As thousands of students return to college campuses this fall, many are preoccupied with what to wear, how to accessorize their dorm rooms and whether their new roommate will have a mini fridge or TV to share. While there’s no need to sweat the small stuff, packing for college does require careful planning for essential […]

As thousands of students return to college campuses this fall, many are preoccupied with what to wear, how to accessorize their dorm rooms and whether their new roommate will have a mini fridge or TV to share. While there’s no need to sweat the small stuff, packing for college does require careful planning for essential […]

As thousands of students return to college campuses this fall, many are preoccupied with what to wear, how to accessorize their dorm rooms and whether their new roommate will have a mini fridge or TV to share. While there’s no need to sweat the small stuff, packing for college does require careful planning for essential […]

Though the election is still more than two months away, Westbrook’s House and Senate representatives have announced their candidacies. Running for the Senate District 9 seat are Portland residents Democrat Joe Brannigan and Republican Nicholas McGee. Incumbent Brannigan, 77, has served a total of 24 years in both the House and Senate and said he […]

Though the election is still more than two months away, Westbrook’s House and Senate representatives have announced their candidacies. Running for the Senate District 9 seat are Portland residents Democrat Joe Brannigan and Republican Nicholas McGee. Incumbent Brannigan, 77, has served a total of 24 years in both the House and Senate and said he […]

Though the election is still more than two months away, Westbrook’s House and Senate representatives have announced their candidacies. Running for the Senate District 9 seat are Portland residents Democrat Joe Brannigan and Republican Nicholas McGee. Incumbent Brannigan, 77, has served a total of 24 years in both the House and Senate and said he […]

A weight-loss study funded by the National Institutes of Health is being conducted by the College of Nursing and Health Professions at the University of Southern Maine. The study, led by Janet Whatley Blum, associate professor of exercise health and sports sciences, is examining the effects of calcium on dieting women. Premenopausal women between the […]

The Gorham bypass, which will help commuters zip through Gorham, is slightly ahead of schedule and should be completed in 2009, coming in under the projected $13 million budget, construction officials say. That means the Gorham Town Council would be closer to undertaking a study of village parking issues – a hot subject earlier this […]

School shopping in Atlanta Ready for school, Elizabeth Smith, a Gorham High School sophomore, returned recently from visiting family and friends in Georgia. Her mom, Jeanie Smith of Gorham, said her daughter shopped for a back-to-school wardrobe in Atlanta, Ga. “Her luggage was stuffed,” Jeanie Smith said. Elizabeth, 16, spent four weeks with her dad […]

With the political conventions nearly upon us, Professor Lucius Flatley, the sage of South Gorham, agreed this past week to answer readers’ questions concerning the methods by which political parties choose their candidates for the office of vice president. He was critical of past choices and not at all hopeful about what seems certain to […]