CAPTION ONLY: Second-graders at Prides Corner School in Westbrook show off a first-issue stamp each received, featuring a pictorial postmark commemorating the 200th birthday of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The students, who earlier in the fall visited the Longfellow House in Portland with teacher Cathyellen Hebert, include, from left, back: Victoria Gagnon, Jenna Driscoll, Jack Haggerty, […]

The state is going to be short $34 million in this fiscal year that ends in three months and another $40 million for 2008 and 2009, based on less-than-anticipated corporate income tax revenue that will have to be made up, at least in part, with budget cuts. The bad news comes at a time when […]

Bean supper – Saturday, March 31, 4:30-6 p.m., North Scarborough Grange Hall, County Road (Route 22), Scarborough. Sponsored by Cumberland County Pomona Grange. Two kinds of beans, hot dogs, chop suey, cole slaw, homemade brown bread, pie, tea and coffee. $7, $3. Bean supper – Saturday, March 31, 5-6 p.m., Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main […]

Marie Aikins said she first heard about a pet food recall March 16 from a feline message board she sees online. She said she checked her family’s cupboards and didn’t find any of the listed food. “I thought I was in the clear,” she said. Then last week, she checked to see if the recall […]

Despite a debate that has gone on for more than three years over increasing the city’s recycling volume, both the municipal offices and the school department lack a recycling program of their own. And, after hearing from members of the recycling committee, the City Council’s Committee of the Whole decided Monday to go against the […]

The First Parish Congregational Church has agreed to accept a town proposal to lease and house Gorham’s town clock for 99 years. The lease is for $1 a year. Mark Faunce, church moderator, said Tuesday the church membership accepted the offer on Sunday. Faunce said the Rev. David Butler, senior pastor at the church, hand-delivered […]

The Taxation Committee is working on tax reform legislation that would broaden the sales tax to include more services in order to lower income and property taxes – restructuring that has failed before but could pass this time, proponents say, because the process is starting early. The goal is to reduce the state’s income tax […]

The Taxation Committee is working on tax reform legislation that would broaden the sales tax to include more services in order to lower income and property taxes – restructuring that has failed before but could pass this time, proponents say, because the process is starting early. The goal is to reduce the state’s income tax […]

REGISTRATION Westbrook residents register at the Recreation Center, Foster Street, April 16, 5:30-6:30 p.m.; April 17 and 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Non-resident registration is April 19, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mail-in registrations will be accepted for Big Bat and Youth Track. Mail-In registrations for Day Camp must be postmarked no later than May 11. Make checks […]

I wanted to take an opportunity before the upcoming Public Hearing on Monday, April 2, to clarify some key points on my referral to eliminate political party affiliation from election ballots. Unfortunately, political party is the single most important voting cue in local elections and that isn’t right. Voters should differentiate between candidates based on […]