The Maine Department of Transportation might be finished clear-cutting trees along Interstate 295 in Frreeport, but Freeport residents and their state and town government representatives want the agency to mitigate the damage. Toward that end, Freeport Rep. Sara Gideon, the House assistant majority leader, has invited a Department of Transportation representative to the Freeport Town […]

Art’s Variety at 158 Spring St. in Westbrook was robbed by a white male, approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall and 190 pounds with scruffy facial hair on Saturday at about 9:15 p.m. According to Westbrook police, the man was wearing khaki pants and a black, hooded jacket, and he had a black bandana covering […]

Gorham’s Dan Foley said even though he was voted off the CBS reality show “Survivor” last week, he had “zero regrets.” “This whole thing was a dream come true,” Foley told a crowd last week at the viewing party he’s hosted to watch the televised show. This week, Foley and his wife, Erin, were in […]

The city’s annual festival is shaping up to be another memorable weekend. The 36th annual Westbrook Together Days festival returns next weekend, and organizers are hoping it will again attract large crowds to Riverbank Park for the two-day event. Kicking off Friday, May 29, Westbrook’s annual prelude to summer will have all the usual events […]

Originally called Decoration Day when it was created at the end of the Civil War, we now know this holiday as Memorial Day. It’s a time to place flowers on graves, attend parades, ceremonies and events to honor our real heroes. We remember the debt we owe our military, and are pleased that a fairly […]

Winslow Park and Campground, which withstood what the park manager described as a tough winter, opened for season campers on May 18 and opens to all campers on May 21. Neil Lyman, 32, the park manager, lives in the caretaker’s farmhouse at the park with his girlfriend and their two dogs. Lyman grew up in […]