Community Day reminder This year’s Buxton Community Day will be held on Saturday at Tory Hill, at the intersection of routes 202 and 112. A parade begins at 10 a.m. with Pat Wales as grand marshal. A pancake breakfast will be served from 8-9:30 a.m. at Weymouth Park. The fairway with booths, children’s games, food […]

Tax breaks offered under Pine Tree Zones, created by Gov. John Baldacci to spur economic development in high-unemployment and low-income areas of the state, will now be given to manufacturers that expand anywhere in Maine. Opponents say the move will hurt rural Maine and benefit more affluent Cumberland and York counties. Those who support the […]

Cutline GOR fire 4) – Capt. Sharon Deering and Ross Larrabee of Gorham Fire & Rescue Department cool off in Monday’s heat after Gorham firefighters extinguished a fire at a home on Distant Pines Drive. Gorham Fire Chief Robert Lefebvre is also pictured. Deering and Larrabee serve as both firefighters and emergency medical technicians.

Family Mediation at Youth Alternatives. Free sessions for families in conflict. Youth Alternatives, 874-1175. Healthy Families Partnership Home Visiting Program. Youth Alternatives helps parents get their families off to a good start. 874-1175. Casey Family Services Family Preservation Program. Works with first- or second-time parents. 772-4110. Families and Children Together. In-home parenting education for families […]

Casserole supper – Friday, July 20, 5 and 6 p.m., Bar Mills Community Church, corner of Hermit Thrush and Portland roads, Buxton. $6, $3. Bean-hole bean supper – Saturday, July 21, 4:30-6 p.m., United Church of Christ at North Gorham, 4 Standish Neck Road, Gorham. Three kinds of beans, hot dogs, rolls, homemade brown bread, […]

Consolidation timetable 2007 Before mid July – Districts must develop consolidation committees consisting of officials from school and town boards and the public, including business people. Aug. 31 – Districts must submit letters of intent to the Maine Department of Education outlining how they expect to reorganize and with what communities. If an existing community […]

Consolidation timetable 2007 Before mid July – Districts must develop consolidation committees consisting of officials from school and town boards and the public, including business people. Aug. 31 – Districts must submit letters of intent to the Maine Department of Education outlining how they expect to reorganize and with what communities. If an existing community […]

Consolidation timetable 2007 Before mid July – Districts must develop consolidation committees consisting of officials from school and town boards and the public, including business people. Aug. 31 – Districts must submit letters of intent to the Maine Department of Education outlining how they expect to reorganize and with what communities. If an existing community […]

Two Civil War era letters with connections to Westbrook sold for just $23.78 on eBay Sunday. Westbrook Historical Society President Donna Conley was able to find some information on the letters in books in the organization’s museum on the second floor of the American Legion hall on Dunn Street. The first letter is postmarked Aug. […]

July 1982 Aldermen tabled a $10,000 contract with Edward C. Jordan Inc., for a new study of remodeling Westbrook’s old junior high school Monday when they learned that Edwin C. Lee resigned from the Jordan staff that day. Lee has worked for the city on maintenance of the building over several years. Alderman Donald C. […]