Surf Camp, which has operated at Scarborough Beach for the past five years, has launched a scholarship initiative to bring in students who otherwise might not be able to afford summer camp. The normal camp cost is $400, which includes a week of surfing instruction from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. However, after extending the number of […]

CUTLINE WITH GORHAM NOTES 38948 The gazebo on the lawn of the Gorham Public Safety building, 270 Main St., is the site of a series of summer concerts, Tuesdays through Aug. 7. The free concerts, sponsored by the Gorham Recreation Department, Gorham notes cutline

CUTLINE WITH GORHAM NOTES 38948 The gazebo on the lawn of the Gorham Public Safety building, 270 Main St., is the site of a series of summer concerts, Tuesdays through Aug. 7. The free concerts, sponsored by the Gorham Recreation Department, Gorham notes cutline

Scholarship awards With more than 80 members and guests in attendance, the Woman’s Literary Union presented its scholastic awards at a buffet luncheon held June 12 at the Deering Masonic Hall in Portland. After lunch, Joyce Rogers, club president, spoke and introduced Doris Chapman, chairwoman of the Scholarship Committee. She then introduced the recipients of […]

Buxton voters passed a $4.9 million town budget, including a 20 percent hike for the fire department, at the annual town meeting Saturday. Selectmen had recommended $635,000, up $100,000 from the department budget passed a year ago. Fire Chief Jim Graves, who was hired last fall, asked for the extra money to make improvements to […]

The photo at left shows a portion of the Cumberland Street side of the Warren Block around 1978. Businesses occupying the first floor were the Captain’s Catch Fish Market, Hob-Nob Bar, U.S. Post Office (Cumberland Mills Branch) and Cobb Printing Co. The Hob-Nob was sold and is now the Millside Tavern, which took over the […]

The photo at left shows a portion of the Cumberland Street side of the Warren Block around 1978. Businesses occupying the first floor were the Captain’s Catch Fish Market, Hob-Nob Bar, U.S. Post Office (Cumberland Mills Branch) and Cobb Printing Co. The Hob-Nob was sold and is now the Millside Tavern, which took over the […]

The photo at left shows a portion of the Cumberland Street side of the Warren Block around 1978. Businesses occupying the first floor were the Captain’s Catch Fish Market, Hob-Nob Bar, U.S. Post Office (Cumberland Mills Branch) and Cobb Printing Co. The Hob-Nob was sold and is now the Millside Tavern, which took over the […]

Camren Baker napped in the living room on the day he turned 6 months old while his mother, Jaime Swan, 20 years old and 12 weeks pregnant, smoked a cigarette on her apartment’s fire escape, shooing her 4-year-old nephew away from the smoke. Doctors, Swan was explaining, had told her that Camren might have permanent […]

Camren Baker napped in the living room on the day he turned 6 months old while his mother, Jaime Swan, 20 years old and 12 weeks pregnant, smoked a cigarette on her apartment’s fire escape, shooing her 4-year-old nephew away from the smoke. Doctors, Swan was explaining, had told her that Camren might have permanent […]