As boards and committees and organizations deliberate about the economy and how it affects the elderly (or anyone over 60) we often hear the words fixed income. There is nothing fixed about it. In the last six months, my income (supplemented by part-time jobs) has decreased by almost $400 a month. That’s a challenge to […]

Pythian Temple Installs Officers Narragansett Temple 111 of the Pythian Sisters installed a slate of officers on April 8 in its headquarters in Buxton Center. Natalie Marshall is Most Excellent Chief; Ellen Emery, Senior; Donna Ricker, Junior’ Joann Groder, Treasurer; Margaret Googin, Secretary; Geneann Mayo, Manager; Carol Moore, Guard; and Linda Clark, Protector. Linda Brewer […]

April 20, 1983 Genuine Parts Co. will go ahead on is own to build its $2.5 million office-shop-warehouse in the exit 8 area of Westbrook, Mayor William B. O’Gara announced to the City Council Monday. The building will have 45,000 to 60,000 square feet, with two floors of office space and a double-deck warehouse area, […]

The Buxton Recreation Department will have to get stricter about payment plans with parents, after an audit raised questions about overspending on individual accounts in the department’s budget. Recreation Director Chris Barstow said the department is owed $30,000 in program fees that have accrued over the last three years. Those debts have led to deficits […]