A CLOSER LOOK To participate, or for more information about the Serve New England program, call Betty Young at 797-0659 or Norma Manning at 854-8832. Two lifelong Westbrook residents and members of the Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, Betty Young and Norma Manning have organized a local food distribution program through a regional nonprofit called Serve New […]

Cutting costs We read in the Oct. 28 New York Times that operas and orchestras must also “Batten Down the Hatches” along with many families and businesses, in these tough times. We’re all aware of the economic slump. The Michigan Opera Theater has canceled a production of “Pagliacci” because of the economy’s southward plunge. The […]

Cutting costs We read in the Oct. 28 New York Times that operas and orchestras must also “Batten Down the Hatches” along with many families and businesses, in these tough times. We’re all aware of the economic slump. The Michigan Opera Theater has canceled a production of “Pagliacci” because of the economy’s southward plunge. The […]

Home for the Holidays Christmas fair – Saturday, Nov. 15, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., St. Anne’s Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Raffle, crafts, children’s games, baked goods, knit goods, wreaths, children’s shopping, personalized ornaments, Christmas decorations, grandma’s attic, candy and fudge. Chowder and hot-off-the grill lunch menu and bean supper with casseroles, 5-6 p.m. Christmas decorations […]

CUTLINE ONLY RIVERWALK PDF The City of Westbrook has applied for a $350,000 grant to make improvements along the Presumpscot River, including correcting the erosion, fixing the boat launch and building a small amphitheater, seen here in this rendering. The improvements would be made along the area of the river adjacent to the baseball field […]

As Police Chief Bill Baker attempts to untangle the web of problems facing the Westbrook Fire Department, firefighters have indicated they’ve received one order loud and clear: Don’t talk. Both the city’s lawyer and the lawyer representing the two female firefighters who requested leave in October due to what one described as “a hostile work […]

Chicken pie dinner – Saturday, Nov. 15, 5-6:30 p.m., First Parish Congregational Church, Church Street, Gorham. Chicken pie, vegetables, rolls, dessert, pie and coffee. $8, $5. Bean and casserole supper – Saturday, Nov. 15, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Bean supper – Saturday, Nov. 15, 5-6 p.m., Amvets Post […]

Although compromised by malarkey, manipulation, mendacity and money, the animal election on the Flatley Farm in Gorham has finally chugged on to its conclusion. Farm animals already know a good deal about the winner, Alhambra, the tawny drake (what they know or think they know about Billy Goat the sheep no longer matters). But there […]

America considers Bob Crowley one of the “good guys” on “Survivor: Gabon – Earth’s Last Eden,” but that might also spell the South Portland resident’s doom. As the TV reality show moves into its ninth episode, fans writing on an Internet forum this week pegged Crowley, 57, a physics teacher at Gorham High School, as […]

An old debate between the city of Westbrook and Blue Rock Industries could shed new light on the current conundrum that’s pit two of the city’s largest taxpayers, Idexx and Pike Industries, against each other. Pike Industries, which proposed an expansion of its Spring Street quarry earlier this year – and will return to the […]