The Gorham Parent Teacher Association is asking the town to terminate its lease on the Robie School in Little Falls because the group has folded. Five years after the organization completed a $200,000 renovation of the 19th century schoolhouse, which had been facing demolition, the last members of PTA plan to turn the building over […]

City chickens and backyard bees are going to have to wait a little longer before they get a final nod from the Westbrook City Council on where they can call home. On Monday Councilor Suzanne Joyce moved to hold off on a vote to approve a zoning ordinance designed to allow hobby farming in residential […]

Common Ground in concert A summer concert series gets underway with Common Ground Band playing from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 10, at the gazebo on the lawn at the Public Safety building, 270 Main St. The free series is sponsored by Gorham Recreation Department. For more information, call 222-1630. Governor picks Bartlett […]

Plans to expand a store and fueling stop plus adding a Dunkin’ Donuts at Tory Hill in Buxton have been shelved after a company learned the state would require it pay to upgrade the highway. A plan on file with the Buxton planning office showed H.A. Mapes of Springvale, a company that delivers gasoline and […]

Main Street looking east from the area of Saco Street, as it looked in the early 1900s, left photo. Trolley car tracks that turned into the old trolley car barn located at Main and Saco streets are visible in the street. Buildings on the right are long gone, replaced by newer buildings. The building in […]

Libby, Sawyer marriage Carrie Jennifer Libby and Stephen J. Sawyer were married April 14 at the First Baptist Church in a ceremony officiated by Rev. Linwood Welch. The bride is the daughter of Bruce and Mary Libby of Westbrook. The groom is the son of Stephen and Judith Sawyer of Warren. Megan Libby and Christine […]

Voluntary curbside recycling and school recycling have been eliminated from this year’s budget with a mayoral line-item veto that dropped the expected tax rate by 16 cents. Mayor Bruce Chuluda Monday vetoed Monday a $250,000 program to pick up recycling from residents who wanted to participate. The mayor had originally proposed a program that was […]