First Music Sunday The May 6 service at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Westbrook was its first Music Sunday service, from 10:30 to noon. I had seen Dan Glover recently and he mentioned the program to me. I was pleased that I could be there. Brian Morrison was the moderator and Dan Glover also spoke. […]

Studied world trade The Grade 6 class of Colette Gagnon at Wescott Junior High School recently earned certificates, learning about world economies taught by one of Gagnon’s former students. Jonathan Meserve of Seafax, a Cumberland-based company, taught the “Our World” Junior Achievement course. The students learned about world resources, economic systems, monetary exchange and trade. […]

Studied world trade The Grade 6 class of Colette Gagnon at Wescott Junior High School recently earned certificates, learning about world economies taught by one of Gagnon’s former students. Jonathan Meserve of Seafax, a Cumberland-based company, taught the “Our World” Junior Achievement course. The students learned about world resources, economic systems, monetary exchange and trade. […]

York County Sheriff’s Department deputies teamed up with federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents and local police over the past month to take down “multi-ounce” cocaine dealers in York County. The effort resulted in the recent arrest of at least three people and the seizure of approximately 170 grams of cocaine, 52 grams of crack and […]

(Tom Roth 033 or 035 by Rich Obrey) – Commercial fisherman Tom Roth of Buxton pounded ice from his boat “Kelly Sea” to stay afloat at sea during a January storm in the Atlantic. Because of federal rules, he says fisherman are endangered trying to save allotted hours of days at sea. (hard copy) -Ladened […]

(Tom Roth 033 or 035 by Rich Obrey) – Commercial fisherman Tom Roth of Buxton pounded ice from his boat “Kelly Sea” to stay afloat at sea during a January storm in the Atlantic. Because of federal rules, he says fisherman are endangered trying to save allotted hours of days at sea. (hard copy) -Ladened […]

Church luncheon – Thursday, May 3, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Roast pork, $3.50. Pancake breakfast – Saturday, May 5, 7-9 a.m., West Baldwin Church, Route 113, Baldwin. Pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, coffee and orange juice. $5, $2.50. Bean supper – Saturday, May 5, 4:30-6 p.m., Hollis Lions Club, Palmer Hall, intersection […]

State legislators are considering a bill that would make it more difficult for big-box stores like Wal-Mart to build in Maine. The bill would require anyone proposing a retail development larger than 75,000 square feet to pay $40,000 up front for an independent study of the effect the development would have on the community. While […]

State legislators are considering a bill that would make it more difficult for big-box stores like Wal-Mart to build in Maine. The bill would require anyone proposing a retail development larger than 75,000 square feet to pay $40,000 up front for an independent study of the effect the development would have on the community. While […]

The race for two seats on the Buxton Board of Selectmen is more crowded than it’s been in years, with six candidates returning nomination papers by the deadline Monday, after nine residents took them out. “I don’t ever remember six candidates,” Buxton Town Clerk John Myers said. “Never have nine taken out papers.” Among the […]