Wilcox scaled the mountain The public will an opportunity at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 10, at School Street United Methodist Church, 29 School St. to see and hear about a local man’s conquest of Mount Everest. Rick Wilcox will discuss and show slides about his successful climb. Tickets are $10. For reservations, call 839-3111 […]

More praise for Renee Fleming We had written about Boston Globe music critic Richard Dyer’s column praising soprano Renee Fleming. Now, the Boston Herald critic, T. J. Medrek, recently had an excellent column about her. He wrote that she is truly at the peak of her career and is adored by opera audiences around the […]

On Wednesday, November 1, the 5th annual Maine Credit Unions’ Ending Hunger Walking Tour paid a visit to Westbrook with a stop at Infinity FCU and a contribution to ending hunger. At the credit union, the Tour made a contribution to the Westbrook Food Pantry. For the fifth consecutive year, Maine’s credit unions have partnered […]

The results are in – Chandler Woodcock has defeated Gov. John Baldacci. At least that’s how the students at Gorham High School voted this week. The Gorham students picked Republican Woodcock by a slim, 4-vote margin margin over the Democratic incumbent. They also chose two Congressional incumbents by wide margins and rejected TABOR. Gorham Principal […]

Buxton will unveil its Korean War Memorial in a Veterans Day ceremony at noon on Saturday, Nov. 11, in Groveville. All veterans and the public are invited to attend the ceremony. The memorial is at the intersection where Turkey Lane converges with Flaggy Meadow, Church Hill and Hurlin Smith roads. The monument consists of three […]

Church luncheon – Thursday, Nov. 9, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Boiled dinner, $3.50. Bean supper – Saturday, Nov. 11, 4:30-6:30, West Cumberland Methodist Church, corner of Upper Methodist and Blackstrap roads, Cumberland. Two kinds of beans, coleslaw, hot dogs, potato salad, jello salads, macaroni & cheese and strawberry shortcake. $6, $3. […]

Incumbents representing Gorham and Buxton to the Maine House of Representatives were re-elected to their seats Tuesday. Voters sent Chris Barstow, Dave Farrington and Don Marean back to Augusta. In Gorham, Democrat Chris Barstow defeated Republican challenger Harold “Butch” Freeman 2,610 to 1,338, in District 129. “I’m humbled and privileged to serve a third term […]

Drivers in three local communities and the state are on the road this year for a reduction in highway crashes from 2005. If current accident rates per day continue to the end of December, Buxton’s rate of decline for 2006 would be 32.3 percent; Westbrook, 31 percent; Gorham, 23.8 percent; and the state, 20.8 percent. […]

Any small business member of a Chamber of Commerce in Maine is eligible to sign up for a new Anthem Insurance program that gives businesses with 50 employees or less a choice of five different coverage plans – offering price options once only available to larger companies. Dubbed Chamber Blue Options, the plans don’t do […]

Buxton honors veterans Saturday Buxton will unveil its Korean War Memorial in a Veterans Day ceremony at noon on Saturday, Nov. 11, in Groveville. All veterans and the public are invited to attend the ceremony. Enshrouded in a tarp now, the memorial is at the intersection where Turkey Lane converges with Flaggy Meadow, Church Hill […]