Annual plant sale – Saturday, May 13, 9 a.m.- noon, Dennett, Craig & Pate Funeral Home, corner of routes 4A and 202, Buxton. Sponsored by Buxton Garden Club. Plant and bake sale – Saturday, May 16, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Tory Hill Meetinghouse, intersection routes 112 and 202, Buxton. Annuals, perennials, baked goods and green elephant table […]

GORHAM — Town planners are reviewing a proposed land use change that would allow farmers to rent their property for large, special events like weddings, meetings, receptions and dances. Under requirements discussed Monday in a Planning Board subcommittee meeting, those eligible to hold special events in agricultural areas would be farmers who gross up to […]

WESTBROOK — The City Council has approved a first reading of the $64.4 million budget despite unsuccessful pleas from the My Place Teen Center for more funding. Councilors on Monday approved 4-2 the first reading of the fiscal year 2018 budget. Council Vice President John O’Hara and Councilor Gary Rairdon voted against it and Council President […]

The staff and members of the My Place Teen Center would like to recognize and congratulate Conrad for being awarded the Teen Member Spotlight for May. Conrad, a fifth-grader at Westbrook Middle School, has been a constant presence at the center for the past year. He has lived in Westbrook with his mom, little brother […]

WESTBROOK— Mt. Ararat’s Sawyer Watson piled a quintet of goals on Blazes keeper Ochan Ogak Saturday morning, April 29, leading the Eagles to a 9-7 victory. Watson added a pair in the critical first quarter, when his boys jumped to a quick 5-1 advantage on their hosts, and continued to pepper Ogak as the game […]

WESTBROOK — While most high school students sat down for a day of standardized tests earlier this month, the seniors left their pencils behind and spent the day weaving sculptures with community artist Pamela Moulton. Their sculptures will be featured in this summer’s Art All Around installation, a large-scale public art exhibition spearheaded by the […]