Cutline (2682 volunteers) – Library volunteers gather in the Frank Jewett/Hanson School Library for a celebration honoring their hard work. In the front row, from left, are Heather Pike, Sharon Rausch, Lois Hoyt, Beth Fogler, Monica Steinbuchel and Kristi Hamilton. Back row, June Tardiff, Kathleen Brown, Alycia Campbell, Joanne Harris, Michele Jellison, Meg Raymond, Heather […]

Cutline (Michaud family 2) – Gary Michaud of Gorham lost his wife to a rare disease. He is surrounded by three daughters, from the left, Katelyn, 22; Ashley, 20; and Rochelle, 18. A rare disease that claimed the life of a Gorham woman in March has also left other victims – her devastated family and […]

Voters in the five School Administrative District 6 towns have passed a $42.8 million school budget in a referendum in the five district towns Tuesday. In Buxton, voters approved the school budget 110-80 in a low voter turnout. Town Clerk John Myers reported that 190 people, or 3 percent of the towns’ 6,284 registered voters, […]

A Portland man was in jail Tuesday after Westbrook police found him in the Walker Street area early Monday morning with blood on his hands. Police said Jason Lemay, 21, had been involved in a fight at a Walker Street apartment and had intentionally cut himself. They said he also assaulted a woman at the […]

A Westbrook man was charged with assaulting a 15-month-old child last week. The child’s mother reported the assault April 29, and, after an investigation by Westbrook police and the Department of Health and Human Services, Gavin Smith, 24, of Hawkes Street, was arrested and charge with assault. Police Chief Bill Baker said he couldn’t release […]

The death of Belinda Taylor last week marked the state’s sixth homicide of the year – and the third that occurred as the result of a domestic violence dispute. According to Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland, autopsy results indicated that the April 28 deaths of Westbrook couple Belinda and Ken Taylor were a murder-suicide, in […]