A 44-year-old Buxton man died shortly after midnight Saturday in a single-vehicle crash on Narragansett Street (Route 202) in Gorham. Sgt. Daniel Young reported that John J. Decesaro was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger, Patrick I. Gomes, 29, Limington, was rushed to Maine Medical Center, police said. Young said Decesaro lost control of […]

Tyler Dunphy’s Blackberry buzzes five or six times in the course of a half hour as e-mail after e-mail finds its way to the Westbrook technology director’s pocket. Meanwhile, in another part of the school, Jim Garner, the high school tech guru (not an official title), is installing a Smart Board in a classroom for […]

Bean supper – Saturday, Sept. 8, 4:30-6 p.m., Buxton Center Baptist Church, Route 22, Buxton. Two kinds of beans, red hot dogs, chop suey, cole slaw, homemade biscuits, dessert and beverage. $6, $2. Bean supper – Saturday, Sept. 8, 5-6 p.m., Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Two kinds of beans, hot dogs, cole […]

A few new programs are debuting this week in local schools, but educators say their focus for the new school year is primarily on revising and upgrading what’s already there. Jan Breton, assistant superintendent of Westbrook schools, said “nothing of any significance” is changing in the curriculum for current students, but a whole new grade […]

A few new programs are debuting this week in local schools, but educators say their focus for the new school year is primarily on revising and upgrading what’s already there. Jan Breton, assistant superintendent of Westbrook schools, said “nothing of any significance” is changing in the curriculum for current students, but a whole new grade […]

Main Street, looking east, as it appeared around 1945, is shown on the left. Buildings on the left included Vallee Drug Store, Tom’s Restaurant, Rocheleau Clothing, F.W. Woolworth and First National Store. Buildings on the right side of the photo – all demolished during urban renewal – are the Scates Building with LaChance Drug Store, […]

Main Street, looking east, as it appeared around 1945, is shown on the left. Buildings on the left included Vallee Drug Store, Tom’s Restaurant, Rocheleau Clothing, F.W. Woolworth and First National Store. Buildings on the right side of the photo – all demolished during urban renewal – are the Scates Building with LaChance Drug Store, […]

I am asking that the Gorham Planning Board and the Town Council, after weighing all the pros and cons in the matter, please decide against allowing an asphalt plant or rock quarry to become a part of Gorham’s residential community. I have been to several town meetings and am scared to death that the Shaw […]

I am asking that the Gorham Planning Board and the Town Council, after weighing all the pros and cons in the matter, please decide against allowing an asphalt plant or rock quarry to become a part of Gorham’s residential community. I have been to several town meetings and am scared to death that the Shaw […]

I am asking that the Gorham Planning Board and the Town Council, after weighing all the pros and cons in the matter, please decide against allowing an asphalt plant or rock quarry to become a part of Gorham’s residential community. I have been to several town meetings and am scared to death that the Shaw […]