A plant and bake sale will be held Saturday on the lawn of the First Congregational Church at Tory Hill in Buxton, at the intersection of routes 202 and 112. The sale will go from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In case of rain, it would be held at the Bar Mills Parish House, located […]

Arrests April 25 Duane Knapp, 38, Pleasant Street, Kennebunk, on Bridgton Road on charges of operating after suspension, violation of conditions of release and possession of drug paraphernalia. April 27 Miguel Merle Montanez, 26, Ocean Avenue, Portland, on Bridge Street on charges of no front plate and operating after suspension. April 28 Sarah Skolfield, 22, […]

A group of Gorham residents is suing to stop a controversial quarry the town’s Planning Board approved in March. Concerned Citizens of Gorham filed an appeal April 30 in Cumberland County Superior Court, and is considering additional legal action against town approval of an asphalt plant. In its filing, the group seeks a reversal of […]

SAD 6 will hold a district wide budget meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 8, in the cafeteria at Bonny Eagle Middle School, 92 Sokokis Trail, Buxton. Voters will decide whether to approve 13 articles in a $40.2 million budget. In a budget validation referendum, voters in the district’s five towns will ratify the budget […]

The Westbrook Planning Board agreed unanimously to recommend against removing a provision that allows people to build on small, substandard lots in the city, after property owners came out in droves Tuesday night to defend their right build on the lots. Westbrook residents argued that their investment in the city and their faith in its […]

Brick sales build library fund The centennial of the Baxter Memorial Library and the Baxter House Museum is Sept. 23, 2008. To celebrate, library and museum are paving the way for the second century by selling commemorative bricks. The bricks, which can include customized message, will be used to repave the museum walkway. A brick […]

Twice a day, Parsons Dairy Farm in Gorham feeds 3,000 pounds of homegrown corn and grass silage mixed in a wagon with 540 pounds of purchased grain to its herd of 60 dairy cows. Diesel fuel powers tractors to plant, harvest and feed its cows and another 60 head of heifers and other cows waiting […]

Senior meal – Wednesday, May 7, noon, St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Home-cooked meal. Donation $3.50. Bean supper – Saturday, May 10, 4:30-6 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 179 Ridgeland Ave., South Portland $7, $3. Flapjack fling – Saturday, May 10, 7:30-10 a.m. West Cumberland Methodist Church Parish Hall. Pancakes, scrambled eggs, […]