Community dinner – Thursday, Jan. 5, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Shepherd’s pie, $5. Chowder luncheon – Friday, Jan. 6, and every Friday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl of haddock chowder with crackers, $9; or lobster roll lunch with chips, $10; cup of chowder, $6; […]
2017
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Gorham Notes
This scene depicts Mother Nature’s handiwork last week outside Baxter Memorial Library in Gorham. Residents report receiving up to 19 inches of snow on Dec. 29. Piawlock fundraiser date set Al Garcia announced that the fundraiser to benefit the Piawlock family has been set for Friday, Feb. 25, at Spire 29, 29 School St. Organizers […]
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Add Meals on Wheels to your menu
Southern Maine Agency on Aging for decades has been providing nutritious and delicious home-delivered meals to homebound older adults in Cumberland and York counties. In the Windham area, five meals each week to each participant are delivered by volunteers and agency staff. The meals are delivered four days a week and generally arrive between 10:30 […]
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Buxton Notes
Adam Ricci and his wife, Amanda, who now live in Arizona, display the 2016 Chicopee Neighborhood Watch Group award that he was presented with last week by the Buxton group. Ricci, a Westbrook native, is a former Buxton Police officer. Watch group honors Ricci The Chicopee Neighborhood Watch Group of Buxton on Dec. 28 presented its annual community policing […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Decorated WW II soldier remembered as friend to many
GORHAM — Local communities are mourning the death of Horace “Bud” Fogg Sr. of Gorham, a highly decorated veteran who survived fierce European battles during World War II. Fogg, 92, died Dec. 29 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Widely known in Gorham, Westbrook and Windham, Fogg stayed active in recent years visiting […]
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Decorated WW II soldier remembered as friend to many
GORHAM — Local communities are mourning the death of Horace “Bud” Fogg Sr. of Gorham, a highly decorated veteran who survived fierce European battles during World War II. Fogg, 92, died Dec. 29 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Widely known in Gorham, Westbrook and Windham, Fogg stayed active in recent years visiting […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Deaths
Betters, Gerald J., 82, of Westbrook, died on Dec. 18 2016. Arrangements were by Hobbs Funeral Home, South Portland. Bowler, Shirley, 91, of Gorham, died on Dec. 25, 2016. Private arrangements by Chad E. Poitras Cremation and Funeral Service, Buxton. Brissette, Theodore E., 72, of Windham, died on Dec. 21, 2016, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Construction project helps out local charities
FALMOUTH — For the past five years, OceanView at Falmouth has made significant donations to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland and the Cumberland Wood Bank. With OceanView’s most recent project, a 14-unit addition to the Schoolhouse Cottages development, that tradition continues at the senior living community. Chris Wasileski, the development project manager at OceanView, […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Harpswell Police Beat: Jan. 6
No arrests or summonses were reported from Dec. 26 to Jan. 2.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Bath Police Beat: Jan. 6
Arrests 12/27/16 at 8 p.m. Arnold Rice, 45, of Campbells Pond Road, West Bath, was arrested by Officer John Dietlin on Washington Street on a charge of operating under the influence. 12/30/16 at 6:30 p.m. Patrick Gorman, 65, of Congress Avenue, was arrested by Officer John Dietlin on Congress Avenue on a charge of violating […]