Board of Selectmen Chairwoman Jean Harmon and Selectman Bob Libby were both re-elected by Buxton voters Tuesday, keeping their seats for another three years. Voters rejected Planning Board member and Buxton Public Works employee Keith Emery’s bid for one of the seats. Harmon led the tally with 643 votes, followed by Libby with 617, and […]

The state of Karnataka, India, had 300 deaths last year from bootleg liquor. Sold in plastic bags and made by local entrepreneurs, it is popular because legal booze costs more than many drinkers can, or are willing, to pay. According to booze purveyors and consumers here in Maine, the new tax laid on various types […]

A Gorham legislator whose management of town money while he was Buxton recreation director is under investigation by Buxton police will not seek re-election this fall. “It has been a challenging time personally for my family, and I recognize that recent matters involving my professional career will be a distraction to Maine voters during what […]

Flag Day ceremony at park The Stephen W. Manchester Post 62 of the American Legion is organizing a Flag Day ceremony at 7 p.m. on Saturday in Riverbank Park. Bob Barton, spokesman for the post, said the ceremony would be at the Veterans Circle in the park. The public is encouraged to attend. Labor movement […]

New program for seniors launching The Gorham Public Safety Department is inviting seniors and others to a free luncheon where guest speakers will introduce a new Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (SALT) program. The meeting will be held at St. Anne’s Church, 299 Main St., at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The SALT program is part […]

Westbrook police plan to come down hard on drunk drivers this summer and fall. On Saturday, police conducted a safety checkpoint on Westbrook Arterial, stopping more than 150 cars traveling both east and west. Four people were charged with operating under the influence. Other drivers were issued summonses for illegal transportation of alcohol by a […]

Residents of Larrabee Village in Westbrook hope a special guest at their annual fundraiser this fall will help bring in the money they need for a new bus. Staff from Westbrook Housing and the residents of the elderly housing complex recently produced a video, which they sent to comedienne Ellen DeGeneres, asking her to make […]

Residents of the 450 apartments managed by Westbrook Housing have six months to curb their smoking habit – or at least get used to taking it outside. The housing authority will be banning smoking from all 10 of its buildings throughout the city, starting Jan. 1, 2009. According to senior property manager Tami Exchange, Westbrook […]

Gorham voters Tuesday approved a $29.7 million school budget, 1,351-598. The 2008-2009 budget is 3.1 percent higher than this year’s spending plan, but would have no impact on the property tax rate. It includes the removal of more than a dozen positions in the district, including the business manager, the curriculum coordinator and the transportation […]

Two Gorham graduates – Adrienne Rosenblatt and Deanna Welch – are planning futures that will take them far from their hometown. Rosenblatt will be traveling abroad this summer before she begins studying biological science and possibly music at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., and Welch will be heading into basic training before she goes wherever […]