WESTBROOK – At age 19, Morgan Maxwell is the longest-serving lifeguard at the Cornelia Warren Community Pool in Westbrook. Maxwell, who is from Windham but attended Westbrook schools, will be a sophomore this fall at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. An avid swimmer during middle and high school, she began volunteer lifeguarding and assisting in […]

Police chief will retire Gorham Police Chief Ronald Shepard will retire on Nov. 4 after working for the town’s police department for 42 years. Town Manager David Cole on Friday announced Shepard’s retirement in an email to the Town Council. Cole appointed Shepard as chief on Sept. 27, 1995. At the time, Shepard was the […]

GORHAM – In the aftermath of public misgivings about renovation of the University of Southern Maine Art Gallery, the town of Gorham took a step on Tuesday to strengthen its relationship with the university. The Gorham Town Council named Dahlia Lynn, a Gorham resident who is the university’s associate provost for undergraduate education, to the […]

WESTBROOK – Following a Westbrook fire last week that displaced 45 residents of the Dolley Brook condominiums on East Bridge Street, the property manager said a number of families have moved back into the building, but that eight units will have to be completely rebuilt. Deb Shangraw, the owner and president of Emerald Management, the […]

According to a story last month in the Bangor Daily News, 105-year-old Millie Rennie of Springvale was the oldest person in the state, and thanks to the York County Elder Abuse Task Force’s Wishing Well Project, got to fulfill her wish to meet President George H.W. Bush. It was a feel-good story – except for […]

Many residents of Freeport, Durham and Pownal lined up to the podium July 30 at Freeport High School to offer their opinions on the issue of Freeport’s possible withdrawal from Regional School Unit 5. Here are some of their comments. John Simoneau, a member of the Durham Advisory Committee that worked with the RSU 5 […]