Buxton voters in next week’s election will elect a slate of municipal officers and decide whether to eliminate one town committee and trim the size of another. The polls will be open 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday at Town Hall, 185 Portland Road. Voters will meet at 5:30 a.m. to select a moderator before polls open. […]

Buxton voters in next week’s election will elect a slate of municipal officers and decide whether to eliminate one town committee and trim the size of another. The polls will be open 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday at Town Hall, 185 Portland Road. Voters will meet at 5:30 a.m. to select a moderator before polls open. […]

The American Journal reported on June 5, 1963, that Betty Folsom of Wood Road visited her 92-year-old grandmother in Augusta. Louisa Mann and her granddaughter, Beth Trott of West Buxton, spent a weekend in New York.

The American Journal reported on June 5, 1963, that Betty Folsom of Wood Road visited her 92-year-old grandmother in Augusta. Louisa Mann and her granddaughter, Beth Trott of West Buxton, spent a weekend in New York.

The Westbrook School Department has received $5,000 from the Barbara Bush Foundation to form a plan for improving family literacy in the city. Assistant Superintendent Jan Breton received the grant from the former first lady herself Monday at a ceremony at the J. Richard Martin Community Center in Biddeford. Bush handed out more than $300,000 […]

Two members of Gorham police have been promoted to sergeant effective June 21. Police Chief Ron Shepard said Tuesday that the new sergeants are Det. Dana Thompson and Officer Ben Moreland. Shepard said both will be assigned to the midnight shift. Moreland works a night shift now. Thompson and Moreland will join three current Gorham […]

Robert Libby is running on experience as he looks towards adding another term to his 23 years as a Buxton selectman. Libby has been a selectmen for the past eight consecutive years and worked another 15 years as a selectman beginning in the late 1960s. Asked his age, Libby responds that he’s a World War […]

The final public hearing regarding the list of high-priority projects for the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation Committee will be held in Westbrook Thursday. The Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation Committee, or PACTS, has been listening to feedback from the public on the list of 10 high-priority projects for 2009 since February. The final public hearing is […]

The final public hearing regarding the list of high-priority projects for the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation Committee will be held in Westbrook Thursday. The Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation Committee, or PACTS, has been listening to feedback from the public on the list of 10 high-priority projects for 2009 since February. The final public hearing is […]

Between friendlier customers and less competition, Clifford Roy said moving his hot dog stand from Monument Square in Portland to Westbrook’s Riverbank Park was the best decision he ever made. During the past three years, he’s watched other vendors come and go from the park. Now, as the only game in town, he’s earned the […]