Gorham Rescue took a man to the hospital Sunday as a precaution after a car apparently slipped from a jack while he was checking the muffler in the parking lot at 7-Eleven on Main Street. The victim, who wasn’t pinned under the car, was sitting on a sidewalk when Officer Brent Frank arrived at about […]

Dinner and DVD Trinity Lutheran Church, 612 Main St., Westbrook, will host a New Orleans inspired buffet dinner on Saturday, serving traditional foods such as muffelettas, jambalaya, gumbo, cornbread, pecan pie and more. The evening will also provide a viewing of the DVD showing the devastation of Hurricane Katrina as well as the people, worksites, […]

Spaghetti supper – Saturday, April 28, 5-7 p.m., West Scarborough Methodist Church, Route 1, Scarborough. $5, $15 family of four or more. Benefit for cheerleaders’ trip to Maryland for World Cheering Competition. Spaghetti dinner – Saturday, April 28, 4:30-6 p.m., Stevens Avenue Congregational Church, UCC, 790 Stevens Ave., Portland. All you can eat. $6, $4. […]

Legislators will begin a marathon review of proposed changes in the state’s sex-offender law when they return from spring break next week, including the constitutionally thorny issue of prohibiting where offenders can live once they get out of jail. The scores of bills proposed stem largely from the case of Joseph Tellier, a convicted sex […]

Church rummage sale Trinity Circle at Cressey Road United Methodist Church is sponsoring a two-day rummage sale on Friday, April 27, and Saturday, April 28, at the church’s new location at the intersection of Route 25 and Cressey Road. On Friday, the sale will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 1 […]

Vickie Chuluda, 61, wife of Westbrook Mayor Bruce Chuluda, died early last Wednesday morning at Maine Medical Center after a two-year battle with cancer. A long-time librarian at Saccarappa School in Westbrook, she was also active in the community at the Walker Memorial Library and in such groups as the Westbrook Woman’s Club. “She’s just […]

National Volunteer Week is the backdrop for festivities at Spring Harbor Hospital through April 21, as the nonprofit psychiatric center honors its volunteer mental-health ambassadors. Volunteers will receive letters of thanks, appreciation gifts, and feature articles in the hospital’s publications. The Wesbrook-based, 100-bed hospital and its outpatient programs are buoyed by the annual support of […]

This turn-of-the century photo of Cumberland Street, left, shows the Warren Congregational Church, which was built in 1869 on Warren Avenue at Cumberland Street. The building behind the church was built in 1880 by Samuel D. Warren to serve as a parsonage. In 1957, a brick Parish House was built on Warren Avenue next to […]