The Westbrook Performing Arts Center will again play host to a musical fundraiser for My Place Teen Center, where four well-known singer-songwriters will take turns delving into their craft. The second Songwriters in the Round event, Saturday, April 9, at 7 p.m., will feature performers Don Campbell, Dan Merrill, David Good, and Steve Romanoff […]
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To benefit teens, veteran musicians to perform: Q&A with Dan Merrill and Steve Romanoff
The Westbrook Performing Arts Center will again play host to a musical fundraiser for My Place Teen Center, where four well-known singer-songwriters will take turns delving into their craft. The second Songwriters in the Round event, Saturday, April 9, at 7 p.m., will feature performers Don Campbell, Dan Merrill, David Good, and Steve Romanoff […]
Chalmers Insurance wins recognition
Safeco Insurance has recognized Chalmers Insurance Group with a Safeco Premier Partner Program award for performance and partnership. Fewer than 10 percent of independent insurance agencies countrywide that sell Safeco personal lines products receive this honor, which recognizes an agency’s success and its commitment to serve customers as a trusted adviser. Locally, Chalmers Insurance Group […]
Storyteller is forced to fess up with FAQs
The other day I got a call from the librarian in Jonesport. She was paging through a copy of my book, “Down the Road Apiece,” and she wanted to ask me a few questions about it before she put it in the library’s travel section. Q: There are a lot of guides to our state […]
Tea and Trumpettes
Are you male? White? Angry? I’ve got just the political candidate for you. And his name isn’t Donald Trump. Here’s a little taste from his website: “Right now the white flag is up and the welcome mat for terrorists is out. … America is getting bullied and the world and our country has become a […]
We're all thumbs
This week is another edition of “We’re all thumbs,” in which the editorial staff of Current Publishing picks proverbial winners and losers, heroes and villains from recent news stories: • Thumbs UP to the Shaw Family Foundation in Gorham, which is finalizing a purchase from ecomaine of a 258-acre parcel located on Route 25 near […]
Rocket Fuel is taking off
Carson Lynch, owner of The Gorham Grind on South Street in Gorham Village, is bottling and distributing a coffee milk he developed called Rocket Fuel. Rocket Fuel is bottled and distributed by Carson Lynch, owner of The Gorham Grind on South Street in Gorham. Customers at restaurants and stores throughout New England are getting a […]
Gorham budgets on the up and up
Gorham property owners would have to dig deeper into their pockets to support proposed town and school budgets that are upward bound in the growing town. The proposed Gorham School Department budget is $1.4 million more than this year, representing a 4.04 percent increase. Town Manager David Cole handed his proposed municipal budget to the […]
Building plans in Gorham review
After hearing from neighbors Monday in a workshop, the Gorham Planning Board referred its review of a five-story building proposed in Gorham Village to its Ordinance Committee and talk with the town lawyer. Jon and Cindy Smith, of Great Falls Construction Inc., are seeking a contract zone to build the project at 17 Railroad Ave., […]
We're all thumbs
This week is another edition of “We’re all thumbs,” in which the editorial staff of Current Publishing picks proverbial winners and losers, heroes and villains from recent news stories: • Thumbs UP to the Shaw Family Foundation in Gorham, which is finalizing a purchase from ecomaine of a 258-acre parcel located on Route 25 near […]