Berwick News

Former Army Capt. Mike Breen has been stationed in the mountains of Afghanistan, in those remote places we read about, those places where small groups of soldiers live in isolation and try to draw out and stop the Taliban who know the terrain so well.

Inclement weather had little effect on the turnout at flu shot clinics around the state on Saturday, with thousands queuing up to receive the limited supply of H1N1 vaccine that has reached Massachusetts.

Friday, November 13, 2009 Send church-related news to communityweekly @ fosters.com. A warm welcome LEE - A warm welcome from the Lee Church Congregational family and the Reverend Gail E. Kindberg, Pastor, is extended to all who join Sunday worship at the 8:30 a.m. Praise Service or the Traditional Service at 10:30 a.m. Special music is offered at ...

He was taken to the York County Jail in lieu of cash bond. Monday, Nov. 2 4:22 p.m. Benjamin D. Marcellino, 20, of 73 Salt Marsh Drive, New Sharon, was issued a summons in the Route 109 area on a charge of criminal mischief for spray-painting graffiti on a railroad overpass.

Of all the honored guests who helped celebrate the Cocheco Valley Humane Society's 25th anniversary three were up for adoption and were a big hit with animal lovers Friday night.

A Berwick woman faces multiple charges after she nearly smashed a pickup truck she was driving into a police cruiser Nov.

Residents and outdoor enthusiasts have local teen John Spezia to thank for two new bridges in the 88-acre town forest.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 BERWICK Maine - "Willy Wonka Jr.," a musical comedy based on the classic book, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl, opens at the Berwick Town Hall on Nov.

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Three-year-old Wilson Clough climbed into the cab of a nine-foot-tall monster truck on Saturday and looked in wonder at the crowd he towered over as he sat in the driver's seat of the modified 1947 Dodge pickup.

The only thing Nichole Fecteau wanted to do Tuesday was clean out a crawl space in the attic and put in some new insulation.

General Douglas MacArthur, in his famous farewell to Congress in 1952, quoted the old U.S. Army ballad "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away." The same can be said of U.S. flags, which is why a local company has started a project to help make sure neither soldiers, nor the symbol they fight for, is ever forgotten.

Therese A. Buckley, died Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, at her home in South Berwick. She was born Sept.

A Newington firefighter could face departmental discipline following a second arrest for alleged drunken driving.

It's late at Portsmouth High School and the marching band is having another rehearsal.

Even the most well-meaning moms make missteps. But that doesn't mean we can't get back on track.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 BERWICK, Maine - An event to honor Veterans will be held on Sunday Nov.

Seeing the long-abandoned Old Woolen Mill transformed into one of the only affordable senior housing buildings in southern Maine was the "miracle of a lifetime." So said 92-year-old Robert Pickett during the mill's official opening Monday.

The town has joined Kittery in applying for a $500,000 block grant to help residents weatherize their homes and make them more energy efficient.

A two-story home was gutted in a fire that started when no one was home Friday night.