Community meal – Thursday, May 3, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Chicken pie, $5. Free dinner – Thursday, May 3, 5:30-6:30 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 678 Washington St., Portland. Free lunch buffet – Friday,  May 4, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., North Yarmouth Congregational Church, 3 Gray Road, North Yarmouth. Haddock chowder, a […]

Peter Mason of Po-Go Realty asks the Gorham Town Council Tuesday for clarifications in proposed changes to the town’s sprinkler ordinance. The Town Council postponed action to this summer on the measure requiring all new homes to have sprinkler systems. GORHAM – On Tuesday, the Town Council unanimously postponed action to amend the town’s sprinkler ordinance requiring […]

Mega-kudos to President Donald Trump for standing up to Kim Jong Un, who was defiantly testing nuclear weapons, but now, miraculously, is following a more peaceful path with his southern neighbors on the Korean Peninsula. The Bob Dylan lyric, “They say the darkest hour is right before the dawn,” sprang to mind upon hearing the […]

My facebook feed and email inbox have been showing an interesting trend. There are many memes and articles all asking: Is the cost of education worth it? I sympathize with the question. College tuitions are steep. Student debt is crippling entire generations. At the same time, the employment landscape is shifting and what were established career […]

A Gorham parent, Patrick Moore, wants more protection for bullied students in the school district. GORHAM — Stories of bullying and racial slurs hovered over the Gorham School District this week with some families wanting more action from school officials to curb problems. Gorham Middle School parent Patrick Moore said Monday his son, a sixth […]

Gorham Women’s Club art show winners took first and second place in the Maine Federation of Women’s District 1 Art Show. These Gorham winners will go on to the state GFWC Maine Convention on May 10. First prize by Autumn Heilis on the easel and Sierra Lumbert took second. Pictured, from left, are Molly Eaton, […]

May 5, 1993 Local 1069, United Papermakers and Paperworkers International, AFL-CIO, began at the S.D. Warren paper mill in Westbrook 25 years ago this year, William Carver, the local’s former president, reminded his co-workers at a dinner honoring Carver Friday, his last day as an employee of the mill. He now works full time for […]