The Maine State Pomological Society is pleased to announce its third annual Maine Apple Sunday poster contest, which is open to Maine students in grades four through six. Complete guidelines are available online at www.maineapples.org. Entries may be sent to MSPS, c/o Highmoor Farm, P.O. Box 179, Monmouth, ME 04259. The deadline is Tuesday, May […]

The Maine State Pomological Society is pleased to announce its third annual Maine Apple Sunday poster contest, which is open to Maine students in grades four through six. Complete guidelines are available online at www.maineapples.org. Entries may be sent to MSPS, c/o Highmoor Farm, P.O. Box 179, Monmouth, ME 04259. The deadline is Tuesday, May […]

When the warm weather hits Westbrook this year, residents hoping to break out their motorized scooters will have to leave them in the garage. The summer might be a little less fun, as a result, but it’ll be a lot safer. An ordinance enacted last fall authorizes Westbrook police to ticket anyone caught riding a […]

As the animal control officer for Standish and Limington, Jack Freitas has witnessed his share of animal neglect and abuse. Most recently, Freitas participated in the seizure of animals March 30 in Buxton and in Limington in early February. Freitas makes a distinction between cases of neglect and abuse. He cited an abuse case where […]

WLU ANTIQUE STUDY GROUP AT ART MUSEUM At the final meeting of the year, on April 24, the Antique Group of the Woman’s Literary Union attended a lecture and tour of the Portland Museum of Art’s Decorative Arts collection. The group viewed many cases of glass and ceramics and also furniture on the museum’s lower […]

Lefebvre honored The Portland Elks Club recently named Gorham Fire Chief Robert Lefebvre as Person of the Year. Norm Justice, chairman of the Gorham Town Council, recognized the honor at the Gorham Town Council meeting last week. He said the honor was for Lefebvre’s contributions not only to Gorham, but also to the Greater Portland […]

Some Irish history The speaker at the April 4 meeting of the Westbrook Historical Society was Eileen Eagan, an associate professor of history at the University of Southern Maine. Her subject was the Irish in the Greater Portland area. In her talk, she told us that Irish girls coming to the United States worked as […]

At 6.4 percent, Westbrook’s recycling rate is embarrassing. And that won’t change unless this city’s elected officials start showing some leadership on this issue. By comparison, Portland, Falmouth, Windham and Gorham all have recycling rates above 30 percent. Those communities all have pay-per-bag recycling programs, which provides an financial incentive for residents to recycle. Westbrook’s […]

The municipal side of Gorham’s proposed budget is up 3.7 percent from last year, which would raise the tax rate by 24 cents for each $1,000 of valuation. The tax increase on a home valued at $200,000 would be $48. Gorham Town Manager David Cole handed his proposed budget to the town council last week. […]

Bonnie Waterman sat on a step just outside the kennel at the Animal Refuge League Tuesday as four dogs that had recently been seized by Buxton police because of neglect frolicked around her. If the dogs health had suffered any long-term damage due to malnutrition, it wasn’t apparent as they ran around wagging their tails […]