The Gorham Planning Board approved a site plan for Shaw Park off Sebago Lake Road, following a public hearing on Monday. The project along the Presumpscot River will feature ball fields, a beach for swimming and a launch for canoes and other small craft. There will be graveled areas for public parking. The site is […]

In last week’s story on the Gorham High School graduation, a photo caption incorrectly identified the senior class treasurer. The treasurer is Meghan Clements. Also, the names of graduate Ben Douglass and valedictorian Mary Johnston were misspelled. We regret the errors.

Friends and family gathered at the causeway bridge in Naples for a candlelight vigil to mourn the death of the three youths whose lives were claimed in a car crash in Sebago on Thursday. Mourners released balloons with prayers written on them and set candles afloat on Long Lake in memory of Joshua Plummer, 23 […]

Cutline (Baxter) – Dede Perkins opens the gate at the Baxter Museum, which opens for public tours on Thursday, July 7. Staff photo by Robert Lowell Baxter desk back home, museum opens in July When the Baxter Museum opens for the summer next month, visitors will see a historic desk, which was recently returned to […]

One of downtown Westbrook’s signature buildings, a holdover from the days before Urban Renewal, is about to be sold. The Warren Furniture building on Main Street is currently under contract to be sold to an undisclosed buyer. Eleanor Potter, the current owner of the building that houses the furniture store along with apartments and other […]

As always, your newsy newspaper makes great reading. There is one matter I would like to mention which was in the Ramblings column June 8. Anne B. Foote wrote a very nice piece on Presumpscot Grange Memorial, but she failed to tell everyone she was the lovely pianist who certainly enhanced our chorus. Thank you, […]

In their annual town meeting on Saturday, Buxton voters approved a $4.1 million town budget and supported acquiring a new fire truck. Voters, however, rejected five requests to accept private roads. The approved budget is down slightly from last year’s $4.2 million. “All budget items passed,” said Jean Harmon, who was reelected as a selectman […]

We are deeply saddened by the news that our assistant principal, Kim Slipp, has been reassigned to the High School and will be leaving us here at the Middle School at the end of the school year. A woman of strong conviction and character, Kim has and continues to exemplify the solid leadership qualities so […]

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has upheld the conviction and 62-year prison sentence against a Standish man for murdering a Westbrook woman to collect a $100,000 life insurance policy. In a decision issued on Monday, the court unanimously rejected the appeal of Santanu Basu, 37. Basu was appealing his March, 2002, conviction of murdering Azita […]