Students in the University of Southern Maine School of Music who are particularly interested and talented in composition will premiere new works in the USM Composers’ Showcase on Saturday, Dec. 6 under the direction of Dan Sonenberg. The concert gets under way at 8 p.m. in Corthell Concert Hall on the USM Gorham campus. Admission […]

Gorham’s restored town clock is ticking in its original home in the tower at the First Parish Congregational Church. A gift to the town in 1868, the clock was removed from the church steeple in September of 2006 for repairs after it stopped. Friday, installation of the clock was completed 80 feet below its original […]

Christmas fair – Saturday, Nov. 29, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Betsy Ross House activity room, 99 Preble St. (use rear entrance), South Portland. Baked goods, jewelry and crafts. Holiday craft fair – Saturday, Nov. 29, 9 a.m.-3 p.m, Barron Center, 1145 Brighton Ave., Portland. Craft and gift items, baked goods, re-gift table, raffle items. Proceeds benefit […]

Frustrated commuters will get some relief when the long-awaited Gorham Bypass opens seven months ahead of schedule for traffic on the evening commute of Friday, Dec. 5. The $28.8 million bypass will divert commuter and truck traffic, including gasoline and oil tankers, from Gorham Village. The bypass links routes 114 (South Street), 202 (Narragansett Street) […]

Central Maine Power is reporting power outages at 3:25 p.m. Tuesday in several towns. In Westbrook, outages include Colonial, Hardy and Merrill roads in addition to Stroudwater Street; 23 roads in Standish; and six roads in Scarborough. The National Weather Service is predicting continued rain and wind gusts, some as high as 37 mph, this […]

Despite a theft of gift cards valued at $900 from Gorham’s First Parish Church, 22 families will still have a traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinner Thursday. The Rev. David Butler, church pastor, said Monday that 22 Hannaford supermarket gift cards were stolen from the church he believed during the 10:30 a.m. service Sunday. The theft was […]

Westbrook police arrested a local business owner on drug charges Friday afternoon. With the help of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, police arrested Abbas Al-Hamdany, 38, the owner of the Friendly Discount Store on Main Street on a charge of trafficking cocaine. Chief Bill Baker said Al-Hamdany served 18 months in federal jail in after […]

Westbrook police arrested a local business owner on drug charges Friday afternoon. With the help of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, police arrested Abbas Al-Hamdany, 38, the owner of the Friendly Discount Store on Main Street on a charge of trafficking cocaine. Chief Bill Baker said Al-Hamdany served 18 months in federal jail in after […]

The following safety tips from the Animal Welfare Society will help to ensure a safe and fulfilling Thanksgiving for you and your pets: • Giving your pets a little nibble of turkey is okay, just be sure that it’s boneless and fully cooked. Raw or undercooked turkey may contain salmonella bacteria, and dogs can choke […]

Sometimes I wish I could happen upon authentic video of Elvis driving a Toyota Prius, so I could sell it to a tabloid and afford full family health coverage for a couple of months. Why does health care cost so much? Because nowadays we expect to survive most ailments. Let’s say you’re having mysterious abdominal […]