Brandi Kathleen Coleman was born to Charles and Gail Coleman in Portland, Maine, on July 31, 1989. Brandi passed away on Sunday evening, March 18, in a tragic car accident on the Anderson Road in Windham. She was a junior at Gorham High School, but was a vocational student at Westbrook Regional Vocational Center, where […]

Top writers The Woman’s Literary Union March 16 luncheon held at the Woodfords Congregational Church, Portland entertained the students who participated in the union’s Writing Contest, and their family members. The students are from these high schools: Deering, Falmouth, Greeley, Catherine McAuley, Portland, Scarborough and South Portland. The luncheon, catered by the chef at the […]

March 1982 Veteran Gorham councilor Lincoln T. “Ted” Fish requested a ballot inspection after losing a bid for re-election by 81 votes. The inspection was to be held an hour before the council meeting at which the two elected council members were to be sworn in. An inspection is the first step toward a recount. […]

The state will spend close to $27 million this coming year to support the Legislature, giving Maine one of the highest legislative expenditures in the country as a percentage of income. That budget, which was reviewed Friday by the Appropriations Committee, was one area a Brookings Institution report suggested could be trimmed to find savings […]

Taking in an Alaska talk Dale Johnson commented and showed films on Alaska to members of the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association and their guests, On March 5. Lectures are held at the auditorium of McAuley High School on Stevens Avenue, Portland. Johnson asked how many in the audience had been to Alaska, and many hands […]