The FBI is now probing the disappearance of a 15-year-old Buxton girl, missing since Nov. 8. Buxton Officer Mike Grovo, lead investigator in the case, said the FBI joined the investigation Wednesday to find Coreen F. Wiese. Grovo met Wednesday in Buxton with agents from the FBI, which he said offered its help. He said […]

Police used a Taser to take 41-year-old Gorham man into custody Sunday afternoon at the man’s home on Shelby Drive. James Woodbury faces charges of reckless conduct with a weapon, terrorizing and criminal threatening with a weapon, police said. Responding to a report that Woodbury was suicidal, Sgt. Daniel Young located the man at his […]

The three-story brick structure at the corner of State and School streets has long been known as the Masonic building. It was once owned by Harmony Lodge. The bottom floor is occupied by Sierra’s, a restaurant, and the Campus Bookstore. A former occupant, C.E. Carll Insurance Agency, is now on Main Street. Ninety years ago, […]

Wesley and Cindy Wiese, parents of missing Buxton teenager Coreen Wiese, made a public appeal to their daughter Saturday. “I love you very much. Contact us anyway you can,” said Wesley Wiese. This message is scratched on a beam under the bridge on Route 25 at the Limington rapids. It has the date “11/8/06” over […]

While the Clean Elections Act was supposed to take the influence of special interest groups out of elections in Maine, more than $1.2 million was spent in the last month of the campaign by political action and party committees, not bound by the rules governing individual candidates. Nearly $620,000 of that money was spent on […]

November 1981 With Thanksgiving at hand, turkeys are in the news. A front page picture shows 11 wild turkeys in a field. Growing them is a project of the Windham-Gorham Rod & Gun Club. The state says no to Gorham’s plans for Village Square traffic. The town wants a single-approach lane on Main Street, and […]

Free Thanksgiving dinner The Pythian Sisters, Narragansett Temple 111, are hosting their third annual Thanksgiving Day dinner noon to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 23, in their building in Buxton Center. The dinner is free to anyone. Joann Groder said they need onions, turnips, pies and rolls. Those wishing to donate for the dinner should […]

Free Thanksgiving dinner The Pythian Sisters, Narragansett Temple 111, are hosting their third annual Thanksgiving Day dinner noon to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 23, in their building in Buxton Center. The dinner is free to anyone. Joann Groder said they need onions, turnips, pies and rolls. Those wishing to donate for the dinner should […]

This Thursday (Nov. 16, 2006) at 5 p.m. in Room 114, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection will hold a hearing on SAPPI’s application to burn construction debris. Unfortunately, I am out of town that day and so can’t be there. I am very disappointed because we all have been waiting for this hearing for […]

Many people today say that the institution of marriage is on the decline. Maybe it’s not the institution of marriage, only the institution of the lifelong relationship that is on the decline. Marcia Taylor and Bennett Thompson of Scarborough give credence to the idea that marriage doesn’t have anything to do with it. They’ve been […]