Buxton residents are stepping up to the plate to help rebuild the Little League concession stand destroyed by fire on Mother’s Day. Michele Seal, president of Buxton Little League, said the concession stand at Weymouth Park was completely engulfed by flames when firefighters arrived about 4 a.m. on May 13. The stand had been used […]

A man was hospitalized with an apparent ankle injury after falling from a motorcycle while turning around in a gravel driveway about 4 p.m. today at Dumbo Enterprises, 86 Longfellow Road, Gorham. The man’s name was unavailable. Terry Deering of Gorham Fire and Rescue said the motorcycle rider was taken to Maine Medical Center in […]

This late-1960s photo, left, shows George’s Esso Servicecenter, which was operated by George Glicos at 730 Main St., at Stroudwater Street. Cumberland Farms Inc. of Canton, Mass., purchased the business and demolished the building to make way for a Cumberland Farms store. Several years ago, that store was torn down and a larger, more modern […]

Coreen Wiese, the subject of a high-profile, six-month search, was buried Saturday in a service in South Buxton Cemetery. The 15-year-old girl, daughter of Wesley and Cindy Wiese of Henry Hill Road, Buxton, had been missing since Nov. 8. Her body was found floating in the Saco River off Warren Road on May 11. A […]

Coreen Wiese, the subject of a high-profile, six-month search, was buried Saturday in a service in South Buxton Cemetery. The 15-year-old girl, daughter of Wesley and Cindy Wiese of Henry Hill Road, Buxton, had been missing since Nov. 8. Her body was found floating in the Saco River off Warren Road on May 11. A […]

Voters in School Administrative District 6 approved a new, $26.7 million elementary school for Buxton at a special election Tuesday. Buxton voters also approved an additional $1.3 million for a gym and fitness room at the school, but the measure was rejected in Standish and Limington. Results in Buxton showed 499 votes in favor of […]

Bean supper – Saturday, May 26, 4:30-6 p.m., Elm Street Methodist Church, 168 Elm St., South Portland. Beans, casseroles, chop suey, cole slaw, hot dogs, pies and beverages. $7, $2.50 Bean supper – Saturday, May 26, 5-6:30 p.m., Windham Hill United Church of Christ, 140 Windham Center Road, Windham. Three kinds of beans, hot dogs, […]

The Westbrook All City Band performs during the 2005 Together Days parade. This year’s festival is scheduled for June 1 and 2 in Riverbank Park. File photo by Mike Higgins

WHS Band The Westbrook High School marching band parades down Main Street in this photo from 2005. File photo

Organizers are hoping for sunny skies after rain washed out the Westbrook Together Days parade last year. “The theme is don’t rain on our parade again,” said Lisa Glidden, parade chairwoman. The parade on Saturday, June 2, will start at 10 a.m. Starting from the intersection of Bridge and Lincoln streets, the parade proceed along […]