A Westbrook police officer is expecting to find out this week whether he was correct in firing a weapon at a Portland man in early November. Officer Phil Robinson fired a rifle shot at a pizza-delivery driver at the Westbrook Pointe housing project on Nov. 3 after the driver failed to stop and nearly hit […]

As Ethel Lewis crossed the street to retrieve her newspaper every morning, her faithful, little white dog, Bandit, would wait for her at a tree near the end of her driveway until she returned with the paper. But on Monday, Dec. 4, Bandit left the tree without Lewis. The 76-year-old Buxton woman, who was widely […]

Handicapped van Christmas concert goal The Rev. Gordy Johnson of Portland Faith Center in Gorham hopes a free benefit Christmas concert would raise enough money to buy a van with a wheelchair lift for two Steep Falls brothers. The concert, “Extreme Makeover Hope Edition,” will be 7-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 13, at Hill Gym […]

The Gorham and Portland campuses of the University of Southern Maine have been evacuated following a bomb threat at 4:10 p.m. Monday. Bob Caswell, a university spokesman, said a call, threatening bombs on both campuses, was received at the library in Bailey Hall on the Gorham campus. Caswell said all classes were canceled for the […]

A 76-year-old Buxton woman, who was struck by a hit-and-run driver at 6:10 a.m. today (Dec. 4) on Long Plains Road, has died in a Portland hospital. A spokeswoman at Maine Medical Center in Portland said that Ethel Lewis of 743 Long Plains Road (Route 22), passed away at 1:15 p.m. today. At 4:30 p.m. […]

Southern Maine Volkssporting Assoc. invites you to attend its regular meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 13, at 7 PM, at Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main Street, Westbrook, Maine. All members and non-members are invited.