It’s gourmet without the guilt. “Poor Girl Gourmet: Eat in Style on a Bare-Bones Budget” (Andrews McMeel, $16.99) by Amy McCoy is just the ticket for cash-strapped food lovers pining for their fancy cheeses and expensive cuts of meat. The author is a freelance producer of television promotional campaigns who watched most of her work […]

From organizers to attendees, the community comes through for a good cause at Harborfest: the search for a cure for multiple sclerosis.

WESTBROOK – The French Press Eatery, a popular restaurant on Main Street in Westbrook that just closed a week ago, re-opened on Tuesday, Aug. 24. The restaurant at 855 Main St. was shut down last Saturday, Aug. 14, and put up for sale for financial reasons. However, owner James Tranchemontagne said on Friday, Aug. 20 […]

WESTBROOK – After months of negotiations, the city of Westbrook announced Friday that it has brokered an agreement between Pike Industries and Idexx Laboratories that will allow Pike to operate its controversial Spring Street quarry, although with restrictions. The consent agreement, which will limit Pike to blasting no more than eight times per year, is […]

NEW ON DVD AND BLU-RAY “THE CITY OF YOUR FINAL DESTINATION,” starring Anthony Hopkins and Laura Linney. A young student (Omar Metwally, “Rendition”) travels to Uganda in hope of persuading the relatives (which include Hopkins and Linney) of a deceased author to allow him to pen his biography. As with anything directed by James Ivory […]

Moody has leg up in hometown GORHAM – Shawn Moody recalled circling Gorham’s former racetrack as a 12-year-old passenger along for the ride on a horse-drawn racing sulky. “You had to hold on,” Moody said. Now, Moody, 50, a hometown favorite in Gorham, is running flat out in a crowded gubernatorial race. He faces Republican […]

Gibson was driving his 2008 Maserati when it careened off Malibu Canyon Road on Sunday evening..