The SunriseGuide has released its 2008 edition just in time for gift giving this holiday season. Part handbook, part coupon book, the annual guide for green living in southern Maine contains tips and information on living sustainably as well as more than 200 coupons for healthy and eco-friendly products and services. The SunriseGuide is available […]

A Maine expert on AIDS and HIV urged Westbrook students Friday to regard AIDS as “a death sentence” and to take precautions to avoid contracting the incurable disease. Dr. Owen Pickus, guest speaker at an assembly sponsored by Westbrook Regional Vocational Center in observance of World AIDS Day, has been treating AIDS patients since the […]

Louisiana visit The last of the fall travel lectures of the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association was “Hello Louisiana,” on Nov. 26. Host Monty Brown and wife Marsha set the tone by getting everyone to sing along on a verse of the well-known “You Are My Sunshine.” Its author, Jimmy Davis, later was elected to two […]

Holiday artisan show – Saturday, Dec. 8, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Center Stage Performing Arts, Raymond. Handmade crafts, jewelry, pottery, artwork, hand-knitted items, decorative ornaments, candles and more. Holiday artisan fair – Saturday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Scarborough High School. More than 30 professional artisans will be representing their work. Also included are hands-on art […]

Registered sex offenders face new restrictions in Buxton following action at a special town meeting Nov. 28. But a proposed ordinance that would have fined owners of barking dogs $50 for a first offense was tabled indefinitely. Voters packed town hall for the meeting. The sex-offender ordinance restricts those convicted of offenses involving a minor […]

The building at 597 Bridgton Road was constructed in 1964 by Charles Thomas Jr. to house his furniture manufacturing business, The Wood Shed. Thomas closed the business in the early 1980s, and, over the years, several businesses have occupied the site. In the left photo, Nelson Castle was operating the Hobby Center. Wake-N Bakery & […]

Dec. 8, 1982 Westbrook should go back to Grades 1-8 in neighborhood schools, the special citizens School Study Committee has recommended unanimously to the school committee. Chairman of the committee is Dale Van Gilder, principal of Westbrook Junior High. “The hardest thing about this, to me,” he said, “is that I came from Atlantic City […]

Dec. 8, 1982 Westbrook should go back to Grades 1-8 in neighborhood schools, the special citizens School Study Committee has recommended unanimously to the school committee. Chairman of the committee is Dale Van Gilder, principal of Westbrook Junior High. “The hardest thing about this, to me,” he said, “is that I came from Atlantic City […]

Holiday concert The Edith Jones Project will present a “Swing Into the Holidays” concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 14, in the performing arts center at Gorham High School, 41 Morrill Ave. The Edith Jones Project is Maine’s all-woman big band. Tickets are $15; $10; free, under 14. Join GB&CE now and save The […]

Gorham promoted Maj. Gen. John W. Libby, adjutant general of Maine Army National Guard, recently announced that Keith Gorham of Buxton has been promoted to specialist. Gorham is a member of the 262nd Engineer Company. Perron graduates Pvt. Aaron N. Perron has graduated from the Army’s nine-week basic combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. […]