A question that was once common in grocery store checkout lines often goes unasked nowadays: Paper or plastic? If customers don’t express a preference, grocery checkers will quickly stick the milk, bread, potato chips and soda in plastic bags and send them on their way. That’s because, while most grocery stores like to offer what’s […]

Voters on Tuesday chose Republican Bruce Chuluda as Westbrook’s next mayor, defeating Democrat Jim Violette for the second time in two years. With all city councilors regaining their seats, Westbrook’s municipal political battles could be set for a repeat. Chuluda beat Violette, 2,001-1,755, just six votes more than the margin in the 2005 election. “This […]

Gorham Town Clerk Christina Silberman said at 4 p.m. that turnout for the town’s annual municipal election has been steady despite the rain. Voters in Gorham will pick three town councilors from a field of eight, including three incumbents, for three-year terms. Two candidates, Roger Marchand and Kyle Currier, are running unopposed for two, three-year […]

Gorham Town Clerk Christina Silberman said at 4 p.m. that turnout for the town’s annual municipal election has been steady despite the rain. Voters in Gorham will pick three town councilors from a field of eight, including three incumbents, for three-year terms. Two candidates, Roger Marchand and Kyle Currier, are running unopposed for two, three-year […]

A Thanksgiving invite The Pythian Sisters Narraganset Temple 111 is sponsoring the fourth annual free Thanksgiving dinner, noon-3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 22, at its headquarters on Long Plains Road (Route 22) in Buxton Center. Joann Groder, a spokeswoman for the organization, said the meal would be turkey with all the fixings. “Don’t stay home […]

A Buxton man is in York County jail today after being shot by a Cumberland County deputy sheriff in an incident Saturday night in Limington. Capt. Jeff Davis of Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department said Monday that Peter Ronfeldt, 28, faces a charge of criminal threatening with a firearm. Davis said additional charges might be filed. […]

When Westbrook resident Lloyd Storey left to go to his camp in Northeast Carry on Moosehead Lake late last month, his wife, Wanda, and daughter, Sonja Terlaje, knew it probably would be the last time they would see him alive. But knowing he wanted to go one last time to the cabin he had built […]

When Westbrook resident Lloyd Storey left to go to his camp in Northeast Carry on Moosehead Lake late last month, his wife, Wanda, and daughter, Sonja Terlaje, knew it probably would be the last time they would see him alive. But knowing he wanted to go one last time to the cabin he had built […]

Brown’s birthday honor A large contingent honored Sheila Brown recently on her 70th birthday with a party at the American Legion hall on Dunn Street. A report said Brown wassurprised when she walked in to see 90 family members and friends, who turned out for the special occasion. Several spoke about how she had made […]

Brown’s birthday honor A large contingent honored Sheila Brown recently on her 70th birthday with a party at the American Legion hall on Dunn Street. A report said Brown wassurprised when she walked in to see 90 family members and friends, who turned out for the special occasion. Several spoke about how she had made […]