A worry haunts the lead investigator in a search for missing Buxton teenager Coreen Wiese, but he hasn’t given up hope of finding her. “My fear is she met someone on the Internet,” said Buxton Police Officer Mike Grovo, though he said he had no evidence to support that. But Grovo said he hasn’t ruled […]

A worry haunts the lead investigator in a search for missing Buxton teenager Coreen Wiese, but he hasn’t given up hope of finding her. “My fear is she met someone on the Internet,” said Buxton Police Officer Mike Grovo, though he said he had no evidence to support that. But Grovo said he hasn’t ruled […]

There were smiles aplenty last Saturday as the Westbrook firefighters, accompanied by Santa Claus and two of his elves, made surprise visits to 40 families as part of the department’s annual Toys for Kids campaign. Chief Gary Littlefield and Capt. Rick Dorr, as well as Westbrook Mayor Bruce Chuluda, gathered with other volunteers at Westbrook […]

Westbrook has designated a number of new overnight parking spots for use during snowstorms to make it more convenient for residents without off-street parking. Residents will now have the use of nearly 90 new spots in nine parking lots around the city. The city is in the process of putting up signs in these lots […]

Westbrook has designated a number of new overnight parking spots for use during snowstorms to make it more convenient for residents without off-street parking. Residents will now have the use of nearly 90 new spots in nine parking lots around the city. The city is in the process of putting up signs in these lots […]

Police have apprehended a convicted sex offender wanted on a Cumberland County Superior Court warrant for failing to register with police. Jeffrey Young, 39, convicted in 1999 of sexually abusing a juvenile girl and again in 2005 for a second offense, has served two short jail terms, but has never fully complied with the Sex […]

Dust off your rolling pin and cookie cutters, and remember that cutout cookie success begins with cookie dough made with real butter. Add a little spice with popular holiday flavors such as cardamom or crystallized ginger and finish the cookies with cute, colorful decorations for sure fire holiday hit. Warm, fragrant cardamom and real butter […]

Bean supper – Saturday, Dec. 30, 4:30-6 p.m., Elm Street United Methodist Church, 168 Elm St., South Portland. Beans, casseroles, chop suey, coleslaw, hot dogs, pies and beverages. $7, $2.50. Bean supper – Saturday, Jan. 6, 4:30-6 p.m., Hollis Lions Club, Palmer Hall, intersection of route 202 and 35, Hollis. Two kinds of beans, red […]

Bean supper – Saturday, Dec. 30, 4:30-6 p.m., Elm Street United Methodist Church, 168 Elm St., South Portland. Beans, casseroles, chop suey, coleslaw, hot dogs, pies and beverages. $7, $2.50. Bean supper – Saturday, Jan. 6, 4:30-6 p.m., Hollis Lions Club, Palmer Hall, intersection of route 202 and 35, Hollis. Two kinds of beans, red […]

December 1981 A possible new parking lot on State Street in Gorham, and a councilor’s lobbying effort, may revive consideration of the state’s plan for moving traffic through the square. The Gorham Town Council is to meet to discuss the purchase of the Grange Hall property. The town would tear down the hall and use […]