The city of Westbrook is seeking donations of cash or toys for this year’s Toys for Kids Program. This program offers families who are struggling an opportunity to give their children a better Christmas than they might otherwise be able to. Please drop off your donations at Westbrook City Hall, during regular business hours, Monday […]

Allison Steele of Saco has been named assistant manager of the new Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution Westbrook branch, scheduled to open in January. Most recently the assistant manager of the Saco branch of the Savings Bank of Maine, formerly Rivergreen Bank, Steele began her financial services career as credit manager for Wells Fargo Financial […]

‘Old Peabody Pew’ at Tory Hill The Dorcas Society of Buxton and Hollis will present its production of “The Old Peabody Pew” at 7 p.m. on Sunday in the Tory Hill Meeting House, intersection of routes 202 and 112, Buxton. The romantic comedy by Kate Douglas Wiggin is an annual holiday tradition in Buxton. The […]

‘Old Peabody Pew’ at Tory Hill The Dorcas Society of Buxton and Hollis will present its production of “The Old Peabody Pew” at 7 p.m. on Sunday in the Tory Hill Meeting House, intersection of routes 202 and 112, Buxton. The romantic comedy by Kate Douglas Wiggin is an annual holiday tradition in Buxton. The […]

A closer look 2008-09 expected GPA 2008-09 adjusted GPA Acton $281,527.47 $255,798.24 Biddeford 11,159,395.43 10,567,699.43 Cape Elizabeth $3,075,609.89 2,654,038.89 Gorham 16,372,203.74 16,047,651.74 Old Orchard Beach 549,794.04 494,814.63 Raymond $1,128,393.38 $899,985.38 Sanford 20,108,215.75 20,108,215.75 Scarborough 7,070,231.10 6,288,839.18 South Portland 4,205,815.69 3,331,555.69 Westbrook 12,420,688 12,007,012 Windham 14,291,692.06 13,884,352.06 Saco 9,496,860.43 9,019,048.43 SAD 6 19,270,682 18,708,458 SAD 15 […]

A closer look 2008-09 expected GPA 2008-09 adjusted GPA Acton $281,527.47 $255,798.24 Biddeford 11,159,395.43 10,567,699.43 Cape Elizabeth $3,075,609.89 2,654,038.89 Gorham 16,372,203.74 16,047,651.74 Old Orchard Beach 549,794.04 494,814.63 Raymond $1,128,393.38 $899,985.38 Sanford 20,108,215.75 20,108,215.75 Scarborough 7,070,231.10 6,288,839.18 South Portland 4,205,815.69 3,331,555.69 Westbrook 12,420,688 12,007,012 Windham 14,291,692.06 13,884,352.06 Saco 9,496,860.43 9,019,048.43 SAD 6 19,270,682 18,708,458 SAD 15 […]

Ann-Marie Watson of Gorham was named earlier this month as New England’s top dog groomer. Competing with 300 salons, she was awarded plaques and a set of three shears and a travel case by New England Pet Grooming Professionals at its fall festival in Warwick, R.I. “We were shocked,” Watson said Friday. Watson, 49, doesn’t […]

Visitors to the Maine Mall can help a local child by taking a tag from the Salvation Army’s “Angel Tree” and fulfilling a wish. The organization’s Portland Corps Angel Tree Program has set up a Christmas tree hung with tags expressing specific needs and desires of local underprivileged children. Donors – “Angels” – take a […]

Westbrook firefighters delivered Thanksgiving dinner to 12 local families Tuesday evening. Each box had enough food to feed a family of six and was valued at $62. Each box included a turkey, a pie, squash and bread. Wheeling a cart full of Thanksgiving dinners through the Westbrook Hannaford supermarket Tuesday evening, Lt. Harry Vokey, of […]

Gorham High School students are not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, and, contrary to state law, many classrooms lack an American flag. That situation was enough to prompt Suzanne Ennis, a Gorham substitute teacher, to present to the Town Council on Tuesday a petition demanding flags in classrooms and that the Pledge of Allegiance be […]