A bill that would allow tax breaks under the state’s Pine Tree Zone program to be used to encourage development of the Sappi site in Westbrook is on a fast track for consideration by the Legislature. While Pine Tree Zones are supposed to be used in economically depressed areas of the state, Gov. John Baldacci […]

While the long-awaited Gorham bypass will help commuters zip through Gorham, building the road will take a toll on people, property and quality of life. Mike Danforth, the state’s senior right-of-way manager for the project’s acquisitions, confirmed this week that 40 properties would be affected. The list includes six houses and one business, which are […]

Westbrook activist George Rodrigues has filed for a protection from harassment order against Westbrook School Committee member Tim Crellin. The filing follows two public events where Rodrigues and Crellin clashed, and Crellin asked Rodrigues to leave. The first confrontation took place at a Feb. 25 spaghetti dinner at the parish hall of St. Hyacinth’s. The […]

This is the power generating plant in North Gorham. A dam was built at this site in 1900 and it was replaced with a concrete one in 1915. Bert Gilman worked at the plant for 35 years. The date of the photo is unknown. Photo courtesy of George Watson, Gorham Historical Society archivist. Gorham remembered […]

Methodist church breaks ground A large turnout from the School Street United Methodist Church and the community sang hymns as the church broke ground Sunday for a new church at the intersection of Route 25 and Cressey Road. “We hope this building will be a blessing to the whole community,” said Rev. Linwood Arnold, pastor […]

Facts about the Taj Mahal I was recently reading “The Art Reader,” 1905, and was interested in details about The Taj Mahal, the famous white marble mausoleum in India, erected by the Mogul Emperor Shah Jehan, as a tomb for his wife, the Princess Arjamund, who died in 1629. It is the grandest tomb in […]

Cutline for pic-Winterguard The Westbrook High School Winter Guard took first place in the Independent Regional A division this weekend at the New England Championships held in Dartmouth, Mass. The New England Scholastic Band Association sponsored the championship. The first place finish follows a four star finish at the Maine Band Directors Association finals the […]

Westbrook High School sophomore Ericka Leary said almost every student at the high school drinks alcohol. She said kids find places to drink anywhere they can-at parties, just hanging out, in the woods, at houses where parents let kids drink and even in cars. She said kids drink most every weekend. On April 5, families […]