Digital photo class signup James A. Murray will be offering an introductory digital photography class on Thursday, April 12, 6- 7:30 p.m., at the Walker Memorial Library. Murray will provide students with the opportunity to learn basics in camera operation and picture composition. This one-session class will present the elements and principles of design that […]
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Gorham notes – 3/21
Goham teen receives distinguished award Lulama Moyo Hawkes of Gorham on Feb. 25 was named the Distinguished Young Woman of Maine and awarded $1,400 in cash scholarships during a statewide scholarship program for high school girls held at Lewiston Middle School in Lewiston. Moyo Hawkes was one of six high school senior girls from Maine […]
It’s official: Westbrook's Prides Corner School to close
WESTBROOK – The Westbrook School Committee made the closing of Prides Corner Elementary School official last week, voting 6-1 during its meeting on March 14 to shutter the 60-year-old school and reconfigure the three remaining elementary schools. “It’s always felt like home, and I hope I’ve maintained that warmth,” School Principal Janet Crawford told the […]
Westbrook High School showing off teaching model
WESTBROOK – Local educators will be attending a conference on educational innovation in Massachusetts this week, and a program at Westbrook High School will be on display. “Other schools have been inquiring about it,” Gousse said. Westbrook will be joining Deer Isle-Stonington High School and Hall-Dale Middle/High School of Farmingdale in the conference, titled High […]
Artists sought for 'Banners Over Bath'
BATH — The city is looking for artists and art students to add color to downtown. This year’s “Banners Over Bath” theme celebrates the city being one of 10 semifinalists in the nationwide Great American Main Street competition. Winners are to be announced April 2. Banners are at the Main Street Bath office, 15 Commercial […]
Primary will choose Democrat for House race in Bath
BATH — The area’s only legislative primary will be held June 12 to determine the Democratic candidate in state House District 62. The incumbent, Rep. Michael Clarke, D-Bath, is not seeking a second term. Kyle Rogers, a Bath city councilor, is the sole Republican in the race, while Bath residents Jennifer DeChant and Paul Johnson […]
Landscape a challenge for Scarborough workforce housing proposal
SCARBOROUGH — Supporters of a plan to partner with Habitat for Humanity to build workforce housing on town-owned land got a closer look last week at the site and the projected cost. The 20-acre parcel off Broadturn road between Saratoga Lane and the Maine Turnpike is a somewhat damp field, with trees sparsely scattered throughout the […]
Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: March 21
Arrests 3/19 at 6:19 p.m. Marcy E. Pierce, 30, of Palmer Street, Westbrook, was arrested on Ocean House Road by Officer Rory Diffin on a charge of operating after suspension. Summonses 3/13 at 10:26 p.m. Robert Lemont, 42, Providence, R.I., was issued a summons on Ocean House Road by Officer Ben Davis on a charge […]
Annette K. Kilroy, 89: Always young at heart
SOUTH PORTLAND — Annette K. Kilroy, 89, died March 16 at the South Portland Nursing Home. She was born in Somersworth, N.H., on March 16, 1923, a daughter of William E. Sr. and Hazel Kennedy. She graduated from Somersworth High School in 1941. She was raised in a loving home by her maternal grandparents following her […]
How to grab a 'ghost'
Sternman Zach Drehobl, left, and Capt. Jim Barclay of the F/V Lorelei haul a lobster trap lost in 2007 on Tuesday morning as part of a “Gear Grab” sponsored by the nonprofit Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation on Harpswell Sound. The project provides grant funding to lobstermen who volunteer to recover some of the thousands […]