Upcoming events Art Guild of Freeport annual display of fine art, on exhibit throughout February, Freeport Community Library. For more information, see www.freeportlibrary.com or call 865-3307. Free tax-preparation assistance, for low- to moderate- income households, with special attention to those 60 and older, Wednesday mornings through April 8, Freeport Community Center. Assistance available by appointment […]
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Yarmouth News: 2/25/15
One-Act Festival performance March 4 The Yarmouth High School Playmakers will present a public performance of their Maine One-Act Festival entry, “Epic Proportions,” a comedy set in the 1930s, Wednesday, March 4. The 8 p.m. performance at the Yarmouth Performing Arts Center, 286 West Elm St., will be preceded by a free cake and tea […]
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Freeport: Shellfish warden job changed
The Freeport Town Council was set this week to pass two amendments that would change the duties and title for the position of shellfish warden. The meeting Tuesday night was held after the Tri-Town Weekly’s deadline. The council was scheduled to conduct public hearings on an amendment to the town’s administrative code, and on an […]
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Skiing: Freeport, Merriconeag continue stellar run at States
Basketball may be attracting much of the media’s attention these days, but a number of other winter sports have also hit their pinnacles recently, including that definitive cold-weather competition, the one that most readily embraces the frigid outdoors and the newfallen snow. A pair of two-day affairs, Nordic and Alpine Skiing States unfolded recently at […]
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Raymond Cape lot approved
Nearly three years after the town of Frye Island proposed a park-and-ride facility on Raymond Cape, the Raymond Planning Board has approved the island town’s revised application. On Feb. 11, the board voted 5-1 to approve the project, with Bruce Sanford opposed. Planning Board member Greg Foster said the approval, which was delayed for years […]
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We Love To Eat
Community meal – Thursday, Feb. 19, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Meatloaf, $5. Public chowder luncheon – Friday, Feb. 20, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl of haddock chowder with crackers, or lobster roll lunch with chips, $8; cup of chowder, $5. Combination lobster roll with […]
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Fire totals Gorham school bus
A 2003 Gorham School Department mini bus was destroyed by fire shortly after midnight on Feb. 7, in the bus area at Gorham Public Works Department. “We suspect it was an electrical problem,” Norm Justice, transportation director for Gorham schools, said this week about cause of the fire. Acting Gorham Police Chief Christopher Sanborn said […]
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Sharp’s Gorham school budget up $1.2 million
The proposed budget outgoing Gorham Superintendent Ted Sharp debuted on Feb. 11 is up nearly $1.2 million from the spending plan for schools the town approved for this year. Preliminary figures indicate the cost of operating Gorham schools for the fiscal year beginning July 1 would rise to $35.3 million, up 3.4 percent from this […]
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Westbrook man arrested on sexual assault, domestic violence charges
On Wednesday, Westbrook police detectives, conducting a follow-up investigation of an earlier incident on Brown Street, arrested Timothy J. Prins, 47, of Westbrook on a charge of domestic violence assault. Prins was also charged with unlawful sexual contact and gross sexual assault involving a juvenile victim. The matter remains under investigation and no further information […]
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Gorham OKs ?two-town ?housing plan, Westbrook vote delayed
Gorham planners Tuesday?, in a 5-0 vote?, granted final approval for a 10-lot housing proposal off Longfellow Road, but the site is in two communities and also requires Westbrook approval. Westbrook Planning Board Chairman Edward Reidman, Vice Chairman Rene Daniel and committee member Dennis Isherwood attended Tuesday’s joint meeting in Gorham. But the Westbrook vote […]