Church talent show Bar Mills Community Church is sponsoring a talent show entitled “A Joyful Noise” at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the church 13 Hermit Thrush Drive (off Portland Road and next to the fire station). A free-will offering will be accepted. For more information, call 939-9273. Conn on dean’s list Alanna Conn has […]

For those interested in leaning what it would take to become a foster or adoptive parent, the Portland office of the Department of Health and Human Services will host a public informational meeting in Portland Tuesday, March 11. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. and is expected to end by 8 p.m. For more […]

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is offering a comprehensive, hands-on training program to help survivors learn about creating and facilitating a support group for those who have been affected by a suicide loss. Psychologist Jack Jordon and Doreen Schultz Marshall, formerly associate director of the Link’s National Resource Center for Suicide Prevention and Aftercare, […]

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is offering a comprehensive, hands-on training program to help survivors learn about creating and facilitating a support group for those who have been affected by a suicide loss. Psychologist Jack Jordon and Doreen Schultz Marshall, formerly associate director of the Link’s National Resource Center for Suicide Prevention and Aftercare, […]

Members of Gorham’s legislative delegation this week joined those calling for a stoplight at an intersection where an accident last week has now claimed a second life. Richard A. Vittum, 41, of South Hiram, died Sunday at Maine Medical Center, where he had been in critical condition suffering from head injuries since Feb. 18, the […]

CUTLINE ONLY Shaws Westbrook jpg Employees at the Westbrook Shaw’s supermarket, from left, Rick Gillian, Gary Rousseau, Larry Crawford and Mark Sharp, jump into Sebago Lake Saturday morning. They were among brave participants in the Shaw’s Polar Ice Dip, which raises money for the Maine Children’s Cancer Program. The dip was part of activities at […]

The building in the left photo was located at 23 Bridge St., and at one time was a popular restaurant and dance hall. Sammy Porello operated the business for many years as the Army & Navy Bar, Porello’s and Sammy’s Bar & Grill. Porello retired and sold the business in the 1960s. The business changed […]

The building in the left photo was located at 23 Bridge St., and at one time was a popular restaurant and dance hall. Sammy Porello operated the business for many years as the Army & Navy Bar, Porello’s and Sammy’s Bar & Grill. Porello retired and sold the business in the 1960s. The business changed […]

Talk about a grand opening. On its first day back in business Saturday, the former Gorham Sports Center – renamed YourSpace – will host about 200 kids from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont for an all-day soccer tournament. That night, young soccer players in the Westbrook-based Maine Metro Football Club take over the dome for […]

Representatives from Westbrook, Windham and Raymond will vote Monday to see if the school consolidation plans they have been hashing out since this fall will become official. “Monday’s meeting will tell us which direction all three of the districts will be heading,” said Michael Kucsma, business manager of the Westbrook School department. “Over the last […]