A ribbon-cutting event for Carter’s Green Market, 18 Elm St., is set for 9 a.m. Thursday, June 14, with town and business leaders. The store features specialty foods, wine, beer and gifts. It opened last month and has its own off-street parking. Free family fun Cressey Road United Methodist Church, at the corner of Route […]
Southern Forecaster
South Portland and Scarborough news from The Forecaster.
Together Days a coming home for children’s musician
WESTBROOK — Children’s musician Rick Charette has appeared on stages all across the state and country, but none can compare to performing for his hometown crowd at Westbrook Together Days, a two-day festival that took place in Riverbank Park last Friday and Saturday. Charette grew up off Lincoln Street and went to first- through eighth-grade in […]
Looking Back
June 9, 1993 Peter Eckel, 37, of 16 Walton St., Westbrook, administrative assistant to Westbrook’s mayors since October 1989, resigned Friday and will become New England sales manager for the cellular telephone company Cellular One, working under Kenneth Lefebvre, vice president and general manager. Lefebvre is president of the Westbrook City Council and was acting […]
Briefs
Change in polling place for votersin Wards 2, 3WESTBROOK — Voters in Ward 2 and 3 will be voting next week in a different location. Because of training scheduled at the Armory, the usual polling location, voters, on Tuesday, June 12, will be casting their primary ballots for state officials and the school budget vote […]
We Love Sales and Fairs
Plant, book and yard sale — Saturday, June 9, 9 a.m.-noon, Scarborough Free Baptist Church, 55 Mussey Road, Scarborough. Rain or shine. Flea market — Saturday, June 23, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Raymond Village Community Church, 27 Main St. Raymond. Avon, Scentsy, crafts, tarot card reader, yard sale, silent auction, Andy’s Grill for lunch, bake sale, book […]
60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported on June 11, 1958, that Ann Waterhouse of Westbrook graduated from Wellesley College in Massachusetts. E.L. Whitney, owner of Feeding Acres in Buxton, put the farm’s herd of Hereford cattle up for auction. Cows and calves sold for an average of between $400 and $500. A bull brought $3,000.
School lunch chief vows to leave program 'in good shape'
WESTBROOK — After 35 years in school nutrition, including the last seven in Westbrook, Director of School Nutrition Barbara Nichols will be retiring at the end of the school year, but not before figuring out a plan to reduce some of the debt students owe on their school lunch accounts. Nichols, who came to Westbrook […]
Pride Week adds diversity, draws criticism
PORTLAND — The rainbow flag will extend along Congress and High streets June 16, but Pride Week in Portland is adding some new colors to the celebration. “I feel excited, empowered, and driven – driven by the positive response we have gotten from the community,” PridePortland! Steering Committee co-chairman Luis Rodriguez said Monday. New events […]
Medical marijuana facility moving into old hall
CASCO — A new medical marijuana business is gaining a slightly higher profile in Casco Village after a local TV report on it, but the owner hopes to engage with community members and address any questions. Ryan Henderson, 41, of Portland, said this week that he signed a one-year lease in February to start his medical […]
Petition revisits Raymond exit from RSU 14
RAYMOND — The Selectboard chairwoman has started a petition to initiate the process for the town to withdraw from RSU 14, four years after she helped jump-start a similar, unsuccessful effort. After continued concerns about Windham-Raymond school district spending and a frustrated sense that school officials are not willing to discuss those concerns, Raymond Selectboard Chairman Teresa […]