Woman’s club to meet GFWC Westbrook Woman’s Club will meet Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., with a brown bag lunch at 11:30 a.m. Decorate your lunch bag for Valentine’s Day. The program will be Big Brothers/Big Sisters. All women in the greater Portland area are welcome to attend. Snow […]
Robert Lowell
Staff Writer
Bob Lowell is Gorham resident and a community reporter for Gorham, Buxton and Standish.
Buxton Notes: Feb. 13
Buxton GOP to meet Buxton Municipal Republican Committee Caucus is set for 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, in Buxton Town Hall, 185 Portland Road. Doors open at noon. For more information, contact Nathan Carlow at 420-7424 or [email protected]
We Love to Eat: Feb. 13
Community meal – Thursday, Feb. 13, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Roast pork, $5. Bean supper – Saturday, Feb. 15, 5-6 p.m,, Amvets Post 6, Route 100, New Gloucester. Two kinds of beans, brown bread, homemade biscuits, coleslaw, American chop suey and two tables of desserts. $8, $3. Baked haddock – Friday, Feb. […]
Gorham council agrees to seat Kuech
The town avoids litigation in a suit filed by the winner of the November election.
Gorham councilor questions School Board’s reporting compliance
Superintendent Heather Perry disagrees with Ben Hartwell’s claims that the public isn’t being informed of what goes on at subcommittee meetings.
Gorham Notes: Feb. 6
Free throw champs Winners in Gorham’s Knights of Columbus annual free throw contest on Jan. 25 were: Andrew Fortier, 9-year-old boys; Logan Spera, 10-year-old boys; Lily Burgas, 10-year-old girls; Addison Rush, 11-year-old girls; Matthew Crowley, 12-year-old boys; Cheyann Densmore, 12-year-old girls; Jack Adams, 13-year-old boys; and Evelyn Rush, 13-year-old girls. Winners advance to the state […]
Buxton Notes: Feb. 6
A sweet fling Living Waters Church Women’s Ministry is presenting a Chocolate Lover’s Event from 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, at the church on Parker Farm Road, Buxton. For $10 per person, you’ll get you a box to fill with all sorts of homemade chocolate delights. For more information, contact Cori Nadeau at (301) 653-5316 […]
Westbrook Notes: Jan. 6
Valentine tea reminder The Friends of Walker Memorial Library will hold its Valentine’s Tea from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8, in the Eleanor Conant Saunders Reading Room on the library’s second floor. The event includes music, cookies, coloring, a quilt raffle and tea. For more information, call the library at 854-0630.
Dead goats found in Buxton ditch
BUXTON — Animal Control Officer Adele Jones is seeking the public’s help to identify the owner of two Nigerian Dwarf goats that were found dead in a ditch on Skip Road. Jones picked up the goats Tuesday. “We don’t think they were hit by a vehicle,” she said Wednesday. “We don’t know what […]
Gorham reviews proposed contract zone change for senior housing
GORHAM — A proposed change to a zoning contract to allow senior housing in South Gorham sought by developer Hans Hansen now goes to the Planning Board. The Town Council Tuesday voted 4-2, with Chairwoman Suzanne Phillips and Councilor Lee Pratt opposed, to direct the town’s Planning Board to hold a public hearing and offer […]