The Maine Department of Transportation has advertised reconstruction of Route 25 through Gorham Village. According to bid specifications, work will not shut down travel lanes 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.  GORHAM —  Erlon Mosher of Gorham, soon to turn 90, was two years old when a concrete highway was constructed on Route 25 past his farm and through […]

The Rev Karen Indorf, right, and Judy Sinclair of  Trinity Lutheran Church visit Mayor Michael Sanphy in City Hall about the church’s “Climb Aboard the Food Train” drive that is collecting donations for the Westbrook Food Pantry. Collection jars and donation boxes are at businesses in the city and the drive continues through May 6. […]

This building once stood on Main Street between T.D. Banknorth and Bank of America. When this photo was taken, Maurice Gleckman was the manager of the Westbrook Hardware Store at 837 Main Street; Riverside Apartments were on the second floor; Stephen Boothby was the manager of the Westbrook Community Federal Credit Union at 841 Main […]

Good riddance to the prospective buyer of Saddleback ski area in Rangeley, Sebastian Monsour, who once had the whole state excited about the resort’s reopening, but has instead left us feeling like dupes and dopes. An excellent piece of reporting by WCSH Channel 6 last week revealed that Monsour, who hails from Australia, was merely […]

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In her Capitol Notebook column last week, Marian McCue made a compelling case that the ongoing problems at the Department of Health and Human Services under Gov. Paul LePage should be a key issue in the gubernatorial campaign. I agree if for no other reason than that former DHHS Commissioner Mary Mayhew, who helped create the problems, […]

PORTLAND — Two men have been indicted on several charges stemming from traffic accidents in the city last fall. On March 12, Matthew A. Dickson, 23, of 800 Methodist Road, Westbrook, was indicted for manslaughter by a Cumberland County grand jury for his role in a Nov. 2, 2017, accident near Westgate Shopping Center on Congress […]