Woman’s Club outing The second annual spring/summer gathering of the Westbrook Woman’s Club was held at the home of the club’s president, Elaine Spiller, on June 27 on Sebago Lake in Standish. Members of the club were treated to a warm and sunny day, which was sandwiched between days of intermittent fog and rain. Spiller […]

Bean supper – Saturday, July 22, 4:30-6 p.m., Elm Street Methodist Church, 168 Elm St., South Portland. Beans, casseroles, chop suey, hot dogs, coleslaw, desserts, and beverages. $7, $2.50 Spaghetti supper – Saturday, July 29, 5-9 p.m., Westbrook Eagles Club, 89 Saco St., Westbrook. Sponsored by Drouin Dance Center competition team. $5.

A Westbrook teenager is being held at Cumberland County Jail on charges of sexually assaulting two children. Westbrook police arrested William Blanchard, 18, on July 10 on two counts of gross sexual assault, a Class A felony. Police said Blanchard is accused of assaulting the two victims, an 8-year-old and an 11-year-old, at his home […]

Farrar plans community project Gorham High School senior Ben Farrar discussed his plans for a summer community service project with Gorham Town Manager David Cole on Friday. “I’m refurbishing a maintenance building at the North Street Cemetery on Route 114,” said Farrar, who is undertaking the job as an Eagle Scout project. Cole signed the […]

The Stephen W. Manchester Post 62 of the American Legion has received a much-needed facelift. With the help of $50,000 from the Cornelia Warren Foundation, along with another $18,000 in donations from the community, the post, located right next to Riverbank Park, looks brand new. Instead of worn-looking siding and crumbling wooden front steps, the […]

The Gorham Trails Land Trust and Gorham Community Access Cable TV will be airing a 22-minute long video “Saving Our land/Securing Our Future” on Gorham’s Channel 3 several times in July. The program will air on July 13 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., July 19 at 10 p.m. and July 20-26 at 8 p.m. […]

The Gorham Trails Land Trust and Gorham Community Access Cable TV will be airing a 22-minute long video “Saving Our land/Securing Our Future” on Gorham’s Channel 3 several times in July. The program will air on July 13 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., July 19 at 10 p.m. and July 20-26 at 8 p.m. […]

The Gorham Trails Land Trust and Gorham Community Access Cable TV will be airing a 22-minute long video “Saving Our land/Securing Our Future” on Gorham’s Channel 3 several times in July. The program will air on July 13 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., July 19 at 10 p.m. and July 20-26 at 8 p.m. […]

(Little Falls 2) – This entrance at Little Falls School faces Acorn Street in Gorham. The 50-year old building last served as a school in the fall of 2003. Staff photo by Robert Lowell (Little falls 3) – No children were playing in the schoolyard at the Little Falls School Monday evening. Staff photo by […]

Dickens bowing out in Buxton The great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens will take his final bow in the United States this weekend following three performances in Buxton. Part of the Buxton Community Day celebration, Gerald Dickens, 42, of Great Britain will present his one-man show “A Sentimental Journey with Dickens” at Tory Hill Church at the […]