Brants arrive I’ve heard recently from my friend Joan Ashley of Falmouth, who told me that two weeks ago, at Kettle Cove in Cape Elizabeth, she had seen a flock of at least 30 brants, an Artic goose, walking on the beach in the afternoon and “chattering” together. She called me, hoping that I could […]

The Westbrook School Committee was expected to approve changes to the plans for the city’s new middle school to reduce costs after the lowest bid came in $1.6 million over the $27.5 budgeted for construction. The changes, which did not reduce the overall square footage, include reduced profit for the contractor, a shorter construction schedule, […]

Flapjack fling – Saturday, April 12, 7:30-10 a.m., Cumberland Methodist Parish Hall, Cumberland. Pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, muffins, fruit cup and orange juice, coffee and tea. $6, $3. Bean supper – Saturday, April 12, 5-6 p.m., Highland Lake Grange, corner of Hardy Road and Route 302, Westbrook. Two kinds of beans, hot dogs, cole slaw, […]

Flapjack fling – Saturday, April 12, 7:30-10 a.m., Cumberland Methodist Parish Hall, Cumberland. Pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, muffins, fruit cup and orange juice, coffee and tea. $6, $3. Bean supper – Saturday, April 12, 5-6 p.m., Highland Lake Grange, corner of Hardy Road and Route 302, Westbrook. Two kinds of beans, hot dogs, cole slaw, […]

The Masonic Hall on River Road in Windham will be the site of the April 19 Lake Region Holistic Fair held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The fair will feature a dowsing workshop and demonstrations of massage; quantum touch healing with Fern Dyer of Gray; crystals, jewelry and other metaphysical supplies from Dyer; art and jewelry […]

The Masonic Hall on River Road in Windham will be the site of the April 19 Lake Region Holistic Fair held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The fair will feature a dowsing workshop and demonstrations of massage; quantum touch healing with Fern Dyer of Gray; crystals, jewelry and other metaphysical supplies from Dyer; art and jewelry […]

Matt and Amy Mattingly own and operate the PineCrest Inn, named Gorham’s Business of the Year 2008 by Friends of Baxter Memorial Library. The Mattinglys took over a struggling bed and breakfast in 2005 and increased business by 350 percent in the first 18 months. Mattingly, 40, is originally from North Anson and his wife, […]

Lucius Flatley’s unusual farm in North Gorham is known as a happy home for animals. Understandably. Unique among Maine farms, it has long operated as a democracy. Each four years, a ruling animal is elected by the other animals. This year, the birds and the sheep each plan to put forward a candidate and the […]

The Westbrook City Council is holding a public hearing Monday on whether to require all political signs – for individual candidates and referenda questions – to disclose who paid for them. The city has no ordinance regarding disclosure on political signs. State statute requires disclosure on signs for individual candidates but not for referenda questions. […]

122/122a The stately old mansion in the left photo once stood at 730 Main St., at the corner of Stroudwater Street. Dr. Jacob L. Horr occupied this building from 1873 until his death in December 1916. Horr served as an alderman in 1899 and as mayor from 1900-1901. In later years, Mayor William B. Bragdon […]