Gorham voters overwhelmingly elected Michael Phinney to his fifth term on the Gorham Town Council and narrowly elected newcomer Noah Miner. By only 15 votes, Miner defeated former Buxton Police Chief Jody Thomas, 3,142-3,127, and will replace Jane Knapp, who didn’t seek re-election. Thomas said she will not ask for a recount. “I am happy […]

Gorham voters overwhelmingly elected Michael Phinney to his fifth term on the Gorham Town Council and narrowly elected newcomer Noah Miner. By only 15 votes, Miner defeated former Buxton Police Chief Jody Thomas, 3,142-3,127, and will replace Jane Knapp, who didn’t seek re-election. Thomas said she will not ask for a recount. “I am happy […]

Dirigo Health will not be supported by a beverage tax, but the question now to solve, after Mainers overwhelmingly voted to repeal the tax, is how the insurance program will continue. Cumberland County residents voted with a majority of Mainers Tuesday in favor to repeal a bill, passed by the Legislature in April, that would […]

Westbrook officials are meeting Monday to discuss ways the community can help the city’s homeless. According to School Committee member Sue Bearor, in the last few weeks, local families with young children have slept in their cars. With the winter coming and no relief in sight for the economy, she said, this problem is only […]

Every generation gets a few moments to witness history – the destruction of the World Trade Center, the crumbling of the Berlin Wall – some filled with trepidation and some with promise. Watching interviews on the news Wednesday morning with African Americans in Chicago’s Grant Park, where Barack Obama delivered his acceptance speech Tuesday night, […]

Buxton voters narrowly decided Tuesday night that it might be time to have a town manager run things. Residents voted 2,400 to 2,108, in a non-binding referendum, to allow the town to create a charter commission to study transforming from a selectman form of government to a town manager/selectman form of government. “I think this […]

Genevieve Levin woke up Wednesday to a country that felt much different from the one that greeted her the previous morning, when she got up to vote for Barack Obama for president. Gone was the harsh cynicism of the last eight years, replaced by a feeling that all was right for now, that the country […]

This year the Maine Commission for Community Service will provide cash awards for organizations that want to develop community volunteer service projects in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Applications are now being accepted. The deadline to apply is Sunday, Nov. 23. Go online to www.maineservicecommission.gov/mlk_maine/ to download an application form and a copy […]

CUTLINE ONLY IMG 0243 Residents concerned that they may be footing the bill for renovations to the roof of the public safety building need not worry. “It’s all covered under warranty,” says Mayor Bruce Chuluda. According to City Administrator Jerre Bryant, an installation error on the less-than-five-years-old building caused shingles to fall apart and nails […]

Nov. 9, 1983 Soot particles from S.D. Warren’s boilers can eat into paint on automobiles – a situation that has some people seeing red. But so few of the particles are small enough to be inhaled that the Maine Department of Environmental protection is not concerned, a spokesman explained. Among the cars that catch the […]