The 2016-17 Gorham school budget, up $1.4 million as approved by the School Committee, is now in the hands of the Town Council, which will examine it in a joint workshop with school officials on Tuesday, May 17. Superintendent Heather Perry said Tuesday budget booklets have been delivered to Town Manager David Cole and members […]

The chairwoman of the School Administrative District 6 board of directors said Monday the panel is continuing the process of gathering facts in a case involving its nepotism policy and sexual charges against a former school district educational technician. The matter involves Zachariah Sherburne, 23, who was arrested  by the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office on […]

CALENDAR May 2   7 p.m. City Council May 3  7 p.m. Planning Board May 11  7 p.m. School Committee May 16  7 p.m. City Council May 17  7 p.m. Planning Board May 30   No school                  City Hall closed Memorial Day events planned The city of Westbrook is looking for veterans, past and present, to […]

Ex-superintendent honored in Mass. Dr. Reza Namin, former Westbrook school superintendent, has been recognized as the 2016 outstanding educator by the Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education. Namin is the chief academic officer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the Sheriff. He served as the superintendent of schools in Westbrook,  and Spencer East Brookfield Regional […]

Several elected town posts, including two for the Board of Selectmen, are available in Buxton’s municipal election in June, and only a few days remain to file nomination papers. Selectmen whose terms are expiring include Clifford Emery, chairman of the board, and Peter E.W. Burns. Nomination papers are due  by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May […]

Google Expedition at GMS Friday Terri Dawson, Gorham School Department technolgy integrator, announced Tuesday that Gorham Middle School will host the Google Expedition Pioneer Program on Friday, April 29.  Gorham Middle School students in grades 6, 7, and 8 will experience 3-D virtual field trips that immerse them in environments and bring abstract concepts to life. Google […]

Hear ‘Sacred Stories’ Come to hear the Sacred Stories of Southern Maine Community College students who are refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants and international students as they share their most challenging and intimate accounts of their lives on Wednesday, May 4, at 3:15 p.m. at the South Portland City Hall, at 25 Cottage Road. The free […]