WESTBROOK – Some 25 residents, many neighbors of the long-dormant Prides Corner Elementary School, had plenty of questions about setbacks and buffers when they joined the Planning Board for a site walk Saturday of the planned condominium development. The walk, led by City Planner Molly Just and civil engineer Shawn Frank of Sebago Technics, aimed […]

Free concert series in park A series of seven, free concerts running from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesdays, at Riverbank Park begins on July 2 with the Westbrook City Band, under the direction of Jerry Brooks. The other concerts are Pretty Girls Sing Soprano, July 9; Stolen Mojo, July 16; David Good, July 23; Common Ground, […]

GORHAM – The Gorham Town Council is expected to make another attempt on Tuesday, July 1, to define “moral turpitude” in its town rules, and the whole issue could go to voters in November. At the council’s May meeting, the board, after grappling at length with an effort to define it, postponed action on the […]

Members of the Harraseeket Yacht Club and many other Freeport residents like to take their boats onto Casco Bay for day trips, or even camp overnight, at the three nearby islands known as the Goslings. The beaches are spectacular, they say, and even though you’re in the middle of a heavily visited area, there’s a […]

A look at our communities through photos. Chelsea McGrath, 6, of Yarmouth and her little brother Iggy, 5, had a ball splashing around in the water last week at the Winslow Park beach in Freeport. The children were there with their grandmother, Betty Jespersen of Farmington, who visits them every week.  Bike and Build, a national […]

FREEPORT – Maine authors will tell stories about the work of Sedgwick artist Leslie Anderson, who will be the feature attraction at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 2, at the Freeport Community Library. “Summer Stories,” published by Shanti Arts in Brunswick, includes a series of paintings by Anderson, along with a dozen short stories inspired […]