Six candidates are seeking their party’s nominations in the June primary for legislative seats representing Gorham. Incumbent Sen. Philip L. Bartlett, D-Gorham, and former state Sen. Carolyn M. Gilman, a Republican, will both be unopposed on the primary ballot for their party’s nomination as a candidate for Senate District 6. Bartlett defeated the then incumbent […]

Info box: The Saccarappa Park development committee will meet with the mayor’s economic development committee Thursday March 23 from 7 to 9 a.m. at City Hall. Pull quote: “On the third attempt, I think we may have gotten it right,” Erik Carson, Westbrook director of economic and community development. In the city’s latest effort to […]

Ledoux on duty Derek Ledoux, 20, graduated Navy basic training on March 10 at Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Ill. Ledoux, who graduated from Gorham High School in 2004, is the son of Arty and Wilma Ledoux, who traveled to Illinois for the ceremony. They spent time with their son over the […]

Maple Sap #1 Bob Parsons of Parsons Farm in Gorham stokes the firebox for an evaporator, which boils down raw maple sap into syrup at last year’s Maine Maple Sunday. Once again, sugarhouses around the state will be open for demonstrations for Maine Maple Sunday this Sunday, March 26. File photo by Robert Lowell Maple […]

The Westbrook American reported in its issue of Wednesday, March 24, 1956, that Austin Alden and Walter H. Johnson were new selectmen and Kenneth H. Morse was elected chairman of the board of selectmen.

Seniors to hear bell ringers The Westbrook High School bell ringers will entertain when Westbrook Senior Citizens meet at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 3, in Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St. The seniors are planning a trip to Cape May, N.J., in April, which includes one day in Atlantic City. For more information, call […]

Seniors to hear bell ringers The Westbrook High School bell ringers will entertain when Westbrook Senior Citizens meet at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 3, in Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St. The seniors are planning a trip to Cape May, N.J., in April, which includes one day in Atlantic City. For more information, call […]

This concerned parent is just wondering if there are any others out there? The subject is sex education. We as parents are obviously not capable of handling that responsibility with our children for whatever reasons. Reasons for not being able to breach the subject matter with our children may be that we are not comfortable […]

This concerned parent is just wondering if there are any others out there? The subject is sex education. We as parents are obviously not capable of handling that responsibility with our children for whatever reasons. Reasons for not being able to breach the subject matter with our children may be that we are not comfortable […]