong-arm robbery that occurred outside […]

DEP sets meeting for school There will be a public informational meeting on the Maine Department of Environmental Protection submission for the new Gorham elementary school. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m., on Monday, Feb. 9, in the upstairs conference room of the Gorham Municipal Center, 75 South St. Attended inauguration Mary Fagerson […]

Mission Possible Teen Center wishes to congratulate Shawna Masia as January’s Teen of the Month. Shawna has been an active participant since the beginning of the school year, and we feel fortunate to have her as a member of the center. Shawna is involved in several of the center’s offerings, such as arts and crafts, […]

Unless the prices of groceries and other retail goods takes a plummet, many senior citizens will or are seeking assistance to keep their oil tank filled this year. For several years, we’ve depended on “Call Joe for Oil,” otherwise known as Citizens Energy, run by Joe Kennedy. Their income limit is a little higher than […]

As we get older, many of the questions we have never get asked. Some are hesitant to question medical professionals and others don’t trust the insurance “experts,” and still others don’t receive relevant information, no matter who they listen to. The trite clicha “failure to communicate” is a reality. I was a newspaper editor when […]

As we get older, many of the questions we have never get asked. Some are hesitant to question medical professionals and others don’t trust the insurance “experts,” and still others don’t receive relevant information, no matter who they listen to. The trite clicha “failure to communicate” is a reality. I was a newspaper editor when […]

Westbrook has had to put a lien on the home of the city’s finance director, who owes almost $6,000 in unpaid taxes. Sue Rossignol, the finance director and a resident of Conant Street, said she purposely has not been paying taxes on her property for the past year and a half because she’s in a […]

Buxton Town Clerk John Myers is reminding residents to license their dogs. “We have over 1,200 dogs yet to be licensed for the new year,” Myers said recently. Myers said all dogs six months and older must be licensed by Saturday, Jan. 31. “To license your dog you will need a valid Maine rabies certificate […]