Tom Peters prevails over Scott Warchol in the Buxton Board of Selectmen race.
Robert Lowell
Staff Writer
Bob Lowell is Gorham resident and a community reporter for Gorham, Buxton and Standish.
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Route 25 rebuild likely to last a year
The project, which includes repaving and upgrades, extends from Westbrook through Gorham Village.
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Gorham Notes
Snappy rescue Fort Hill Road resident Margie Petrone returned home late Friday afternoon to see a strange car parked in her driveway and several people milling around in the road. She learned Good Samaritans were protecting a large snapping turtle attempting to cross the highway. Petrone said the turtle snapped at one bystander, who tried […]
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Westbrook Notes
Food train huge success Trinity Lutheran Church’s eighth annual “Climb Aboard the Food Train” to benefit Westbrook Food Pantry collected more than $10,000 and 90 boxes of food. An anonymous donor matched the entire monetary donations. The total also includes donations made at a Dusty Divas concert at the church. “Many of our elderly, children, […]
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We Love Sales: June 20
Two-day indoor yard sale – Friday, June 21, 3-6 p.m., and Saturday, June 22, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Westbrook-Warren Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Furniture, books, garden tools, household items, dishes, toys, bikes, appliances, TVs, radios, rugs, knick-knacks, videos, CDs, microwaves and more. Selling hot dogs, chips, soda, dougnuts and coffee. Yard sale – Saturday, June […]
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We Love to Eat: June 20
Free dinner – Thursday, June 20, 5:30-6:30 p.m., St. Peters Episcopal Church, 678 Washington St., Portland. Chowder luncheon – Friday, June 21, 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; combination […]
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Fatal shootings haunt officers, police veteran says
PORTLAND — Joseph K. Loughlin, a 30-year veteran of police duty, this week told the stark reality of what a cop faces following a fatal shooting. “The officer goes through pretty much hell,” said Loughlin of South Portland, a retired Portland Police Department assistant chief and co-author of the book “Shots Fired” about “the misunderstandings, […]
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Gorham Notes: June 20
Gazebo concerts The free summer concert series at the gazebo adjacent to Baxter Memorial Library gets under way from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25, with the Bluegrass band World Famous Grassholes. The series will continue through Aug. 6. Parking is available along South Street (Route 114) or in the Gorham Municipal Center lot off […]
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Gorham sets moratorium on rooming houses
After approving the 180-day moratorium the Town Council ordered town staff to review and provide recommendations boarding houses and recovery houses.
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Blier, Warchol win Buxton selectmen race
Mark Blier Scott Warchol BUXTON— Mark Blier was re-elected Tuesday to the Board of Selectmen while Scott Warchol by just one vote won the other available seat in a six-way race. Both seats are three-year terms. Blier, 51, was the top vote getter in the selectman’s race with 276. “It is an honor and privilege […]