Buxton’s Weymouth Park might be getting a facelift. Trustees of the park, which is at the intersection of busy routes 112 and 202, have asked the Buxton Selectmen to apply for a grant from a local charitable foundation, Narragansett Number 1, to make improvements and to develop a landscape master plan. “I think it can […]

Seventh-grader Kelsey Couture goes to school in one of Wescott Junior High’s portable classrooms. She said one of its doors doesn’t shut so it’s cold all the time, and the floor is uneven so things sometimes slide off her desk. She and her classmates put their stuff on the floor in a cubby because there […]

In a bid to renew the effort to develop Saccarappa Park, the city is offering more flexible construction terms as it works with a new group of developers. Director of Economic and Community Development Erik Carson said he is working with four potential developers regarding the potential redevelopment of the park. Carson said the developers, […]

In a bid to renew the effort to develop Saccarappa Park, the city is offering more flexible construction terms as it works with a new group of developers. Director of Economic and Community Development Erik Carson said he is working with four potential developers regarding the potential redevelopment of the park. Carson said the developers, […]

A lovely concert On March 2 at Ocean View, the attractive Falmouth retirement community, pianist Duncan Cumming and his wife, violinist Hilary Walther Cumming, presented a much appreciated concert, playing Antonin Dvorak’s “Sonata in C major, Opus 100,” and Bedrich Smetana’s “#2 Domoviny.” Both were Czech composers. I had attended Duncan Cumming’s concert at Ocean […]

A lovely concert On March 2 at Ocean View, the attractive Falmouth retirement community, pianist Duncan Cumming and his wife, violinist Hilary Walther Cumming, presented a much appreciated concert, playing Antonin Dvorak’s “Sonata in C major, Opus 100,” and Bedrich Smetana’s “#2 Domoviny.” Both were Czech composers. I had attended Duncan Cumming’s concert at Ocean […]

These cars were parked at the Gorham fair, which was a county fair. The fairground, which was known as Narragansett Park, was located at the corner of Narragansett Street and Cressey Road. Photo courtesy of George Watson, Gorham Historical Society archivist. Gorham remembered 0308

These cars were parked at the Gorham fair, which was a county fair. The fairground, which was known as Narragansett Park, was located at the corner of Narragansett Street and Cressey Road. Photo courtesy of George Watson, Gorham Historical Society archivist. Gorham remembered 0308