The lawyer for the estate of a Buxton traffic accident victim plans to file suit against an insurance company this week in an effort to get a $536,000 award. “The next task is to collect it,” Randall E. Smith said Tuesday about the money. Smith is the Portland-based lawyer for Wilmot “Bill” Lewis, whose wife, […]

Having access to a computer, the Internet and e-mail is sometimes a curse, but sometimes it is a revelation. Last week I got one of those 20-question surveys to fill out, copy and paste and send on to my list of favorite people. Most of the questions were on inane topics such as favorite dessert, […]

Having access to a computer, the Internet and e-mail is sometimes a curse, but sometimes it is a revelation. Last week I got one of those 20-question surveys to fill out, copy and paste and send on to my list of favorite people. Most of the questions were on inane topics such as favorite dessert, […]

May 11, 1983 Cheers, applause,and a standing ovation greeted a 6-0 decision by the Westbrook School Committee Monday to start a middle school in September. The changes that go with it will touch every school except the high school. The audience of about 100 persons was dominated by teachers, whose union gave strong support to […]

It was so incredibly beautiful a couple of Saturdays ago that I decided to take my bike out for a spin. By bike, I mean my bicycle. OK, it’s a Schwinn, not a Harley, but I don’t really care about impressing anybody. Go ahead and ding me for he-man points. Anyway, with the price of […]

Two funds have been set up in memory of Sgt. Robert Johnsey: The Portland Superior Officers Association has established a scholarship fund for Johnsey’s two young children. Donations can be made to the Sgt. Robert Johnsey Memorial Scholarship Fund and sent to the Portland Police Department Federal Credit Union, 109 Middle St., Portland, ME 04101. […]

A plant and bake sale will be held Saturday on the lawn of the First Congregational Church at Tory Hill in Buxton, at the intersection of routes 202 and 112. The sale will go from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In case of rain, it would be held at the Bar Mills Parish House, located […]

A plant and bake sale will be held Saturday on the lawn of the First Congregational Church at Tory Hill in Buxton, at the intersection of routes 202 and 112. The sale will go from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In case of rain, it would be held at the Bar Mills Parish House, located […]

Two local companies will work together this summer repairing an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 295 that will be closed to cars for nearly three months. Last week, the Maine Department of Transportation announced that Pike Industries, whose regional branch is based in Westbrook, will be heading up a project that will reroute over 13,000 drivers […]

Brick sales build library fund The centennial of the Baxter Memorial Library and the Baxter House Museum is Sept. 23, 2008. To celebrate, library and museum are paving the way for the second century by selling commemorative bricks. The bricks, which can include customized message, will be used to repave the museum walkway. A brick […]