The Westbrook American reported on Jan. 1, 1958, that Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Chapman of New Portland Road, Gorham, entertained neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Albenie Gervais for Christmas dinner. Alfred Pugh, 62, of Westbrook retired after 25 years with the local post office, delivering mail in Cumberland Mills.

STANDISH — While a recent string of sub-zero temperatures has sent chills through the region, some local ice fishermen aren’t complaining. “If it’s winter time, it might as well be cold,” said Chris Erickson of Gorham while jigging for togue on Sebago Lake this week. Erickson and Mike Ferron, also of Gorham, said they hauled […]

Does it ever occur to candidates for governor that the glowing essays about themselves they post on their websites ought to make some kind of sense or contain actual positions on issues? Apparently not. Here are some perplexing examples. According to Republican Garrett Mason’s site, “His mom worked at home, raising a family that pinched […]

Arrests Cassidy R. St. Jernquist, 29, Pequawket Trail, Baldwin, on Nov. 18 on a charge of operating while license suspended or revoked, on New Portland Road. James D. Sawyer, 31, North Gorham Road, Gorham, on Nov. 23 on a charge of operating under the influence (alcohol) – one prior, in Gorham. Larissa M. Amergian, 20, Walton […]

WESTBROOK — An informational neighborhood meeting has been scheduled for 6 p.m., Monday, Jan. 8, at the Community Center about Idexx Laboraties’ plan to expand its headquarters campus. A filing with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection says the veterinary diagnostic technology firm plans to construct a building addition, parking lots, trails and stormwater management […]

Last Thursday, some 100 hardy souls braved the deep freeze to attend the funeral of Mary Estelle Blake, a pillar of the Yarmouth community who passed away at the great age of 97. Mary Estelle was a cranky old Yankee with some hard bark on her protecting a tender soul and a good heart. Her […]